# Disliked Elements, Mechanics, and Tropes **URL:** \ **Category:** General\ **Created:** [May 13, 2015, 10:12am UTC](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/t/disliked-elements-mechanics-and-tropes/9368 "2015-05-13T10:12:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 884
**Author:** ![Foxboi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/choiceofgames/user_avatar/forum.choiceofgames.com/foxboi/32/80644_2.png) [@Foxboi](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/u/Foxboi)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2018, 11:53am UTC](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/t/disliked-elements-mechanics-and-tropes/9368/884 "2018-07-21T11:53:59Z")
Have a love/hate (leaning towards hate) relationship with dense characters, specifically in romance cases. Like it’s okay for slight gag purposes, if executed well, you can get a few decent laughs out of the joke. But then there’s the point where it goes overkill, making the MC so oblivious to the fact that people like them. It becomes a lazy cop-out if used too much, like seriously, a character just confessed with no chance of misunderstanding and the writer **still** makes the MC oblivious and dense to the fact that it happened. No one can be this dumb! --- _[View the full topic](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/t/disliked-elements-mechanics-and-tropes/9368)._