User:Superherofanatic1999

High School Graduate who loves Superheroes (obviously) and great story telling.

FAVORITE SERIES (not ranked in any particular order):

Most Wanted: I'm a sucker for crime fiction.

Reasons I like it:

1. Sam and Dave are the perfect dynamic duo

2. Interesting plot twists

3. Epic cliffhanger

What could have been done better:

'''1. Not finding out who the bad guy was until the climax. We knew right away the bad guy was John Tull. It would have been more interesting if we had to find clues as to who the killer was.'''

Crown and The Flame: I usually hate fantasy stories, but I was pleasently surpised with the whole war theme.

Endless Summer: A beautiful combination of action, romance, adventure, and mystery.

Reasons I like it:

1. Unique anime style artwork

2. Combined a large amount of genres

3. Plot twists at every turn

'''4. Introduced the relationship meter system. '''

5. Memorable characters

What could have been done better:

'''1. Aleister could have remained a villain. He was already disliked by a large amount of the fandom, I don't think very many people would have minded.'''

2. All the endings were bittersweet.

'''Hero: I don't have to explain why I like it. My username says it all. '''

It Lives in the Woods: I usually hate horror stories, but I was really entrigued by this one.

'''Perfect Match: I'm enjoying the whole mystery plotline. I was concerned it was going to be a dating simulator version of ROE (ick), but I'm pleasently surprised. I really enjoyed this latest chapter where we learned self-defense and were told there would be fight scenes in the future. Looking forward to those chapters! '''

'''Edit: It's basicially the new Endless Summer at this point. You have the ragtag group of protagonists, the adventure, the action, the romance, and you're constantly tying to stay one step ahead of the villains.'''

Bloodbound: Really enjoying the Vampire lore, action, and back stories of how Council members met Gaius and became vampires.

'''Veil of Secrets: One of my all time favorites. Praying for more crime thrillers in the future.'''

America's Most Eligible: Surprisingly good for a series about Reality TV

'''Big Sky Country: It's surprisingly pretty good so far. '''

'''Class Act: It's already so much better than Book 3 of HSS. '''

'''It Lives Beneath: I have the feeling it will end up being even better than It Lives in the Woods. It's already pretty dark and we have a decent group of protagonists.'''

The Elementalists: Already really intrigued.

'''The Heist: I'm already addicted. This is already shaping up to be a fantastic series. So far, I've recruited Anton and Lena as part of my new gang. I'm guessing that 1/2-2/3 of the way through the story, there will be a 1-2 chapter arc where we bust Eris out of prison to be our Demo expert again. At least, I hope so, given that she's my love interest.'''

Open Heart: Really good so far!

IN THE MIDDLE SERIES:

'''Lovehacks: First book was awful, second book was meh. '''

Things that were good:

1. Some of the jokes were actually pretty funny.

2. TJ was a pretty decent villain throughout Book 1.

3. Ben and his whole personality were magical.

4. Had a pretty decent ending.

Things that were bad:

'''1. Brooke is a stereotype of a dumb blonde. She got mad at her friends for being suspicious that she was marrying a guy she only met a week ago. They had every right to be concerned.'''

'''2. Sereena is every negative feminist stereotype condensed into one detestable sexist hypocrite. '''

3. Leah and Mark were both very boring and uninteresting characters.

4. TJ and Martin got demoted from villains to side characters.

'''Royal Romance: I really hated the first one because it was such a cliche fairy tale but the plot has improved tremendiously. '''

'''Edit: Book 3's premise started off interesting, but it's just boring gala stuff now. Hopefully we'll move past it and focus in investigating the terrorists'''

Things that are good:

'''1. Book 2 had a pretty decent plot. '''

2. Book 3's sub-plot about terrorism is new and interesting.

Things that are bad:

1. Book 1 was a cliche fairy tale.

'''2. Book 3 has too many galas and balls. The criminals threatening your country are more important than dancing.'''

'''High School Story: Hate to say this, but it's become kind of a meh series in these last few chapters. I'm so sick of the BS drama between Hearst and Berry. This is exactly the same way I felt with Freshman a year ago. I enjoyed the first two books, but by the third book, I was fed up with all the pointless drama.'''

Edit: I hate to keep changing my opinion on this, but the prom chapters were actually pretty weak, and Book 3 has been pretty lackluster compared to the previous books.

'''Ride or Die: Extremely cliche with a ton of unlikable characters, but at least we get to choose to help the Police, which is exactly what I intend to do. That entire gang of scumbags is ending up in jail on my watch.'''

WORST SERIES:

'''Freshman/Snoremore: Suuuuuuuuuucks! I'll give Junior a chance because it looks like there's room for more mature storylines (PTSD, Trauma, ETC). However, if it turns out to be more plotless drama, I'll quit. I'm single and really hoping that  the game doesn't assume I want to be with Becca (EWWWWW), what part of "I hate her", does the game not understand?'''

