#when my betrothed worked at a coffee shop they’d just smell unpleasantly bitter when they got home

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There’s a specific quirk that makes reading urban fantasy really annoying for me, and it’s that without fail the main character is constantly guzzling coffee. They’re grumpy without it, robbed of it for laughs, they only have coffee for breakfast, they seem like they’d likely have 9/10 coffee in their bloodstream.

I’m caffeine intolerant and I’ve never been able to drink coffee, and this holy pedestal it gets placed on is bizarre to me. It’s obviously relatable or else so many authors wouldn’t do it but from the outside looking in all these characters are just grappling with a socially acceptable addiction.