Things You Want LESS Of In Books

Yeah, I feel like supernatural creatures get demonized (pun obviously intended) by people who mock YA, but like….vampires, fae, angels, demons, and werewolves would be awesome if they were handled right!

I have fae as well

I also have fae. They are elves. They are evil and eat people. Also they have magic arrows.

Ooh sounds fun

The problem with fae and other supernatural creatures in most YA works is they are all extremely shallow races, there's next to no depth or culture to that race and what is there just feels like a lazy half attempt. They're so romanticized that some writers think they can just throw them into a book and call it good. One of the reason Tolkin Is so fantastic is all of his species are well thought out, I'm not asking for tolkin I'm asking for real effort, With the mainstreaming of supernatural beings a lot of what makes them supernatural to begin with is being lost, a lot of them come from old Celtic, Greek, Roman, Norse, Scottish, Egyptian Mythologies (I am aware I'm missing mythologies) and the spooky, mystical qualities of these beings are being destroyed by the oversimplification of what they are. Elves are a great example of this, when you here about Elves in most fantasy you instantly have an image in your head of what they should be, but where in writing do you see there culture gone into, and effort being put into the creation of that culture.

IT'S TRUE AND YOU SHOULD SAY IT!
If you want YA with good fae, check out An Enchantment of Ravens! It's made very clear that they are not human, even if they appear more or less human at times, and they have things they can and can't do.

Hey….can the Born Sexy Yesterday trope uhh….die a painful death?

Is that the "taking off glasses" type dealio?

No, it's the trope where a robot/alien/supernatural being is totally clueless about everything/has no idea how humans work, but is still super hot and everyone wants to fuck them.

I mean you're not wrong, but the trope just really bothers me.
Why can't we see the human form a parent/child relationship with the alien or robot or whatever instead, and teach them how the world works?

Aka if Victor had been a good father.

No, Frankenstein. Although I do have a Victor who probably wouldn't be a great father because he's not super emotionally stable. Also he's 22 and not done with college so yeah no kids for him.

He'd be the Strict Dad and Henry would be the Fun Dad if they ever adopted though.
Okay, back on topic.
LESS! WHINY! MCS!
Like I love Luke Skywalker with my whole heart, but in 4 and 5 he was. so. whiny.

Especially when said MC is being whiny about romantic relationships.