Types of Characters That Annoy You

Characters that are unnecessarily talented. :file:

The clumsy, vulnerable, female characters. They have no aspirations or hobbies, all they want to do is get the guy and whine about their lives.

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The clumsy, vulnerable, female characters. They have no aspirations or hobbies, all they want to do get the guy and whine about their lives.

Totally. I love strong-willed and independent female characters. And for some reason, weak female characters like Bella from Twilight are looked up to. It's annoying.

Rocket Queen:

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The clumsy, vulnerable, female characters. They have no aspirations or hobbies, all they want to do get the guy and whine about their lives.

Totally. I love strong-willed and independent female characters. And for some reason, weak female characters like Bella from Twilight are looked up to. It's annoying.

Agreed with the first one and the second one. Completely.
Bella from Twilight always did strike me as quite weak. There was parts in the story when I felt like the Author only made her that way to keep you reading sort of. I haven’t read it for a while so I can’t give specific points, but there was a part where she was contemplating suicide that really irritated me; and she just started doing stupid things to almost get herself killed if I remember correctly.

See, sometimes the vulnerable girl who is weak and relies on others is a good thing... It all depends on the story you are writing. If it means nothing to the story but is just there so more people would feel as if they were the main character (it's easier to relate to one who is having problems than one who isn't), that person is going to seem awkward and out of place. A big turn off >___<

DeSignFluX:

See, sometimes the vulnerable girl who is weak and relies on others is a good thing... It all depends on the story you are writing. If it means nothing to the story but is just there so more people would feel as if they were the main character (it's easier to relate to one who is having problems than one who isn't), that person is going to seem awkward and out of place. A big turn off >___<

Strong-willed, independent females have problems, too.
You don't have to be weak to have problems.

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DeSignFluX:

See, sometimes the vulnerable girl who is weak and relies on others is a good thing... It all depends on the story you are writing. If it means nothing to the story but is just there so more people would feel as if they were the main character (it's easier to relate to one who is having problems than one who isn't), that person is going to seem awkward and out of place. A big turn off >___<

Strong-willed, independent females have problems, too.
You don't have to be weak to have problems.

That is also very true. Good point.

Arthur Weasley:

The preppy, blond girl that's a mega bitch and hates the main character. Oh, and of course she's a slut.
Why can't the slut be a red head that listens to death metal?

Uhhh- in one of my stories I'm still working on, well The Bitch Slut or whatever is a red head into death metal.. O.O'' haha. Go me. XD

Liberian Girl:

I hate the female characters who are really mean and bitchy but her boyfriend can't see it, only his friends can. I've done that before, but I'm trying not to now.

They are annoying. But, hey- they exist. I deal with a girl like that everyday.

Lucy Anathema.:

The stupid main character that jumps at everything shiny, has nervous breakdowns in class because they can't climb the walls, and will pounce on their best friend's back in the hallway at school. Immature freaks.

If my life were a story, that would be me.
>_<;

This is so useful!
So many traps I'm/have been on the verge of falling for.
And, hey who says you can't do self-insertion?
As long as it's well hidden, I can understand the blatantly obvious SI would just get to you, 'cos hey- who cares haha? But... Practically every good FanFic starts out that way anyhow. Original Fiction, even- which sounds weird, but yeah.. For me even OF does.

I hate the scene/emo characters. There are like 30,000,000 stories using Kiki Kannibal or HannaBeth. Also, I hate how the character says they are unique when millions have the scene hair.
WTF, when the character says she is 'the shit'.

A character who is meant to be seen as hip and cool and have excellent taste in movies, music, fashion, etc... but just come off sounding like a massive try-hard. Kind of reminds me of Silver from 90210. She would be a good character if she were written better.

BabyDollGoneWrong:

I hate the scene/emo characters. There are like 30,000,000 stories using Kiki Kannibal or HannaBeth. Also, I hate how the character says they are unique when millions have the scene hair.
WTF, when the character says she is 'the shit'.

I hate that too. It's ridiculous.

I dislike when the character has no faults or they are nothing but faults. I would prefer a happy medium or a balance of either mostly faults but some redeeming qualities or vice versa.

Male characters that have 'eight packs'.
For me, that's just pushing the body physique a little bit too far.

