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Turning good romances into harems.
If it's going to be a harem, put it in the tags and description from the beginning.
Because it pisses me off when I get invested in a relationship, then all of a sudden the mc goes completely out of character and starts having harem antics with multiple other...
That shit happens for one reason only: to keep the status quo.
It's the same mindset that keeps romance from progressing in anime/manga.
And it's intentional.
Facts.
Pretty much any Harry Potter mc immediately becomes servile to Hermione, whether it's Harry or a SI. It's why I can no longer stand her character.
Because once Hermione shows up, the second she dislikes anything the mc does they become a spineless wimp with zero ambition and immediately...
A new one that has been annoying me is when the author point-blank says there isn't going to be any romance, then proceeds to have the mc constantly noticing how attractive girls are and having every female character fawn all over him.
But, of course, no romance actually happens.
Then why the...
I hate self-inserts that go out of their way to help the original mc get a girlfriend/harem.
I've seen too many DxD fics lately where the SI decides he wants to help Issei fulfill his dream of getting a harem.
Fucking gross. Why would anyone want to help that sex offender get a harem...
A trope that I've increasingly come across lately that I hate is DxD SI fics that refuse to kill Raynare and the other Fallen Angels.
The reasons given are always bullshit too. 'I don't want to divert from canon' or 'I'll just make them my maids instead.'
Fucking WHY?!
I hate fics where the MC goes out of their way to defend/redeem female villains but immediately flies into a rage when the villain is a guy.
I've seen so many HP time travel and self-insert fics where Bellatrix and Narcissa are given every chance because "That future hasn't happened yet, they...
Speaking of preachy, moralizing author avatars:
I remember reading a Harry Potter fic where Hermione was reading the Daily Prophet during breakfast. The top story? School shootings in America.
Hermione went on a tirade about the 2nd Amendment, how guns were too accessible in America and...
It's not NTR if the girl chooses you over her canon love interest. If you like her back, then make a move. Doing nothing because she is supposed to end up with someone else later in the canon timeline is stupid. Why even make it a plot point then?
The story that made me post that trope was one...
Self-inserts that doggedly follow canon. What is the point of a SI fic where the mc refuses to change anything?
Self-insert stories that are exactly the same as other self insert stories. "Oh, I'm in DxD? I gotta save Rias from Riser, save Asia, save Kuroka, let Akeno know how much I accept...
Love the story, especially the Anakin/Dinah dynamic. I hope she is his only apprentice. Most Worm fics try to force Taylor, Lisa, and Amy into the main character's circle even if the story would be better off not doing it.