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>MC is a trained assassin
>keeps getting into stupid situations that escalate as the story goes on

>MC is an accomplished scientist
>becomes increasingly stupid as the story goes on, getting into ever escalating situations

>MC is part of a top secret organization
>everyone knows who he is and he is always trying to play catch up

>Character is legit stupid and is said to be stupid
>all situations turn out rosy and in his favor regardless of the seemingly insurmountable odds and everyone loves him

>Manly MC
>is actually pretty girly and loves pets even cats

>MC is in LitRPG genre
>1,000% Mary Sue beyond all possibilities

OMFG. Once I got through my fiction backlog, from the 1980s or older, it is like everyone's fiction writing took the worst nose dive as possible. What the fucking hell is going on? This is the worst year I've ever had trying to find something remotely, "good," to read in any fiction genre.

>> No.13893517

>>13893510
I'm not sure I really understand your post OP, are you saying you ran out of good books written before 1980? Because we happen to have a whole board dedicated to recomending those if you like.

>> No.13893587
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>>13893517
I'm saying characters seem to be written as though they are mouth breathing retards, yet they somehow have credentials in their universe. I mean, haven't you ever noticed that a supposedly smart character does a lot of stupid things or gets through via plot forcing instead of on his own merit? I guess it all comes down to the fact that you can't write a character smarter than you are.

No, I don't want recommendations. I'm just giving up on fiction.

>> No.13893746

>>13893510
>smart characters doing stupid things
Isn't there a trope name for that? There's also this,
https://medium.com/@MrGrahamMoore/how-to-write-about-characters-who-are-smarter-than-you-c7c956944847

>> No.13893813

>>13893510
>Litrpg
I think your problem may be that you simply choose stupid books

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>>13893813
>>13893510
All fiction is stupid to placate and indoctrinate the masses.
All non-fiction is strictly propaganda.

>> No.13894433

>>13893834
this reading is for fags

>> No.13894978

>>13893587
but smart people do stupid shit all the time

>> No.13895022

>>13894978
Smart people don't due stupid things. Stupid people do stupid things. That is how you define a smart person or a stupid person. You are confusing an intelligent person with a smart person because you are ill-informed and/or once ignorant.

>> No.13895027

>>13893510
>MC posts on an anonymous Laotian Scrimshaw forum
>Literally gags on dick 24 hours a day

>> No.13895099

>>13895022
Smart people do stupid things for smart reasons. They don't have complete data, they failed to foreseen an unlikely outcome, they were lied to, etc. Smart people and characters aren't all-knowing. They can still be tricked, deceived, and fooled into a wrong line of thinking, only to discover too late that they've been outsmarted.

What does "smart" mean to you?

>> No.13895103

>>13895022
>Smart people don't due stupid things.
who the fuck are you to judge what's smart when you're a mouth-breathing fucking retard yourself?

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>>13893510
>OP keeps reading genre fiction
>becomes increasingly more of a retarded faggot as he fails to realize genre books suck