2 Dummies Guide to Cultivation (pt 2)

I heard you were trying to create an mc, but aren't sure if you have the right idea. Well, you are looking to me for answers, so that's one judgment call you didn't fuck up. You're one-for-one buddy, good for you.

Onto the subject on hand. The main character is the focal point of your story, so making him as shallow and dead inside as your high school crush at your 20-year reunion is a must. This allows both you and the readers to insert yourselves into the story due to the lack of any redeemable quality of the character.

Who should he be? What traits will our hero have? to answer that, I have to explain what web novels should be... FUN! No one likes character development, as it takes away from all the face slapping that can be done.

Instead, our hero needs to constantly butt heads against assholes and win, both in fights and arguments. he also has to always be perfect, just like you :). No one likes a loser; if someone wanted to read about those then they would be reading a story about an art student. So, what traits makes him a winner?

Ego. Our hero is the best thing to grace this earth and he knows it. He needs to have enough ego to fuel a celebrity get-together. From the great sect master to the 6-year-old childhood bully, he will eliminate the entire family line of those who step upon his honor. After all, what are heroes for, other than serving their own impulses?

Simple. The readers want someone that can relate to, so making him follow his own desires without thinking of all that complicated stuff is necessary. If he steals something from a murderous gang leader who knows where his family is, he doesn't worry about it. If a guy who is twice as strong as him and has his girlfriend as a hostage, what else is there to do other than insult his mother and lay siege upon his sect. Heroes don't think, they do!

Honest. What would you do if a guy is trying to show his progress on a skill? Compliment him? See, that is why you aren't our mc. A true hero would give constructive criticism, like "You call that a skill? I could have invented a better one when I was still in the womb" or "You are but a frog in a well, proudly showing off trash like that as if it was a beautiful woman you found at a brothel". People respect those who are honest no matter what the circumstance may be.

Women also love honesty. Oh, our hero is sexually assaulting someone? Haha, atta boy. Everyone else in the room wants to slap that ass and call her a plump tangerine, but instead, they hide it. At least he doesn't lie about why he is drooling like a 12-year-old that just saw a little side boob.

Fair. In a world where the strong prey on the weak, one rises above the others. He is too good to participate in the scummy practice of general asshole-ishness. Repay those who have helped him, and pursue revenge at all costs if so much as a cup of tea is spilled upon his majestic self. If a lowly family should gift him with food, he would chase off those thugs that demand protection money.

Of course, what happens after he leaves and the gang still exists is beneath him. For a hero only helps those that help themselves.

Should another man dare lay eyes on his woman, be sure that he will take vengeance; for his ladies honor shall be protected, even if they are yet to actually go out or anything.

Now, after you have decided how your character's personality will be, what will he look like? No one likes reading about uglies, so the only other option is to make him as devilishly handsome as possible.

Everyone knows what handsome means; long black hair, deep black eyes, and jade skin is the only form of beauty accepted. Don't forget to emphasize that he is muscular, but is also lean. Can't have people thinking he is a freak show.

The characteristics for the mc are now set up, it's time to introduce the family.

If you chose to do the reincarnation route, then it's pretty easy. You see, only one path exists for this, and it is called the "useless son" route.

The mc will be reborn into a powerful family, but reside in some useless pos that's main purpose in life was to make everyone absolutely despise him. I'm talking next level infamy here - even the neighboring countries prison inmates know that this monstrous dickhead is a blight to human existence.

He has raped, drugged, insulted, and crippled a city's worth of people. BUT, after the pos has died from choking on a hamster or something, our lord and savior yun che*- ahem... the mc has come down to grace this ungodly planet to bring his mailed fist upon the mildly sinful without a shred of self-reflection.

Burdened by the past fool's actions, he must now strive to fix his broken reputation by indenting his fist upon any who reasonably question his "honor". But first, he must gain power. How? Let's just say plot armor is amazing.

It allows for things such as op cultivation methods, magical steroids, and divine legacies (you get the idea).

After gaining power and silencing da haters, he shall prove he is a changed man by... raping, killing, pillaging, and crippling anyone who comes across... him? ...It's ok! He has his reasons. He can't possibly be doing that just because the author wants to go on a power trip due to his own inadequacy in life. Haha, no sir, not here.

Moving on...

If reincarnation don't float ya boat, then how should you go about his family? You have to remember that since he is the main character he has to have some special quality. Reincarnation provides it just by having him be transported to another world, so a hero that was born in the same world needs something else.

There is only one way to make him special, make him be adopted and have no idea who his real parents are! This creates an air of mystery, as well as a plot device to explain why he is so much better than anyone else. Another bonus is that he can bang his cousin/sister and have an excuse, even if it doesn't make it that less weird. pseudo-incest for the win! Woohoo!

After finding out the truth, this mc must go on a quest to find his birth family, completely forgetting about the people that graciously took him in and raised him. It may seem cruel, but those mucks weren't anything special. Just put the dad as mayor of a small village and call it even, they'll understand.

But, there is one more thing we must do... to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that our mc, is in fact, a badass. Remember - dear reader - how we made one rule? The single thing that must be obeyed? That no person can possibly beat someone above their own level? Yes, we shall take that rule... and throw that out the window, run it over, and desecrate its corpse at every turn! Haha, our mc doesn't follow rules! I mean, didn't the whole rape and pillage thing not clue you in?

And make sure everyone brings up the rule when the mc tries to fight someone stronger. Just rub it in every other sentence. And have every other supporting character be diagnosed with stage four Alzheimers, that way they always repeat the same dialogue any time a new baddie pops up. Hell, take it even farther. They aren't the supporting cast anymore, they are his personal traveling band of dick fondlers. Their sole purpose is to choke on that massive sausage any time you feel like the reader has forgotten that our mc is someone too great for this world.

Follow these steps, and I promise you that your mc will be a beloved character for years to come!

That's all the advice I have for your mc. Make sure to follow the guideline word for word and to not add a drop of originality! see ya later!