Add dumb protagonist tag, or shounen-style protagonist tag

[pintoyac]

Title says it all, I personally get bored reading about dumb protagonists.

 

[HelloHound]

I doubt a lot of authors writing stupid protagonists will register their story as having a stupid protagonist but I don't see why the tag can't exist

 

[SailusGebel]

Elaborate on why we need those tags. Provide 10 or more examples of novels that should use each tag, explain the difference if there are similar tags, and give at least rough definitions for those tags. And don't forget that arguing with me won't lead you to anything. You need to persuade Tony(site owner and mod), since he is the one who makes the decision. And from what I've seen, Tony prefers it when you respectfully, but most importantly, thoroughly explain why you need a feature or a tag.

 

[MatchaChocolate69]

You can narrow down the issue in reverse. Simply look for stories that have, for example, the tag "Cunning Protagonist."

 

[Sleds]

You should remove "shounen-style protagonist" cause it mean nothing at all since they are all different, if you only read about dumb shonen protagonist, maybe you should try to question yourself about your reading list.

For the dumb protagonist, I'm good with it since it exist tag like cunning protagonist, cute, curious, dead (yes there are dead protagonist tag), etc....

 

[CarburetorThompson]

Does SH have any exclusive tags yet? Or is it still just NU tags?

 

[Piisfun]

There are some differences at this point, but the majority are the set imported from NU.

 

[Tsuru]

Title says it all, I personally get bored reading about dumb protagonists.

Funny fact

Reason so many good CN (chinese novels) appear nowadays (if you know where to search in raw websites)

is because the young chinese readers that grew up reading "dumb protags" (or dense harem protag animes)
were tired of the trope, and now they grew up, write themselves.

Edit : Misleading words. I meant : They do it themselves. The job of writing good novels. TLDR : like indie game creators

 

[HungrySheep]

I would personally like this tag for my two-shot "Re:Born As a Stupid Idiot Who Can't Do Anything Right!"

 

[Kenjona]

I would not mind if this tag could be given by enough votes by readers. But then again that might be up for to much abuse.

 

[TheMonotonePuppet]

Title says it all, I personally get bored reading about dumb protagonists.

I really like this idea. It's... unlikely this will ever get chosen by the author unless it's a comedy or the author is surprisingly self-aware, unlike their character.
But it would be nice if the stories could just get, like, magically assigned them.
Please, my good sir, SH, Puppet Inc. implores you to explore this venture. It would at least be funny to comment below stories that really deserve that tag and recommend that tag to them knowing that it actually exists.

 

[TsumiHokiro]

I really like this idea. It's... unlikely this will ever get chosen by the author unless it's a comedy or the author is surprisingly self-aware, unlike their character.
But it would be nice if the stories could just get, like, magically assigned them.
Please, my good sir, SH, Puppet Inc. implores you to explore this venture. It would at least be funny to comment below stories that really deserve that tag and recommend that tag to them knowing that it actually exists.

If SH was like NU, where readers were the ones to assign tags to novels, we would see so much better tagging... (or not! we would see so many tag wars.)

 

[Kenjona]

If SH was like NU, where readers were the ones to assign tags to novels, we would see so much better tagging... (or not! we would see so many tag wars.)

So readers would be playing games of tag with the authors? How could this go wrong?

 

[MatchaChocolate69]

Anyway, I noticed that there is already a similar tag, which is "Dense Protagonist."

Tag: Dense Protagonist | Scribble Hub

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[TheMonotonePuppet]

Anyway, I noticed that there is already a similar tag, which is "Dense Protagonist."

Tag: Dense Protagonist | Scribble Hub

www.scribblehub.com

Oh... that's practically the same, isn't it? Oh well. This thread is useless.

 

[MatchaChocolate69]

Oh... that's practically the same, isn't it? Oh well. This thread is useless.

I don't know, honestly. I would like to hear the opinions of others. In theory, a dense protagonist might not be stupid, but these are technicalities.

 

[TsumiHokiro]

Anyway, I noticed that there is already a similar tag, which is "Dense Protagonist."

Tag: Dense Protagonist | Scribble Hub

www.scribblehub.com

Oh... that's practically the same, isn't it? Oh well. This thread is useless.

A Dense protagonist is when the Protagonist is unable to read the mood. They fail to see when people like them, when they walk in a bank robbery, the tension is inexistent. Other's people feeling are things they do not understand. A dumb protagonist can be dense, but it is not the same. Call it Emotional Intelligence, which is different from Academic Intelligence, or Smartness.

 

[Generic.Archdemon]

Don't they call people mute rather than dumb now?

What is this? The 1880s?!?

 

[Piisfun]

Don't they call people mute rather than dumb now?

What is this? The 1880s?!?

We already have a "Mute Character" tag.

 

[AdamKusy]

Heh, I think the better tag would be the "Son Goku rip-off protagonist".