@chaosprime SRSLY? Maybe because if a character is unlikeable, we don't feel like spending a book hanging around with him.
@StevenBrust Like, there's 1000 things protags can do (bad/annoying/etc) that leave them perfectly likeable, but if they're female YA leads…
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@StevenBrust …now they're in the "unlikeable" bucket and no one wants your mss. Which kinda seems like the real problem to me. -
@chaosprime Agreed. Different problem if it is editor or public taste, but sure. But I wish people were more aware of when they're jargoning -
@StevenBrust Yeah. I'd like to know if we're talking about likeable-the-actual-thing or likeable-the-acquiring-editor-screening-criterion.
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