@chaosprime SRSLY? Maybe because if a character is unlikeable, we don't feel like spending a book hanging around with him.
@StevenBrust Prolly not strictly YA, like I really doubt @veschwab could have sold Vicious with a Victoria Vale lead, but it seems to be…
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@StevenBrust …this huge thing in YA, that any female protag has to fail to conform in *just* the right ways and not any unapproved ones.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@chaosprime@StevenBrust I do think we (as readers) seem to have an absurd double standard when it comes to gender and likeability. -
@veschwab@chaosprime I know that I find stories with no likable characters unreadable. But dunno about jargon meaning of likeable. - 1 more reply
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@chaosprime@StevenBrust That's an interesting question. I'm not sure I entirely agree. In my case, it more comes down to the social...Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@chaosprime@StevenBrust ...perception that woman don't make good sociopaths (bc they always "care"?). But Serena is my solution to that.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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