Amanita
Maester
I hope this belongs here, I'm not quite sure though.
Many fantasy books with a young hero/ine tend to have him or her being bullied by their peers when they get to the institution of magical learning, to the military or where ever they're going. Some examples are the Black Magician-trilogy by Trudy Canavan geared at a younger audience and and the Codex Alera books.
Most of the time, the hero is "different" for some reason and the others aren't prepared to put up with it.
What do you think about this cliche? I believe it can be called that.
I used to have this in the very first draft of my story as well, but I realised that it's really annoying me in books I'm reading and therefore I've decided to give her more varying relationships with her peers. The problem I have with the bullying-plot is the fact that it causes lot's of suffering and misery to the protagonist without really furthering the plot or having anything to do with the main problems of the story and it's not very exciting because I usually don't assume that the bullies are seriously dangerous to the protagonist. It also tends to force the protagonist into a very passive role which isn't really fun to read either.
Yet I also see the appeal in having the protagonist being forced to prove themselves in some way before getinng accepted and a few interesting conflicts when unfairness gets into the game as well.
What are your thoughts on that? If you put with stories that have such "juvenile" issues in them at all.
Many fantasy books with a young hero/ine tend to have him or her being bullied by their peers when they get to the institution of magical learning, to the military or where ever they're going. Some examples are the Black Magician-trilogy by Trudy Canavan geared at a younger audience and and the Codex Alera books.
Most of the time, the hero is "different" for some reason and the others aren't prepared to put up with it.
What do you think about this cliche? I believe it can be called that.
I used to have this in the very first draft of my story as well, but I realised that it's really annoying me in books I'm reading and therefore I've decided to give her more varying relationships with her peers. The problem I have with the bullying-plot is the fact that it causes lot's of suffering and misery to the protagonist without really furthering the plot or having anything to do with the main problems of the story and it's not very exciting because I usually don't assume that the bullies are seriously dangerous to the protagonist. It also tends to force the protagonist into a very passive role which isn't really fun to read either.
Yet I also see the appeal in having the protagonist being forced to prove themselves in some way before getinng accepted and a few interesting conflicts when unfairness gets into the game as well.
What are your thoughts on that? If you put with stories that have such "juvenile" issues in them at all.