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>main character isn't the chosen one

>> No.6569081

>use the word wench
>ever

>> No.6569082

>>6569081

quiet, wench

>> No.6569085

>main character isn't the chosen wench

>> No.6569097

>main character hits on bar wench
>she rejects his advances

>> No.6569113

>main wench is not the chosen character one

>> No.6569124
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6569124

>main character is a girl

>> No.6569186

>main character is the sidekick

Any novels that do this?

>> No.6569200

>there's no main character

>> No.6569259
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6569259

>readers can't even agree on who the main character is

>> No.6569266

>main character is a white male

>> No.6569293

>>6569266
white cis male*

>> No.6569296

>>6569186
there's a Mieville book, I think, Un Lun Dun, but I haven't read it. he has huge arms

>> No.6569312

>>6569293
straight white cis male*

>> No.6569473

>>6569186
Lord of the Rings

>> No.6569656

>the main character is an edgy, independant teenage girl who always used to be lonely and sad

>> No.6569668

>>6569312
privileged straight white neurotypical male*

>> No.6569698

>>6569068
I like this as an idea, but I don't think I've read anything where it happens. I know that it's true for harry potter but I haven't read them.

Anyone have any recs?

>> No.6569706

>>6569698

A Song of Ice and Fire

Stannis is convinced he's meant to be some prophetic saviour and he isn't a POV.

>> No.6570227

>>6569296
That's the one, and yes, he is hot as fuck.

>> No.6570234

>>6569113

>>6570227
>>6570227
Fag

>> No.6570242
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6570242

>main character is a mediocore child who is mistreated by his parents/teachers/bullies but then is whicked away to a magical fantasy land where he goes on amazing adventures and learns that he's the land's long lost chosen one
>tfw this never happened and will never happen to you

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6570312

>>6569068
>>6569081
>>6569082
>>6569085
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>>6569113
>>6569124
>>6569186
>>6569200
>>6569259
>>6569266
>>6569293
>>6569296
>>6569312
>>6569473
>>6569656
>>6569668
>>6569698
>>6569706
>>6570227
>>6570234
>>6570242
>Having anything even resembling a "main character"

>> No.6570314

>>6570312
this

>> No.6570526

>Story doesn't start with "once upon a time"

>> No.6570699

>>6569186
Jacques et son maître (jacques and his master) by Diderot has something resembling that

>> No.6570708

>>6570242
at least I arent mediocore

>> No.6570755

>>6569081
How about scewdiver?

>> No.6570775
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6570775

>Main character loses their virginity

>> No.6570779

>>6570775
Are you a virgin? What level are you?

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6570824

>main character is unnamed.

>> No.6570873

>>6570708
>I arent
2deep4me or absolute retard?

>> No.6570878

>>6570824
Like 90% of 1st person stories.