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What is a bad writing trope you hate in fantasy fiction ? (lemmy.world)

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[-] Cryophilia@lemmy.world 13 points 8 months ago

That's just lemmy being too god damn stupid to differentiate between "this is my preference" and "this is bad", as usual.

"I don't like dragons": preference.

"I don't like Mary Sue characters": bad writing.

[-] cactusupyourbutt@lemmy.world 7 points 8 months ago

what about „I like bad dragons“?

[-] TwinTusks@bitforged.space 6 points 8 months ago

"I like naughty dragons" pretty sure those exists.

[-] mechoman444@lemmy.world 5 points 8 months ago

My brother in Christ, that's not just lemmy. That's the whole god damned world.

[-] sanguinepar@lemmy.world 4 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

To be fair the OP question says both "bad writing tropes" and "[that] you hate", so subjective answers were inevitable.

I guess it should have just not said "bad", since that implies an objective standard.

[-] callouscomic@lemm.ee 4 points 8 months ago

That's not Lemmy. That's people

[-] Cryophilia@lemmy.world 0 points 8 months ago

I'm used to a bit of a better caliber of people...from reddit, which is sad

[-] intensely_human@lemm.ee 3 points 8 months ago

That’s just you arbitrarily putting dragons and mary sues into different bins

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