I’ll give the things I’m looking for in books (in this cause I suppose it’s things I don’t want in a story), and explain (which might be a rant) as to why I am looking for these
At it’s core. I’m looking for books (usually fantasy world, litrpg direction) that don’t carry these points;
1. A story theme that doesn’t try to introduce a a system or character that is apart of the law or government. Acknowledge the system or the character is corrupt, broken their own laws, but tries to get the reader to like said character or system. Even making other characters show they dislike it but don’t follow through with the dislike and instead warms up to the character or system in question.
2. If the story involves, discrimination, slavery or touches on genocide. I would much appreciate and love if the story didn’t try to use these concept but try to downplay the reaction the people subjected to these concepts and action in the story.
3. If the main character is gay then that is a plus but not a super hard necessity. Bonus if the writer doesn’t try to make them ambiguous or write them as if they are trying to be pg friendly on a TV channel.
Now….for the possible east but, but hopefully insight into why I am looking for this…..I’m tired. So many stories I have stopped reading because they seem to try so hard to have me be in the corner of main characters who say they hate discrimination, corrupt fantasy world government and laws. The writes of these stories can write characters as villains who can be killed and less tike is spent thinking about them, but if the character is the equivalent of a king, a police force, a government then it’s like an unspoken contract of where they can’t have they main characters truly hate the sustem/person. The story can come up with ways to bring down struggle on the main crew but concepts listed at most get a slap on the risk, either by the concept in question;
A. Has the main character(s) becoming a part of the police force, even when they have so much reasons to why they wouldn’t. The excuses usually being they character needs to become strong to not be controlled but then rubs shoulders with said group or organization that is causing their distress.
B. The corrupt or incompetent character to the system because a part of the group in some way and instead of that character changes and question the system they are epasrt of, the main crew who can have a list of reason to hate the system is converted to like said system just cause the character either fights good, did one of two good things that is out of character, or they are just there like a billboard on why you should like said corrupt organizations/system
It’s tiring cause reading thse stories don’t fill me with enjoyment. They instead read as like textbook for a school assignment you read, not because you really enjoy it but you feel like you have to read for a test. These stories just like lime I’m spending more time wading through the story on the pretense of ‘finishing what you started’ rather than reading as if I’m breathing in clean air.
As a slight reference, the only story I’ve been able to read and feel like I’m breathing in fresh air is;
1. Hidden Class: Pacifist by Cassio Ferreira (because the character is a kind Pacifist who actually wants to be a Pacifist, who have heavy conflict placed on them but the story and writer doesn’t punish and fight against the character wanting to be a Pacifist. Instead l, the story rewards them for sticking to their morals, even if violence would be a satisfying and potentially quick action)
2. Nova Terra by Seth Ring (completely different from number one. But I love it because l, even if violence is the name of the game the characters don’t try to accommodate corruption. Now, I do have my dislike in a few aspects, mainly with how the story treated the entire race of orges as simply being strength is all that matter and them being written as a race who only care about violence. Especially when the only character who is a orge (but isn’t an npc but a player character) that portions comes off as if to that character is ‘one if the good ones’ to me.
But those are the only stories I’ve read that dies not make me feel like I’m I have to ignore things concepts that just eat away at my enjoyment of the story, but instead feels like a in a loop of energy, where I’m willing and happy to spend tike reading while the story in energizing me to have me read it. Where chapters don’t feel like I’m spending time skimming.
So. Those are what I’m looking for, why I’m looking for them as well as two examples of stories that come either close or hit what I want pretty well. I can even look into stories that don’t follow the fantasy litrpg theme if you also have suggestion outside of those genre
by horntilly