'''Edit: Pretty much the only pro in this series is it seems like some people are starting to hate the idiotic love interests in this series as much as I do. But, in all honesty, this series has jumped the shark and should have ended a year ago. Hopefully this and the Senior will only be two books. And one more question, why are we having a Thanksgiving chapter in May? I know the book takes place during the fall (and presumably winter to spring), but seriuosly, it's a little weird.'''

Reasons why I hate it:

1. It has jumped the shark.

2. The protagonists are a bunch of sterotypes.

3. Beau somehow went from a malicious prankster to a homicidal psychopath who is taking orders from someone else.

4. Although I was originally thrilled for a mystery plot in the Junior, it is so poorly written I knew who the bad guy was within two weeks.

'''5. The MC thinks she's a lone wolf vigilante apparently. '''

6. The series has gone from a college themed coming of age series to a soap opera that takes place at a college.

Home for the Holidays: Cliche hallmark movie

Reasons why I hate it:

1. The brother always has this brain dead expression on his face.

2. The girl that the brother likes allows herself to be in an abusive relationship.

3. The forced love interest, Nick, is one the most detestable, infuriating, pieces of human garbage to walk the earth.

4. Holly and her entire plot were just plain laughable.

5. The plot was non-existant.

ROE: Zzzzzzzzzzzz 😴

Reasons why I hate it:

'''1. The MC literally doesn't have a life. This series went on for over a year and we found out nothing about her career, friends, or hobbies, assuming she has any of those. '''

'''2. The series could have honestly ended after two books. '''

3. The plot with Nicole and Audrey was so boring that I found myself eventually tapping through their scenes without even reading the text.

'''4. The aunt was a very generic soap opera villain. '''

5. Elena was truly detestable and immature throughout Newlyweds.

6. The creation of Audrey, who has since become probably *the* most hated Choices character.

Haunting of Braidwood Manor: Boring and not scary

Reasons why I hate it:

1. The only thing scary was a jump scare at the beginning of Chapter 1.

2. Under developed characters.

3. The three children have to remain dead no matter what choice you make, which is absolutely depressing.

''' Red Carpet Diaries: Boring, slow-moving, and an insult to anyone who does performing arts. We spent half the story learning Jessica can't act to save her skin, and she suddenly becomes good overnight? I've been acting for years, it's not that easy. I am very disapointed that this book is being made into a series. I hated everything about the first one. '''

''' Seriously, they're making a 3rd book for this? Really hope it's the last. At least Book 2 of Lovehacks was slightly better than the first. The second book felt about the same as the first in this series    '''

 Reasons why I hate it: 

''' 1. A very unrealistic portrayal of a young inexperienced actress. '''

''' 2. All the love interests are bland. '''

''' 3. Victoria should honestly be in prison or a court ordered anger management group. '''

''' 4. Book 2 was garbage. '''

''' 5. Viktor was a horrible villain. '''

''' 6. Matt was forced on us. '''

''' 7. Teja and Seth are idiots. '''

''' 8. Half of Book 2 was pandering to Hunt fans. '''

''' 9. Why would anyone associate themselves with Chazz? '''

''' Sheesh. I can't believe I have more reasons to hate this than I do for the Freshman series or Desire and Decorum. Seriously, the only pro was that psychotic bitch Victoria was barely involved. I'm not including this as a bullet point but another major issue I have with this series is that the protagonists don't even feel like friends. At best, they feel like professional acquaintances. Good lord, even books that aren't done yet like Big Sky Country, It Lives Beneath, and Elementalists have more realistic depictions of friendship. '''

''' Desire and Decorum: I haven't felt this much hate for a new series this early on since Home for the Holidays. And it seems like a majority of people agree that it's terrible '''

 Reasons why I hate it: 

''' 1. It's practically a rehash of the 1st Royal Romance book, except it's set in the past. '''

''' 2. A very boring plot about what it means to be a "Lady" in the 1800s. '''

''' 3. Very ugly character designs for 2/3's of the cast. '''

''' 4. Based on other peoples' testamonies, excessive and irrlevant diamond options. '''

''' 5. The PB employee who wrote the "Desire and Decorum" blog post was way too proud and excited about this series. They acted like it was a masterpiece, when it can't hold a torch to other current series like America's Most Eligible and Veil of Secrets. Across the Void and Big Sky Country look a lot more interesting. '''

''' 6. The dialogue. "A man of five and twenty". Just say 25. I know that's what the age roughly translates do...from Spanish. As far as I know, this series only takes place in the UK and surrounding areas. Not even characters like Estela, Diego, and Alana dialogue sounded like roughly translated english. At worse, Estela and Diego would occasionally say something in Spanish, and the only time Alana has spoken in Indonesian was when she was swaearing. And every single character getting addressed as "Mr" or "Mrs" or their titles in their character cards gets confusing. I can't keep everyone straight. Not even Royal Romance did that and D&D is practically a ripoff of that series. This is the only series where I've gotten confused and the series isn't meant to be confusing. '''

'''Across the Void: An utter disappointment. '''

Reasons why I hate it:

'''1. Focuses too much on the siblings' storylines and relationships. Neither of which are interesting. Plus, Pax is an idiot and Eos has this hypocritical mentality.'''

