#every time i express a Pulley Opinion i feel like i'm setting myself up to be exploded mentally by people smarter than me.

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i don't know if this is a hot take or anything but i keep seeing in posts and reviews that "all pulley main characters are interchangeable," either as a criticism or as a "but i love them anyway" kind of thing, and respectfully i have to disagree?? well, not disagree, this isn't an argument, but like. i could never feel the same way. you can't tell me that the kingdoms with shenkov in place of kite would be the same. the bedlam stacks with valery instead of merrick would be a completely different story. i do agree that the DYNAMIC between the main characters tends to be similar, and there are absolutely broad similarities between POV characters and love interests, but still not to the point of being interchangeable, to me, anyway. or maybe those comments are hyperbolic and i'm just reading them too literally? but i see them so often and it always leaves me like "????? did we read the same batch of books?"