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@whalekeeper no losing friends! 😊

also…yea YA is… *shudders* XD

WHICH IS WHY I READ MIDDLE GRADE OH YEAAAA XD

I’ve read some “YA???” or started some? I may have finished like…one??? But like all the books I read are middle grade XD XD XD

but even some of those it’s hard to find good onnnnnes.

@whalekeeper

OOOOO this is a very interesting discussion!

I agree that positive parents are desperately needed in fiction. I also agree that positive parents doesn’t mean flawless parents.

I have some positive parental relationships and potientally (I haven’t decided yet) some toxic parental relationships. I would think if you were going to…[Read more]

@whalekeeper

Thank you so much for  making this! XD

I have a couple instances of bad parents in my story, but also some good ones.

I’ve noticed the exact same thing in books for ya these days. It’s pretty tempting to go that way because it’s really hard to give characters actually moral flaws, because we love them and want them to be perfect!…[Read more]

@whalekeeper

Not losing any friendship here. I love people who want to talk about important things like this and who aren’t afraid say what they think is true. Please keep reading your dialogues and bringing up great topics to discuss.

@whalekeeper

Thank you, thank you for coming out and being brave enough to speak about your beliefs. This is a good thing, and you were very respectful and gracious. I personally agree with you and I really appreciate the way you talked about emotion and drama. This is so true.

I have always been hesitant to write about abusive parents/broken…[Read more]

@whalekeeper

Don’t stop, conversations like this are fun!

@whalekeeper

@starshiness I’m pretty sure you are right. One interesting thing is that there is no overarching rating board for books like there is for movies or video games. Instead books are placed into the sections that they are by publishers, libraries, and bookstores. When trying to decide where to place a book (either the children’s, you…[Read more]

Hmm well now you’ve got me thinkin… I wonder if one reason parents are left out of storylines so much is because the idea of instruction coming from someone older and wiser–really, the concept of authority–is something that’s trying to be excluded. People may not know that this is what they’re doing but, like @whalekeeper said initially, it…[Read more]

@whalekeeper Ooo bravo, that is a great observation!! It truly is sad that many books today will normalize leaving parents out of the picture or only include the ones that are abusive/the cause of charries’ trauma 🤦🏽‍♀️. Love the conversation here tho and reading all of y’alls perspectives on the issue!!

I hate to say it, but my two main WIPs…[Read more]

@whalekeeper

Omega/Beta

“Come on! Let’s go to the cafeteria, or the library, or, or – let’s explore!” Thorn grabbed onto both of them and practically pulled them forward.

“Library it is, then!” Omega told her as they started moving.

“I’m looking forward to it.” Beta followed. “I bet they’ve got some awesome books.”

@whalekeeper

I totally agree! There’s nothing wrong with writing the occasional bad or deceased parent of course, but it seems like every book I read (and even more so with tv shows) has a bunch of characters with parent issues.

Have you read the article on here called “Navigating Family Stereotypes”? It talks about this a bit and has some reall…[Read more]

@whalekeeper

Excellent point!

I’d just like to point out the parents in my story now.

So my MC, Arwen has both her mother and her father, both of which are very good parents. She’s especially close to her father. Now, while her parents are not dead, Arwen’s father, Ruben, does go missing for a couple years. So idk if that counts or doesn’t, but…[Read more]

@whalekeeper @elishavet-pidyon @koshka @godlyfantasy12 @smiley @freedomwriter76

That’s a really good point!!

It’s actually one thing that I was really excited to write about in my trilogy. The fact that Ami’s parents love her, support her, and are her role models.

She has a great relationship with her mother, and she looks to her father as so…[Read more]

@whalekeeper

Great topic idea, btw!!! 😃

Okay, yes, so I’ve definitely noticed this in a lot of books. I do have this one book where there are a lot of parents like that, but it’s ’cause they’re all stuck up royals…. and it’s the kids too, so yeah. 😅

Anyway, yes! We definitely need more good parents!

While he doesn’t come into the story until…[Read more]

@freedomwriter76 hey so is Riker gonna ask Iris to the dance?

bruh I’m legit now imagining The three guys being wingmen for each other and hiding out in obvious places while their friends asks their significant other out XD XD XD

@smiley @keilah-h @freedomwriter76 @esther-c @whalekeeper @euodia-vision @princessachronicle22 @…[Read more]

@whalekeeper do u want to RO as Marcel and Cal before I RP As pax? Or should I go ahead?

@freedomwriter76 @esther-c

Arabella

Ara smiled understandingly at Ami, feeling bad for the girl and her predicament, whatever it might be.

“Speaking of that, have you two been asked to the dance yet?”

Ara slowly closed her journal, pulling her knees to…[Read more]

@whalekeeper

You kind of just mentioned one of the main reasons I generally dislike the YA genre (no offence to the majority of you guys who wright YA stuff. I do like some YA stuff its just there has been a majority of YA stuff that I have not found as good because I feel like the genre is too teenagery (I guess that could be a descriptor to…[Read more]

@whalekeeper glad u made this forum!!! And…ah…I know u didn’t call any names but I still feel like I need to…apologize for some reason….???

I feel like I fall into that pit…a lot…it’s a struggle…but thanks for pointing it out…and I’ve been struggling with some stuff personally with some things so uhh…

But yea I apologize for anything….

Anyway!…[Read more]

@whalekeeper I’m good with that!! Occasionally I’ll take a break too, like when I have a trip to go on or something.