I didn't want to offend anyone. But honestly, these clichés are getting exhausting.
Why do authors of seemingly normal, at first glance, normal novels feel the need to develop drama and inevitably add death/serious illness/mental illness to potential LI?
What kind of author's fetish is this?
One is crazy, the other is dying without saying a word to the MC. Great, just great. Thank you so f**king much.
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This is f**king the Nobel Prize in Literature. And TGA's GotY.
No offend.
Is it really that hard to create drama without this? It's not as difficult as you may think. You just chose the easiest path — to make the MC suffer and keep her in the dark about important things for as long as possible.
And that shows the author's attitude toward his MC. A bad attitude.
It all reminds me of how in 99% of Korean/Chinese novels about regressors, the MC has a younger sister (most likely dying of an incurable disease). Why? Simple. “For fun.” (And for money). They want the MC to suffer. To overcome. And to tear his/her as* apart trying to find a cure.