2. '''Unlikeable love interests: Meridian and Sol are "meh". Titania has barely shown up in 4 chapters. Kepler gave me a really bad first impression. Seriously, based on that, I'm not sure if I want to avoid her to get her commited to a mental insitute. If they even have those in space. Zekei is a completely pointless character. He's basically Eos' henchman at this point.'''

'''3. Barely any focus on the war. All we've done is cater to haughty passengers and their Furball reject. '''

4. The summary for Chapter 10 destroyed any hope I have of this series getting better.

'''A Courtesan of Rome: It started off good, but it's become less about revenge and more about romance. And to top it all off, all of the love interests are terrible. We have the obligatory best friend character (Syphax), a Caesar hating hipster (Cassius), A Caesar goon who plays mind games and was a bit of a psychopath in real life (Marc Antony), and someone who barely shows up (Sabina). Victus is the only good part of this story.'''

Passport to Romance: It's actually really boring so far and I don't see it getting better.

Reasons why I don't like it:

1. Slowmoving

'''2. Bad love interests. The guys are forced, the girls are boring, and everyone seems like a bland stereotype.'''

3. The MC is boring.

4. Ugly character designs for the male MC.

===Thoughts on Announced and Upcoming Books and Series: ===

'''Red Carpet Diaries Book 3: Couldn't care less. This series sucks. At least with Lovehacks, Book 2 was slightly better than Book 1. Book 2 of this was even worse than Book 1. Matt was completely forced, half of this story was pandering to Hunt fans, Teja and Seth were idiots, and Viktor is honest-to-god PB's worst written villain. He's nothing but a poor man's Weinstein.'''

'''Bloodbound, Book 2: Really excited for this. The first book was really good despite my original hesitence that vampire stories are cliche and overdone. The sneak peak hinted that Gaius will be getting his revenge on The Council for betraying and imprisoning him back in the 1920s. Plus I really want to see Kamilah again. '''

'''Hero Vol 2: Again, really excited. Espicially because of all connections between this and Endless Summer. My only major complaint with Vol 1 was it was obvious that a lot of the characters are based off of already existing DC/Marvel characters. Hopefully they get more creative with new Superheroes and Supervillains.'''

Preferred Love Interest tropes:


 * I'm not sure what category people like Hayden fall under because it's the first time you can chose an LI's personality, but I love her. 
 * The jokers; I'm mainly talking about Maxwell. I don't like Seth very much. 
 * The aloof girls with hearts of gold; Estela, Kamilah, Eva, Ava, Sei, Maria. They have so much room for character development. And their diamond scenes are pretty nice, LOL. 

Love Interest Tropes I can't stand:

 * The moody and cynical bad boy/punk/lone wolf guys; God, I hate this trope. They're not very nice people to begin with, and to cover up their insecurities, they act like assholes. Looking at you, Drake. My only exceptions for this trope are Jake and Michael because they had solid reasons for becoming cynical and they're genuinely nice people underneath. Let me just say, I can't stand Damien, or "David Downer" as I call him. He's so effing negative. I can't stand Zig either, no it is not because of his sexuality. He's had horrible character development. He started off as a borderline sociopathic thug, and now, based on other people's testamonies, he's a mama's boy and overprotective wuss. And then there's Drake, last one, I promise. All he does is whine. I remember a scene when he was relectant to eat food because he thought it was "too fancy" for him. There are people starving all over the world, ya moody alcoholic. 


 * The "misunderstood mean girl" trope; UGGGHHHH. I can't bring myself to feel sympathy for these people. They don't deserve it. I've already made it abundently clear that I hate Becca with a burning passion, so I'll talk about the other people who fall under this trope; Britney and Victoria. Britney is a steotypical popular mean girl. Literally the only reason she was nice to Lily was because she was mind-controlled, it wasn't of her own free will. Victoria assualted us. She's scum. Enough said. 

