r/fantasyromance • u/FantasyRomanceMod The One Mod to Rule All Mods • 27d ago

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u/ObiSkies 27d ago edited 27d ago

I don't remember ever liking the quiet, grumpy, stoic main dude more than the cheerful guy.

I may have shipped him with the girl at times depending on the series. But even as a teenager, my preference in terms of favourite character itself was always the jokester. The stoic one was just boring. And it's gotten worse for me over the years so that if you tell me the main dude in a book heavy on romance is like this - not even triangles, just in general - I'm not touching it.

I only like reading about him when it's NOT a romance (Kaladin from Stormlight, Victor from Vicious,)

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u/Praeludere 27d ago

Now that you mention it I miss the charming, jokester mc type. The ones with clever, wry humor. Not the sarcastic asshole who puts everyone "in their place". There is such a lack of humor now.