Recent content by LittleOwlbear

I often prefer characters that are "normal individuals", not stock normal guy of course, but people who have something real and pretty much down to earth to them. I wouldn't describe them as any reader insert, but I often don't like characters that much that are "too anime / comic" or "too...

I don't even think there needs any twist to elves or others, just write them as people first. Imo characters seem like they are stereotypical for their race, if the race builds on a monolith and doesn't have individuals first and foremost.

Insufferable main characters is the only reason really. I rarely think a book is boring or anything, and I don't care too much about a great writing style, aka a poetic or flowery writing style. The style should provide a fluent reading experience. But annoying main characters and romances...

Goodreads, love it to explore new books I may never have heard of otherwise. On the other hand, my plan to read is over 300 books long. "That sounds interesting, on the ptr you go." I may read 1/5 of them. ^^'

I rather go with the one that lots of carbs in them ... I said while cooking pasta. :D Also for the second pyramid: daily weight control is crazy, that makes people overly self-conscious. Sold my scale years ago, that was a great decision.

Most time when I'm not feeling the magic, it's because it feels mechanical and is only included to enhance the plot. Especially when magic is only used for attack spells and they look like in a video game. Instead magic users would use all kind of spells in their daily lives. That goes for any...

Well, I don't care what literary agents are tired of seeing, because I am not. :D I love the classic high fantasy for example and some tropes that are usually used in them. Also I love some typical romantasy tropes. I would argue that you recognize very well, who's book is a work out of...

Pacing and not infodumping, or putting information about the world naturally into the text and dialogues. I also like bit slower pacing and all, but it shouldn't be too slow. Translating my texts into english. It's not difficult, I just need to kick my lazy ass to do so.

I like to build characters on the experiences I made with real people (and myself). A list of character traits and put on backstory doesn't make someone believable, but how they act and interact with others.

I like some good banter in moderation, but maybe you do it, because you have seen it in a lot of popular movies. Like cheap, snarky one liners in Marvel movies and other action movies, in some romances love interests constantly being snarky etc. Snark often becomes annoying when it gets too much...

What do you mean? The "classic ones" or the ones I use? I refered to mine (and mainly the ones of 5th edition), because the first post asked "what elves do you have?"

The creator said she wanted to make a more ideal school for neurodivergent kids. Her parents also sent her to the "get normal"-camp before she came into the Owl House, do yeah that was intentional.

Well, those are DnD elves. They were accidentally created by Corellon and banned from their original plane Arvandor for reasons, then lived in the Feywild for long before stepping into the material plane. Their ancestry from the God of elves gave them keen senses and a natural talent for magic...

I've seen an interesting video on tiktok of a black woman, where she stated how her curly hair, big jewelry, long nails etc. are all labeled as unprofessional and tacky, all that is inherented to her culture (and her hair is just her natural hair structure), even tho she doesn't hold any job...

I love to look outside of the typical European mythology, cultres etc., but I never know which element could be seen as racial stereotype and cultural appropiation? My main character is a darker-skinned elf from a southern clan, but they live in the north of the continent, where they teach at a...