#like. at least in the case of alan wake im like. i Know its a stephen king reference

[mejomonster]

Reminding myself at least im not writing a story about a 30-40 year old guy still hung up over a lost lover he varely knew/ex wife/missing wife who he idolizes to the point she's an object barely a person and when she is a person it clashes with the ideal hes longing for, and he thinks hes this rebel poor guy but hes got mega cash and can afford an LA/San Francisco/New York home AND a vacation because hes Got vacation time(?) Or just so money secure he can afford 1+ months not working, oh and he's probably a self employed artist who "has no ideas" and is lamenting it even though hes got enough money to indulge his trip to the Weird Scary Rural place so clearly the situation isnt dire. Oh and he has a drinking problem. He doesnt know whats real or not, but since hes alread deluding himself about his Imaginary Idolized Woman and Pretending Hes Poor... who can really say if hes seeing any scary wild shit at all or hes just dramaticizing the mundane (or lying)

At least im not writing a guy like that

#rant #dhdhfh okay look. i like House of Leaves. in fact i love the concept i love experimental rule breaking shit #but ive found this EXACT character mold in like 5 horror stories!!!!! #its practicallh EXPECTED im shocked when its not a 30-40 year old rich man thinking hes a poor loner hung up on a woman whos Not actually #in the story much. #i prefer my horror protagonists to be lesbians thanks #anyway at least. in the stories i write my protagonists are a plethora of bisexual dorks to suave dangers #but none are like. This. #im just a bit sick of the mold? it reeks of guy Author Self Insert #and whike thats fine. its fine to do. its like do yalk ALL have these same problems??? i hope not #i hope ur just using the same trope due to the references and synbolism of This Trope by this point #like. at least in the case of alan wake im like. i Know its a stephen king reference #in IT like... okay bill clearly fits this bill. but he has to MEET beverly so shes not an offscreen presence so much as a pedestal that #is forcibly confronted. at leasyly #and house of leaves i HOPE picked yhe trope to reference other horrors. so far its the least creative #most basic bitch thing about tbe novel