Things You Want LESS Of In Books

I don't think I know that one…

It is….something.
There's a literal Deus Ex Machina.

Speaking of which, I want less Deus Ex Machina.

Oh I love a good literal Deux ex Machina.

The cast literally prays to Jupiter to save their favorite character (I mean relateable but still) and Jupiter breaks Posthumous Leonates out of prison.

Also Yachimo is creepy and a perv and I don't like him.

Also Yachimo is creepy and a perv and I don't like him.

Who?

The main villain. He sneaks into the main girl's room and looks at her when she's naked as she sleeps

Yeah.
10/10 most awkward scene to watch, even more than Say No To This.

I'm so sick of the "I'm not like other X" tropes…

Absolutely! That trope has been really getting on my nerves lately. Like, I would appreciate it if the characters who said that were shown to be self-absorbed and ignorant about the people around them, but they’re always proven right which I think is a missed opportunity and makes the character seem like a stuck up meanie pants

Exactly! I love it when an arrogant character gets knocked down a few pegs (which is prevalent in my writing lol, looking at you Darius, Samuel, Oberon, Oleander, Trix, Victor, and more-) and it gives the chance for flawed protagonists!

I love my flawed babies too! And yeah, it feels good when characters realize something new and learn more about the people around them

I'm so sick of the "I'm not like other X" tropes…

Same. Even though it's hardly stated outright, if a character so much implies that they're not like other people it's an immediate eye roll from me.
Especially when the character thinks they're not like other characters for something that's totally normal. Like when you have a girl who thinks she's special because she doesn't like to wear makeup. Lots of girls don't wear makeup, it doesn't make you special.

_{I use girls as an example because I find that it often is female characters who tend to be like this.}

Theoretically speaking, no girl is "like other girls" - everyone is different.

That's not a theory, but a fact!

This isnt a complaint, more like a question, but do u guys feel like the "dead mother trope" is overused? I don't mean the trope itself, but the fact that when there's a dead parent, its usually the mom.

Yep!

I have a lot of dead mothers, but that's because I have a lot of dead parents in general.
But in my realistic fiction I have more dead dads than dead mothers.

I have a dead mother
but also a dead dad to match