YA Characters
I had noticed before that I would sigh and roll my eyes at female teenage heroines in stories, but now I've hit that age where I go beyond annoyed and go right into flabbergasted and maybe even a bit angry.
Either YA writers have gotten more infuriating in character and bad choice development, or I've just gotten older. It's likely a combination of both. I'm older, but, also, the writers that create these characters that make these choices are grown ass women.
I understand, teenagers tend to be stubborn, foolhardy, and sometimes downright dumb, but come the fuck on, man. Natural selection would have dropped some of these kids long, long ago.
I certainly wouldn't mind a character with some damned common sense and I don't know why writers seem to think teenagers don't have any.