#mhari does gain some points for that brief rant about how the firewyrms DONT COUNT as dragons girl wants to see smaug damnit

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Hot Takes on LF Viewpoint Characters

‘Bob Howard’: When Bob is being funny it is entertaining to see him go snarking around and also kind of fun to watch him suffer. When he gets all bitter and starts acting like a douchebag...it’s still kind of fun to watch him suffer.

Mo: Mo...has done some things wrong but I get this weird feeling like I can’t really comment for some reason. Peace.

Alex: I like Alex but at the same time I totally understand why it took two groups of wizards, a conspiracy by guys who could literally see the future, an honest-to-god army and more than ten thousand brutal murders to get this kid a girlfriend

Mhari: I want to like you Mhari, I really do, but I can only muster so much respect for someone who married a cop

CassieFirst (totally counts b/c she was a major viewpoint figure and had just as much agency as Alex did in their novel, which is a point in her favour): Magical princess from another world who tries to be a Manic Pixie Dream Girl but mostly just leaves terror and strife and social misunderstandings and actual honest-to-god mass death in her wake (but still finds love and acceptance with the vampire boyfriend she’s been drooling over in the end don’t worry) is A+ character design you got me this time Charlie Strosss