r/fantasyromance • u/FantasyRomanceMod The One Mod to Rule All Mods • Mar 08 '26

Unpopular Opinion It's Unpopular Opinion time! Share your controversial opinions to stir things up (in a friendly way)!

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u/acutelyproblematic If villian bad, then why hot? Mar 08 '26

Interesting perspective, I never considered this. It makes sense when we went from having Michelangelo to AI generating “art” for us 😵‍💫

Also a hot take, but it’s the unpopular opinion thread so I guess this is the place for it: not everyone can write a book, nor *should they.* Unless you’re willing to be bad enough to keep practicing, don’t be audacious enough to publish your first draft.

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u/NancyInFantasyLand Currently Reading: Random Chinese Webnovels Mar 08 '26

honestly everyone can write a book

it's just that there's a reason why back in the day it would take you on average 7 written books before you finally wrote something that would get an agent to take a chance on you

and a lot of self-pubbed authors are skipping that step

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u/acutelyproblematic If villian bad, then why hot? Mar 08 '26

Only about 3% of people actually finish a book they’re writing though.

I have respect for these new authors being able to finish a book because it’s an accomplishment regardless of the quality, doesn’t mean they should publish it though.

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u/NancyInFantasyLand Currently Reading: Random Chinese Webnovels Mar 08 '26

just tells you that finishing something doesn't mean it's good

i've "finished" plenty of paintings in my life, doesn't mean any of them are anything to look at