Hello!
Yes, I am back with this list of characters who are beloved to others but I find absolutely annoying or just simply put: dislike.
I'm not going to justify the reasons why I don't like them nor why I have the need to write about them and post it when I don't even like them.
I guess I just want you all to know that despite not enjoying these popular and well-loved characters as much as the majority of the bookish community, I actually went ahead and spent hours upon hours reading about them and appreciating the books they belong in.
I may not agree or see eye to eye with them (even if they're fictional), but know that I have reasons. It probably stems from my own personality and their characters' personalities clash with it, I don't know.
I just didn't and don't like them.
*in no particular order*
1. The Mortal Instruments by Cassandra Clare
Alec Lightwood
Calm down!
This isn't what it looks like. Alright, it is.
The thing is, I never liked Alec Lightwood. Not as a character.
Yes, I absolutely love him when he's with Magnus Bane.
But as an individual, he's not a good person. Or he wasn't.
I know he's got a lot going on in his life but that doesn't excuse the fact that he's an ass.
Now, I don't like Clary and I'm not defending her but the way he's treated her is just no. Also, whenever he was the one who we were reading about in the first 3-4 books of the series, I can't help but roll my eyes at how annoying he is.
Thank the Angel that Magnus arrived and that Alec's character developed into someone worthy of being called a hero and actually someone likeable.
2. Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard
Kilorn Warren
See? Nobody likes him enough to even be bothered to create a fanart of him! I found just one and he doesn't even have a face.
I have this issue with boys who grew up with our female leads and harboring secret crushes or love for them. Then some badass new guy comes along and suddenly being the best friend isn't enough and he goes alpha ape sh*t and causes trouble out of jealousy.
I feel like that's my most hated trope. I just realized now.
Also, thanks to being the best friend who obviously has no chance at our female lead but still important enough, our lead goes on crazy missions and life-threatening circumstances to get him back to safety. Doesn't matter who are the casualties so long as the best friend is safe.
Ugh.
And just because he knows her a lot longer, he automatically has a claim on her.
What even is that?
3. The Mortal Instruments by Cassandra Clare
Again with the best friend going territorial when some new guy comes along.
How about proclaiming your love for her before someone new comes along?
We could have avoided a ton of trouble if that happened.
I'm all for Clace and yet this guy is wedging himself between them like a freaking mushroom at a crack in the pavement.
Thankfully, Cassandra Clare is good at redeeming someone's character (though I never got over my dislike for Clary).
By the end of the series, I've come to appreciate this nerd.
4. The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
Gale Hawthorne
Oh hey! Look at that... Another best friend who had a primal tendency to lay claim on the girl just because they've been best friends all their lives.
I hate this trope.
He was so jealous all the time. I got really angry when his name was on the page I was reading.
And thanks to his jealousy and deep desire to prove something, he murdered children!
If you don't hate him for that, I don't even want to know you.
5. Harry Potter by J.K. Rowling
Percy Weasley
We all love the Wesleys.
I mean, how can you not? But of course, not even they are exempted to having at least one effed up kid, what with them being almost a dozen, someone's bound to come out wrong.
And it's this guy.
None of his siblings ever liked him. Sometimes I feel bad for him because all he ever wanted was to not be poor anymore and to not be ridiculed by being a Weasley.
But he's a jerk. I don't even want to talk about all the times he failed us as a Weasley.
6. Percy Jackson and the Olympains by Rick Riordan
Luke Castellan
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Again, please don't throw me to the deepest depths of Tartarus.
It's not even that he's succumbed to the evil Titans. It's the fact that the reason behind his being a traitor is because he was throwing a tantrum.
He knows for a fact (or at least should've come to the realization) that all Greek gods don't come into contact with their mortal offsprings unless there's a dire situation.
But no. He just continued to harbour a grudge because his dad, Hermes, didn't stay to watch him grow up.
That's not an excuse when everyone else at Camp Half-Blood has the same story about their godly parent!
What a cry baby!
Toughen up. I thought you're a warrior?
7. Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas
Dorian Havillard
I'm laughing right now because I can honestly feel the rage boiling off of you, people.
You see, Dorian is a weak character. Doesn't matter if he's strong in the magical sense. His character or personality is weak.
Yes, he loves reading. Yes, he gives his girl a puppy.
But he doesn't stand up to anything or anyone. He hides when he's troubled. He doesn't speak up. He's just there hovering.
He's a whatever kind of character for me.
8. Twilight by Stephenie Meyer
Jacob
The bane of my Twilight-obsessed self.
This boy is almost literally a dog for feeling like he had a claim on Bella just because he knows her father well and that said father approves of him.
All those times, you know what lacked? Him physically peeing on Bella to keep her and Edward apart.
Ugh.
He is ridiculous. I don't even remember what he did. All I know is I never liked him.
9. The Raven Cycle by Maggie Stiefvater
Adam Parrish
I loved all the Raven Boys by the end of the series.
But during the first 2 books of the series, I cannot stomach Adam's character.
All he did was mope around because he isn't rich, be angry because his friends are offering to help him out, and just be a jerk.
I know he's gone through a lot especially with his pathetic excuse of parents. But it was really hard to like him at first despite all that.
I didn't feel sorry for him (which I personally think he would've been grateful for if her was real). I just got really annoyed when reading about him.
Thankfully, his character was redeemed.
I love him now. Especially after The Raven King.
What is a proper way to close this post?
All I know is, even if I don't agree with, like, or love some of these characters, I loved the books they belonged in.
And to be fair, there isn't a book where I don't like at least one character.
That's just the way I am: I judge the characters.
I mean, the point of why I'm reading is because I want to escape real life and just relax for a while. So I don't appreciate it when a couple of people I read about are causing me stress.
**Credits to the owners and creators of the photos/fanart used in this post**
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