#its like they'd rather die than make their characters unlikable or not iconic for a moment

[pennyserenade]

what is happening to the genre of historical fiction because of tayl*r jenk*ns re*d is killing me. i don’t know how to describe it really, but it feels like there’s just this influx of books that are so concerned with making the main characters icons that it seems the authors forget to also make them real, relatable people. the authors give them these messy backgrounds and real life troubles that are apt for the time periods, but they just ... they make them talk like non-humans. it just feels like the authors are trying so hard to convince the audience these people are really and truly important and cool and iconic that they completely overlook that the important parts of character development

#misc. #its like they'd rather die than make their characters unlikable or not iconic for a moment #and please don't crucify me for this but i do think it has to do with the fact that people are being condemned so heavily for the media #they consume now. these authors aim to work off of people's desire for progressiveness #but they don't really work for it #they develop really good narratives and then the execution is just so bad #bc the aim is to be progressive and little else. they don't want to say much #it kills me. pls make character development a thing again #pls bring reading comprehension back. like readers are meant to read through the lines #don't tell us your character is iconic PROVE IT #ah