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I’m so done with some of these main characters causing problems and never being held accountable. Stop coddling or downplaying their stupidity. If the male lead, a friend, or anyone warns them not to do XYZ because it’s dangerous, and they ignore it, why the hell is the blame shifted to the one who gave the warning?

This happens constantly, especially in mafia or high-stakes books where the MC has no training or understanding of the risks. If someone says “don’t engage” or “don’t trust this person,” and the MC does it anyway, then shocker—the warning was right—they deserve the consequences. And yet readers defend them? No. If I warn you, and you still touch the hot stove, I have every right to be pissed when you burn yourself.

This isn’t just about male leads either. Even when the ML is trash, their warnings are sometimes valid. You don’t need a damn dissertation to know “this is dangerous” means *don’t do it.* But nah, the MC does it, gets hurt, and it’s everyone else’s fault. Stop excusing this nonsense.

I’m tired of readers crying, “Where’s the ML? Why didn’t he save them?” Why does anyone need to save someone who shouldn’t have been in danger in the first place? The MC knowingly causes problems, ignores advice, hides what they’re doing, and when things blow up, it’s *never* their fault? No, that’s on them.

This trope is tired, predictable, and ugly. If you like it, fine, but stop blaming everyone else when the MC is at fault. Accountability exists. Let’s leave this garbage in 2024.

Ps trash ml are still trash even if they give warnings. I'm just tried of yall using the fact they have bad behavior as a reason to ignore prediction and warnings being factual. I love me too much to allow a warning or precaution go in one ear out the other. Yall complain but be part of the problem like the call is coming from inside the house.

Here's a list of bad character writing or at least sloppy in my opion

1. Gullible or naive characters who don't listen to warnings then fall for traps and cry about the other party as if their the problem- it's like walking up to a child eating beast and putting a child in front of it then being surprised when it gets eaten. What did you expect?

2. characters who are used as family glue especially when they are tasked to mend relationships between hurt, abused, and neglected children just to fall in love with the person who did said actions.

3. No consequences for characters because they have become nice

4. Putting incompetent characters around the mc to make them look better rather then just actually making them better or more skilled.

5. Characters treating others as tools or extras but using them for their own benefit or when helping will look good for them- usually the mc

6. picking up companions for the savior appeal but the companion to only be seen or adressed once in awhile

7. Badly made harems- the people involved only seem to catch feeling for good deed people commonly show and have been taught since pre-k

8.god complex but they never loose or struggle- elceed is a book that shows how to write multiple characters who can have God complexes but because they struggle it helps humble them

9. aults coming from modern times then going to historical whether as an adult or child and diregarding common moral stand points for the plot

10. Those situations where they go to deal with a case or operation and just happening to stumble apon a forced or desperate character who they make into an Allie, what about the others who you just killed who could possibly be in similar positions- just capture and kill after finding out they have nothing to offer

11. Characters going the love contract or pact route before they venture to find others who were in similar situations who have gotten out- for example femal leads who find strong and independent women after they have formed a contract. It makes me think they didn't try to find help outside of a partner and took the fastest option.

I found a book called *Reincarnated as the Omega Villain in a BL Novel*. While it is a BL, it dives deep into themes like reincarnation, being the "villain," and the consequences of one's actions on others. I’ve read plenty of stories where the main character (girl or boy) is a villain or takes over a villain’s body, and both the character and readers tend to downplay their bad behavior because they were victims as if they are the sole victim. In these stories the characters can commit horrible acts and then cry about having to face the consequences, which feels unrealistic.

In this book, the MC has three lives. First was historical setting where he is the villian omega, second is when he is reborn as a beta and really gets to see how wrong his views and opions were, third he goes back to his first to redo his wrongs. He remembers his first, and actually acknowledges that he was the problem. He admits he became a villain due to circumstances but doesn’t excuse it. Instead, he recognizes the harm he caused and seeks to fix it, acknowledging the innocent lives affected by his greed. His family wasn’t abusive or neglectful, and yet he still became a villain, proving it was his own mindset and ego that led to his downfall, not just society’s influence.

What I appreciate is how the story avoids making the MC a victim and coddling him. Too often, readers excuse immoral actions of the MC because they are "the victim." The book also explores forced relationships in the MC's first and third lives, but the key difference is that by his third life, he learns to consider others, make better choices, and avoid becoming who he was in his first life. He’s a true MC who lets his past lives guide his growth and change.i have more to say about this book but at this point it's a rant so I stopping.

I want recommendations on books where the mc is a female and doesn't focus around love or romance but rather like leveling up or even living her best life her way. I'm really just looking for book with a slice of life style but it's just fluff no romance and mc isn't sexualized in the sense that she has a very fictional type appearance. If it's in all color that would be appreciated very much. I'm not saying romance can't be there but I don't want it to overshadow her power or even the fact that it's more then a romance book.