#i love complex characters but they were both pretentious -> traumatized -> manipulative -> hatred just switching up the order

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favorite thing ever is to go on goodreads and search up the names of books i hate to see if Everyone Else has the same opinion on it

#they usually do #this is about a lesson in vengeance which i read on the way back from my writing program and hated with a passion #today on i hate pretentious mcs who have literally every privilege and treat poc/enby ppl to further their own growth #also ik this is dark academia but literally why the fuck do they drink hard alcohol so much #when its not alcohol its black coffee like ok. what the fuck #i love complex characters but they were both pretentious -> traumatized -> manipulative -> hatred just switching up the order #then theres . 'my dormmate wants to be skinny soooo bad she does everything to be skinny well IM skinnier than her and she wants to be me' #'my doormmate is black and has been ostracized from her sorority cult for having a personality :((( well IM white and i was ostracized for #KILLING MY GIRLFRIEND' #like there is a clear difference. plus that character was only ever there to further the mcs understanding of race which . bffr #this couldve been fine if it wasnt for the mc who is The pretentious dark academic white girl trying to pretend shes not like the other #pretentious dark academic white girls #'and then theres me. who like REAL literature and wears tweed blazers' like youre aware this is literally the starter pack for every 13 y.o #person who thinks this will make them Cool right . like you do know that . #wow. anyways #the overdue asteroid strikes again #i am in fact a hater