My Love Interests per series:

 * Freshman/Sophomore/Junior: No one. They're all terrible. Chris is a generic jock. James is boring af. Becca should have never been promoted to love interest. IRL, I hold a grudge and don't forgive people who have wronged me easily. Zig is a hothead. Kaitlyn is a criminal. Honestly, she should be in jail. I know she's not a murderous psychopath or a thief, but she has still broken the law on several occasions and has never had to face the consequences of her actions. 
 * Crown and the Flame: I ship Kenna and Dom
 * Most Wanted: I ship Sam and Dave
 * Rules of Engagement: I forgot. I think it was the Bartender?
 * Endless Summer: Estela Montoya. I was originally going for Quinn but Estela stood out more. Plus, I love her wedding dress. She really rocks the sexy cleopatra look.
 * Lovehacks: Ben Park. Leah is beyond boring and Mark is just ugh. Plus, he breaks the sterotype of comic nerds being anti-social and awkward.
 * Braidwood Manor: Victor. I think? It's been over a year since I've played this one. Sometimes, I forget it exists.
 * Royal Romance: Maxwell Beaumont. Liam was forced. Drake was kinda a dick to the very end. Hana was beyond annoying. Maxwell had a nice and easygoing personality.
 * Hero: Eva. She's basically Catwoman with Superpowers, what's not to love? Plus Grayson pretty much only served as a plot device due to not knowing that we're a Superhero, and Kenji is such an overrated blowhard. I was honestly hoping he would end up like Zoom from The Flash where he's a villain masquerading as a hero.
 * High School Story: Maria Flores. She's way better than Emma. Emma is beyond annoying.
 * It Lives in the Woods: Ava Cunningham. I was originally going with Andy despite the fact that I'm straight, but I don't know, I guess I just suddenly realized she had good character development, not that Andy doesn't.
 * Home for the Holidays: Wyatt. The only other Choices were Nick the Prick and a wanna-be writer.
 * Red Carpet Diaries: Single. None of them stand out to me. Matt's a forced love interest. Teja and Seth are idiots. Victoria should be in jail.
 * Perfect Match: Hayden Young (Blonde Female) and Alana Kusuma. Damien is too depressing and cynical, and I find Sloane just really obnoxious. I can't get over that at the very beginning she was depicted as a "weird nerd" sterotype and just said the most bizarre things. Heck, even now she says things that make me cringe.
 * Bloodbound: Kamilah Sayeed. She's basically vampire Estela. 
 * Veil of Secrets: Naomi Silverhawk. I'm only into girls and I'm one of those people that thought Grant might be a criminal. 
 * America's Most Eligible: Mackenzie (Latina). Again, I'm only into girls. Plus, I could tell from Chapter 4 that Ivy was fake.
 * Desire and Decorum: None. I refuse to read past Chapter 2. For the most part, they just seem like rehashes of the Royal Romance love interests. The walking doormat (Annabelle/Hana), the cynical jerk (Ernest/Drake), and royalty (Hamid/Liam). I guess Harper is original but he just seems boring.
 * Across the Void: I was originally romancing Titania, but I think I'll stay single in this series. She hates pretty much everything, Sol has become increasingly hostile, Meredian is meh, Kepler is borderline psychotic with an unappealing character design, and Zekei literally has no purpose other than Eos' henchman. Yes, I said henchman because I hate Eos and Pax.
 * Big Sky Country: Juliette Mendoza. Sawyer and Dallas are really boring and forced. Asha barely shows up anyway.
 * Class Act: Rory Silva. Skye seems like a stereotypical goth who hates everything and Ajay is just...ick. I'm not homophobic, he just has a horrible personality.
 * It Lives Beneath: Danni Asturias  I was originally romancing Imogen, but I like Danni a lot more. I really like Tom as a friend, but I'm heterosexual, so I'm not interested in guys. Parker throws me off and I really feel like he's going to be the Noah of this story. He blindly follows Chief Kelley's orders and Chief Kelley himself is suspicous. 
 * The Elementalists: Shreya Mistry. I was immediately drawn to her character design in the sneak peaks. On top of that, she has a great personality. Aster is beyond pointless and has an unappealing character design. What the hell is she even doing at this point?
 * A Courtesan of Rome: None. All of them are pretty boring, except for Marc Antony, who's just a dick.
 * The Heist: I honestly have no clue. I'm interested in both Eris Huang and Tillie Marshall for their fun personalities and stunning character designs. And now the events of Chapter 5 imply that Sonia Alves  may become a love interest. I never thought I'd complain about having to choose between three beautiful women but...I'm complaining about having to choose between three beautiful women!
 * Ride or Die: I was originally going with Mona but this book is garbage and any potential love interest is a scumbag who should rot in jail.
 * Open Heart: Jackie Varma 
 * Passport to Romance: No one. This book is really boring and all the love interests come across as nothing more than bland stereotypes. Ahmed is the athlete, Elliot is the rich nice guy, Marisa is the party girl, and Sumire is the introvert. It doesn't help that all of their character designs are just "meh". None of them strike me as particularly attractive.