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DeSignFluX:

See, sometimes the vulnerable girl who is weak and relies on others is a good thing... It all depends on the story you are writing. If it means nothing to the story but is just there so more people would feel as if they were the main character (it's easier to relate to one who is having problems than one who isn't), that person is going to seem awkward and out of place. A big turn off >___<

Strong-willed, independent females have problems, too.
You don't have to be weak to have problems.

That is true, but people have a harder time connecting to a strong willed, independent woman over one that is severely broken.
I agree that 100% vulnerable women are horrible, as are 100% vulnerable men. It's better when the tragic event is more... Surprised because they seem so stable. I'm just stating that vulnerable women are simply easier to relate to than the independent ones.

Metaphwoar.:

Male characters that have 'eight packs'.
For me, that's just pushing the body physique a little bit too far.

And they're all incredibly well endowed. But then I think that's just wishful thinking. :tehe:

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druscilla pushed.:

Strong-willed, independent females have problems, too.
You don't have to be weak to have problems.

That is true, but people have a harder time connecting to a strong willed, independent woman over one that is severely broken.

I don't. And you can be strong-willed and severely broken.
Maybe you have difficulty relating to that type of woman or something, but I know lots of women that don't.

druscilla feels.:

I don't. And you can be strong-willed and severely broken.
Maybe you have difficulty relating to that type of woman or something, but I know lots of women that don't.

I'm a dude =)
In all honesty, I'm just hypothesizing using educated guesses from how media (books and movies, TV shows.. Anything really) is portrayed. Rarely does the strong willed woman get popular and "related to" as much as the weak defenseless woman who relies on everyone else for help.
There are exceptions to this, as there are to every "rule of thumb" out there.
Also I agree with your first statement there, "strong-willed and severely broken" is what I usually base my characters off, I don't like using a crutch of popular media to thrive my stories into popularity.

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Metaphwoar.:

Male characters that have 'eight packs'.
For me, that's just pushing the body physique a little bit too far.

And they're all incredibly well endowed. But then I think that's just wishful thinking. :tehe:

Eh >_< That's annoying... I know of ONE man with both an eight pack and well endowed, and he is god awful ugly takes supplements and it's just nasty...
Much better to make a real looking character, tone them up (hidden strength yay!) and give them above average (not well endowed) and make them godly with it <3 (sorry, started fantasizing for a sec)

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druscilla feels.:

I don't. And you can be strong-willed and severely broken.
Maybe you have difficulty relating to that type of woman or something, but I know lots of women that don't.

I'm a dude =)
In all honesty, I'm just hypothesizing using educated guesses from how media (books and movies, TV shows.. Anything really) is portrayed. Rarely does the strong willed woman get popular and "related to" as much as the weak defenseless woman who relies on everyone else for help.
There are exceptions to this, as there are to every "rule of thumb" out there.
Also I agree with your first statement there, "strong-willed and severely broken" is what I usually base my characters off, I don't like using a crutch of popular media to thrive my stories into popularity.

Sorry. I always assume female. It's one of my cruxes on Mibba.
The weak, defenseless woman makes me picture either Snow White or Bella from "Twilight". And I don't think they're good role models or even good women. I don't like how a man has to come in and rescue a girl in order for her to be relateable. I'd rather read about a woman saving herself. Granted, I don't often write about women. (And people who read about my SI might disagree with my statements, but I don't view myself as a damsel-in-distress, thankyouverymuch.)

Well, that was long-winded.

druscilla feels.:

Sorry. I always assume female. It's one of my cruxes on Mibba.
The weak, defenseless woman makes me picture either Snow White or Bella from "Twilight". And I don't think they're good role models or even good women. I don't like how a man has to come in and rescue a girl in order for her to be relateable. I'd rather read about a woman saving herself. Granted, I don't often write about women. (And people who read about my SI might disagree with my statements, but I don't view myself as a damsel-in-distress, thankyouverymuch.)

Well, that was long-winded.

Blame that to all the classic tales that Disney animates. The whole princess thing and damsel in distress is so overused and it gets boring. Also, it's very unrealistic.

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Blame that to all the classic tales that Disney animates. The whole princess thing and damsel in distress is so overused and it gets boring. Also, it's very unrealistic.

I don't think all of them are damsels in distress.

Cinderella is very strong-willed and definitely a heroine.

Belle gave up a lot of things and struggled a lot and she was actually the one who ended up saving the prince.

And in "The Little Mermaid" he saves her, but she saves him just as much.