Types of Characters I'm Sick of in YA

Hello everyone !

Today I want to talk about the types of characters I am sick of in YA. I'm warning you, I think I was a bit too sarcastic in this post.

Let's go !

Main Characters

• The insecure MC. Everyone hits on her but she's not beautiful compared to the mean – perfect – girl. She has to be insecure because no one can relate to a confident MC.
  I don't mind insecurities but I want deeper ones and not just the « I'm not pretty compared to ... »
  
  
• The assassin who suck at his/her job. Dear assassins, if your mission is to kill someone, the least you could do is try. Yes, even if the target is hot. Yes, even if they have piercing eyes and they smell like sandalwood. 
  
  
• « I have a goal, I really do ! ». I didn't know how to sum up this type of MCs but basically they're the ones who have a goal at the beginning of the book and just forget about it after meeting their love interest.

Side Characters 

 

• The bad parents. Parenting is time consuming. They can't work, drink, gossip with their friends, argue all the time with their children and be good parents. Priorities, guys.
  
  
• The mean girl. She has to be mean, you know ? Otherwise who would made the MC feel bad about herself ?

• The supportive but dumb best friend. They're completely oblivious to everything happening in the MC's life but of course, they know him/her better than anyone else in the world. They're not the MC's best friend for nothing, after all.

Love Interests

• The mysterious guy. He's always in the back of the class. He never studies but somehow has very good grades. Also, he's been through a lot. Or he's not human. 
  
  
• The controlling boyfriend. I don't know what the appeal is. This is not romantic. This is not an undeniable proof of love. It's just wrong and authors should stop romanticizing it. 
  
  
• The jerky male interest. I LOVE relationships that start with hate. It's one of those things I can't get enough of but I like it even more when there is a real reason behind it and not just because the male interest is insufferably cocky and generally acting like an ass. 
  
  
• Out of the MC's league. They're popular but don't do anything to be. They're gorgeous, that should be enough, right ? They only date the most popular jocks/cheerleaders but after spending some time with the MC, they realize that having clever conversations is much more interesting. Sorry guys, you can't be a jock/cheerleader and be smart. Everyone knows that.

Vilains

• The vilain with absolutely no reason to be vilainous. They want to take over the world, to bring chaos because... Chaos is fun. It's known.
  
  
• The jealous vilain. I expect more from vilains than pettiness. I want vilains I can relate to. Those who can poison your mind with their messed up logic. Those who genuinely think they're heroes.
  
  
• "Mwahaha I'm the vilain !". He's dangerous, I promise. I mean, the author said so. What ? What did he do to the heroes ? Hum... Wait, I'm sure there is something. Right ! He threatened them ! That means, he's a great vilain, right ?

That's it for today. I didn't think I was going to come up with so many types of characters. I guess, they were sleeping in a corner of my brain until now.

Do you agree with me ? What types of characters are you sick of ?

Hope you enjoyed, see you next time.