Status Updates From A Fate Forged in Fire (Bond...

“Cursing her stupidity once again, Aemyra briefly wondered if she was even fit to be queen with the amount of mistakes she was making.”

…points for self-awareness? But I sincerely doubt this will prompt reflection or growth, considering the sheer number of times she’s made a thoughtless move and realized in the next line that it was a stupid decision.

“Pressing her lips together in con-centration, she reached out her fingers, desperate to touch the hide of a dragon for the first time.
It was the moment she had desired more than becoming queen.
After a lifetime of dreaming, Aemyra finally made contact with the warm scales. Her skin registered the heat of the dragon, the unforgiving solid hide, and she suddenly felt complete.
Then Aemyra burst into flame.”

aemyra has a profound lack of foresight. at any given moment she is making the stupid choice rather than thinking about the potential consequences of her actions for two seconds. girlie, aren’t you trying to be the queen?????

is it a prerequisite for a romantasy that your protagonist has to be stupid as hell?

“For the little girls who were told to put their fires out. Burn them all to the fucking ground.”