Board Thread:Off Topic/@comment-25396609-20160502222905/@comment-27425734-20160515053211

RayStrikeAbius wrote: And I'm fascinated with sharp pointy objects that AREN'T knives. Which is actually why I decided to make a character who's whole schtick is stabbing people with spears and arrows.

The problem with character's using the whole blood-and-death-and-gore-oh-my angle isn't the blood, death, and gore itself (necessarily). It's that everyone thinks the dark, brooding, edgy, murderous archetype goes well with this,  and even on the rare instance it's done well, it's so OVERdone that it goes right back down to crapville. It's an inevitable part of a writer's development. Making your first Mary Sue is like puberty. It's a very painful, awkward time in your writing career. At least, that's how I see it.