Clock it monarch
Agree. I especially hate when authors use sad back story, childhood trauma, and mental health as excuses and justify their characters' actions.
I can understand it sometimes if its written well, but they dont write it well. People have potential to learn and grow from their toxic behaviors but authors dont write good enough consequences or redemption arcs.
Id actually love to read a story of a ML being mean to the MC and the the MC actually leaving whether thats moving abroad or dying (and because I like sad stories I would go with the dying option) and then the ML has to actually reflect and be redeemed not so that they become better fot the MC so that they.become without the MC.
1. If the only way you can make your end couple end up together after years of denying their feelings is to use another character to trigger jealousy and fear of losing, its lazy writing
2. Majority of semes and ukes in BL.are exactly the same character just with different looks and names. Unqiue characters dont exist
3. Your character doesn't have to be extremely flawed to be a good character. Imo.a character can be written perfect and still be a good character, why do we always need a character with a dark or traumatic past to make them interesting
4..Cherry Blossoms after winter is not a step brothers to lovers trope. I absolutely hate the stepbrother trope.1. His parente didnt.get divorce and remarry they died and 2. The Seme's mom never officially adopted him (as far as I remembe), so he legally didnt become her son and Haebom and Taesung didnt ruin anyones marriage
5. Its annoying when characters will make a statement example "I dont want kids" but then the author will make them have a child because they met a man or an alpha. (In BJ Alex the 2nd couple, the uke says he likes cute younger guys but he then he ends up with someone older, I know its petty but it still annoyed me)