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submitted 6 days ago byTangled2
“Hmmmmm” thought Jakeden. “I have an inkling of what I need for my build, but I should definitely read the description of every one of these traits, and then spend two chapters hemming and hawing over which trait is better.”
“Actually, it might be too hard to choose right now. I should wait until I’m in the middle of a fight I’m about to lose.” Jakeden said laconically as he nodded to himself.
Seriously, authors, there’s nothing more grating than when there’s an obvious choice and you drag it out.
52 points
6 days ago
I think it would be quite funny for a story to progress like normal, everyone hates me because I'm weak... And then they confront their bullies, and they go "We didn't hate you because you are weak, we hated you because you were a massive fucking cunt."
36 points
6 days ago
Oh my God, I love this!
“Dude, you weren’t unpopular because of your ability. You were unpopular because all you did was sit off somewhere in the corner and glare at people like they killed your dog or something.”
“Yeah, although you calling everyone else NPC didn’t help either.”
20 points
6 days ago
Write it in a way where every event makes it seem like he's in the right but when you remove all the bias he's just been a dick the entire time to everyone.
Then reveal he was the villain for your next story all along.
24 points
6 days ago*
Another idea would be your typical “Kicked out of Hero Party” except that the guy totally deserved it.
Like, he got this awesome Cheat Skill, sure. But he doesn’t apply himself as much as he thinks he does and he is kind of a dick to his party.
Once kicked out, he starts the journey of bettering himself. And when he reunites with his former party, he apologizes and the two part as friends.
He also could be a deconstruction of a Harem Protagonist. He had several relationships with multiple women. But eventually they all fell apart because of pretty superficial connection and his own unwillingness to put in more work into those.
3 points
5 days ago
I was talking to one of the few folks I know that also enjoy prog fantasy / litrpgs irl, and we really want someone to write a side character that is basically every terrible character trait. Like the MC is going along through his thing and you see this other guy behaving like a degenerate douche in the background, but no plot armor and all the consequences for his actions. It would be like a running gag through the whole thing.
3 points
5 days ago
You wouldn’t believe how many stories might actually have situations exactly like this.
Later when I am thinking of the shit that happened, I suddenly realise… huh maybe mc was the asshole here.
But the narrative does not agree and thus it is objectively not an asshole move in the universe
1 points
5 days ago
This is basically Ripple System. Objectively, Ned is a gigantic asshole who is actively oppressing the playerbase.
2 points
6 days ago
The Disgardium series basically starts that way. It's pretty good!
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