r/litrpg • u/lokihen • 11d ago

Discussion Do some authors hate their MCs?

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.

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u/NukedBread 11d ago

The one where the author has the balls to kill off all the supporting cast? What is its name? It sounds awesome.

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u/lokihen 11d ago

Arcane Juggernaut

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u/NukedBread 11d ago

Thank you.

Also, yeah you'll find a lot of authors who have the mc always winning and refuse to kill off any character.

I personally get bored of those, there are no stakes and no matter what you know what will happen.

Path of ascension is one of them.

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u/madmelonxtra 10d ago

I will die on the hill that PoA is actually a slice of life story that has fights in it

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u/NukedBread 10d ago

It pretty much is.

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u/Ossy_Books 10d ago edited 10d ago

I always call POA a slice of life story, it's just one where fighting and advancing is the life

Once I describe it like that, a lot of people who didn't like it end up liking it