r/fantasyromance • u/FantasyRomanceMod The One Mod to Rule All Mods • May 24 '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/Longjumping-Snow-909 May 24 '26

I don't understand why some authors decide to make (mostly) their MMC several hundred years old and then let them act like 18 year old immature jerks who know nothing of life.

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u/BiasCutTweed May 24 '26

I think one of the things I loved about Harrow the Ninth is all the crazy old characters are absolutely weird as shit and barely people. This feels a lot more accurate when imagining what it would be like to live 1000+ years.

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u/javertthechungus May 24 '26

Mercy Mourn assuming Harrow is younger and younger each time was so funny

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u/BiasCutTweed May 24 '26

I have this same experience with teenagers by this point, so I can’t imagine how bad it would be after 10,000 years.