Don't you just love it when the mc of a story is an idiot with low EQ, and always gets dragged around by a girl, whether it's an annoying teacher or popular student? I love that too. It's definitely the best use of everyone's time to have to slog through that ****. Forget just declining to becoming an alchemy assistant and just not go to the alchemy class(that you don't need to go to anyway, because you already know it all), it's always easier to write more chapters if the mc is a dumb cunt and says yes to blow off the teacher. Because saying yes to something you don't want to do is the best way to not have to do that thing, right? Future alchemy god and massive genius... As if I could believe that after this.
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LIKEAlso this isn't pertaining to this story alone, but why does every mc always want to lay low and never reveal their power until much fucking later in the story? Why would a mc not immediately kill the enemy that could cause trouble if they get away? Are these authors really so desperate to increase their word count that they write in every chapter about how everyone thinks mc is weak, 'but look at how awesome he really is!'. Are these authors really so desperate to extend their chapter length and number of chapters, that they can't let go of any enemy without getting at least 20 chapters out of them? This is just fucking depressing, seriously. "A tall tree attracts the wind" Bull****. Would the wind be powerful enough to knock over the tree? Why can't one mc just fucking grow a pair and stand out? Or just not give a **** about the hiding or the showing off. And also, why is every mc a silk pants young master or teenager who everyone has contempt for? It's just a cheap and easy cliche that lets the author make the first 20~ chapters about how everyone thinks mc is useless to fill up the second half of all the chapters. Fuck.
And I know that the hero's journey, and rags to riches stories are inspiring, but there are multiples ways that you can write stories like this. It's really annoying to see every author beating on the same dead horse, instead of having real passion for what they write and trying something new, even if it doesn't work as well. 'Young Master' is basically a fucking PTSD trigger for me now. The Hero's Journey is basically fiction's oldest meta/cliche and I've read enough for it to grow old and annoying a long time ago.
SKKEN:Also this isn't pertaining to this story alone, but why does every mc always want to lay low and never reveal their power until much fucking later in the story? Why would a mc not immediately kill the enemy that could cause trouble if they get away? Are these authors really so desperate to increase their word count that they write in every chapter about how everyone thinks mc is weak, 'but look at how awesome he really is!'. Are these authors really so desperate to extend their chapter length and number of chapters, that they can't let go of any enemy without getting at least 20 chapters out of them? This is just fucking depressing, seriously. "A tall tree attracts the wind" Bull****. Would the wind be powerful enough to knock over the tree? Why can't one mc just fucking grow a pair and stand out? Or just not give a **** about the hiding or the showing off. And also, why is every mc a silk pants young master or teenager who everyone has contempt for? It's just a cheap and easy cliche that lets the author make the first 20~ chapters about how everyone thinks mc is useless to fill up the second half of all the chapters. Fuck.
This is why I read a lot of Korea novels much shorter and less bull**** and female lead novels less than 1000
SKKEN:Also this isn't pertaining to this story alone, but why does every mc always want to lay low and never reveal their power until much fucking later in the story? Why would a mc not immediately kill the enemy that could cause trouble if they get away? Are these authors really so desperate to increase their word count that they write in every chapter about how everyone thinks mc is weak, 'but look at how awesome he really is!'. Are these authors really so desperate to extend their chapter length and number of chapters, that they can't let go of any enemy without getting at least 20 chapters out of them? This is just fucking depressing, seriously. "A tall tree attracts the wind" Bull****. Would the wind be powerful enough to knock over the tree? Why can't one mc just fucking grow a pair and stand out? Or just not give a **** about the hiding or the showing off. And also, why is every mc a silk pants young master or teenager who everyone has contempt for? It's just a cheap and easy cliche that lets the author make the first 20~ chapters about how everyone thinks mc is useless to fill up the second half of all the chapters. Fuck.