#they are also losers constantly losing fights. their best friends are hairless cat demons or detached vampire heads kept in a gym bag

[revvethasmythh]

like, I get why people don't like edgelord style characters and find them exhausting, i really do. but I was raised by a style of book that exclusively features edgelord protagonists that intentionally bars them from experiencing a single moment of dignity in their entire lives, and I think that explains why I love them, actually

#an edgelord character allowed to retain dignity? boring. who cares #an edgelord character who is made the center of an insane slapstick comedy routine at least once a day? you have my attention #like yeah all these UF protagonists wear black and leather and are ''badasses'' #they are also losers constantly losing fights. their best friends are hairless cat demons or detached vampire heads kept in a gym bag #or a perverted miniature unicorn who can talk and lives in your underwear drawer #(all real examples. yes they are ALL real) #to truly be an edgelord the narrative must rob you of all dignity. it is a MUST #rosie reads #(every day i get closer to writing some absurd dissertation about UF protagonists that no one but me would care about) #i mean there are absolutely UF series that take their protags too seriously and anyway that' why i don't fuck with gena showalter #or kevin hearne (derogatory) etc etc #karen chance writing the dorina basarab series though? she understood the assignment better than most ever will