Character un-development?

Lordeo December 28, 2023 5:49 am

The premise was great, but then her damsel in distress syndrome got in the way. Her skill in swordsmanship is only available sometimes. And the way she blatantly hangs out with other men in front of her fiance pisses me off so much. He deserves better and her justified messy character is trash. It's giving green tea vibes, like if a vilainess novel was made and she was the OG goody mc, in THAT story she'd be the one going up against the villain.

Responses
    Thiwzil December 29, 2023 5:21 pm

    For sure, but not a green tea girl (lüchá). To be green tea she has to be two faced. (“Green tea girl” is often used to imply that the girl appears innocent, pure, or virtuous on the surface, but in reality, she may have a cunning or deceptive nature.)

    Maybe the author is playing on her trauma and mistrust to make her weak, but it is hard to read about a protagonist who has a damsel archetype at least in this day and age.