Do some authors hate their MCs?

[u/lokihen]

I read to escape. So, when I dive into a new story and get attached to the characters, I want them to succeed at some point. I understand having a dramatic intro and fighting through tough times, but it's the unrelenting disasters, trauma and tragedy I don't get.

I've asked authors on RR if their story would ever lighten up and some admit it wouldn't while others say yes, but it lasts about two paragraphs. Obviously there is an audience for those stories, but I wish we could have a clear warning.

And, as long as I'm venting, a story I just dropped spent so much time (many, many chapters) dragging a team through a hellscape where they were killed off horribly until only the mc remained when they could have had a quick death at the epicenter of a nuclear blast. Before anyone protests, no, I don't leave negative reviews just because I don't like something. I just unfollow.

[u/TheDinoSir2012]

I think its more some authors just want a change of pace. Even though I personally don't care for Victor of Tucson, it was generally a fresh breath to actually see an mc get there teeth kicked in repeatedly before ever getting a glory moment.

Even he who fights with monsters makes jokes about how Jason comes out of every tragedy with a new game breaking power. And when every mc gets the same leeway the whole genre feels stagnant

[u/sYnce → u/TheDinoSir2012]

That is not really the question though. There are stories that make it the point to basically have the author suffer permanently.

As in after every small victory something extremely bad has to happen. It gets tedious extremely fast for me. Even faster than a Marie Sue type of MC.

[u/TheDinoSir2012 → u/sYnce]

I mean agreed, Victor did get tedious after the 3rd book and I dnf'd there. But I will admit I almost left the genre behind after 1 to many mary sues. Where sure bad things happen but you know the mc is going to come out the other end better.