Exactly! And the MC has to be a nice girl too. Never a nice guy falling for the bad girl either. Are only women airheads?
You sound like a great guy. I hope you find someone nice
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Slut shaming. Is liking sex a crime?
Like Ms. Norbury says “you have got to stop calling each other sluts and whores.” Why if a woman dates a lot she’s automatically a slut? She actually might be quite picky and can’t find a guy that she’s compatable with and is trying to find someone right. Even if she did sleep with them, is it a crime? Who doesn’t like sex? It’s her choice and shouldn’t be judged for it. She’s hurting no one else. Notice how the double standards go for if a man does the same? All his friends and even enemies envy him. And usually he’s the “bad boy” who the MC sees as the most desirable, despite usually being a wholesome virginial girl herself.
On that topic, why is the “good” girl usually a virginial girl, but the antagonist a “slut?” Just because the woman likes sex it means she’s usually a bitch? Does being a virgin or more selective make you a good person? Not necessarily. I think these stereotypes against women need to stop. A girl shouldn’t think she’s a slut for liking sex.
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It’s a rip of from “Mean Girls” (right down to the cover.) only difference it has a pedophile principal.
Even the characters have the same names or similar names. It’s plagurisim
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I don’t think I’ll include this one in the main post because I’m not sure it’s a cliché, but I just remembered seeing a story about some girl falling for her step-dad after her father passed away and I just… I can’t. Why was it trending?! Is it still there?!
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The Heat Inside? Because yes, that is still there lol
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Yeah, that was it, thank you! Wow, I’m… oddly not that surprised? 
Stories with a popular bitch girl who’s secretly making out with a teacher/principal and the MC uses it to expose them.
Really? She’s supposedly popular, but can’t make it with anyone her own age?
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I absolutely love this thread. 
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I’m getting exhausted of male LI using silent treatments and relentlessly act like an asshole because “in reality it’s to protect the MC.”
Emotionally abusive/neglectful behavior does NOT help the MC in the slightest. It’s like telling teens to stay abstinent in regards to saying no to sex education. They WILL do it, even if you think that abstinence will “protect” them from pregnancy/STIs/STDs.
Coming from experience in an unfortunate manipulative ex who pulled this shit all the time, it’s far more damaging and you’re better off telling the person you “love” that you’re a dense coward or just stay away from her FOREVER
(Popular) Ep writers, PLEASE stop glorifying this. I promise you that if you were on the receiving end of it, you would be RUNNING instead of blushing.)
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Well, I don’t see why the MC would faint from that. They probably do, but I don’t think they should.
You’re right, although some people end up forced to steal things in order to get food and stuff, not every criminal wants to steal or is bad but some people are too lazy to get a job or do something sustainable other than crimes. It’s not good for stories on Episode or anywhere to say that killers and thugs are okay “once you get to know them” and that romance will change them.
I agree with you. There’s a reason people like sex, and it’s not because they are a slut. It’s not always about romance. Slutty behavior would be more like raping someone or anything sex related against their will. But in Episode stories, why is the mean girl always considered a slut? She has sex a lot in some stories but that has nothing to do with her rude behavior.
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Oh no three posts in a row.
Now four.
Slutty behavior is making out wth guys knowing they have gfs and not giving a frick. Having casual relations just because and not giving a frick
Rape is just immoral not slutty just degenerate(wrong fvcked up etc…)
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I’m sick and tired of seeing the words – bad boy, billionaire, gang-leader, teacher (WTH are they thinking of?!), pregnant, werewolf, prince etc – in the title of Episode stories 
And its really a wonder that many people supposedly hate those type of stories…yet I always find those type of stories as top ranker ones 
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Organised crime is not stealing to survive
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I completely get where you’re coming from (I am so sick of accidental high school pregnancies tbh). However, I honestly don’t mind reading stories that are kind off cliché (though I do find myself scrolling through must of them and not wanting to read them because they’re all so similar) and the story that I’m currently working on is probably pretty cliché too, but I love that you’re expressing your thoughts about how to make these cliché stories better and I will definitely be having it in mind for my next chapters and stories!
I also get that the stories always displayed on the front page are very popular, but I agree that it doesn’t seem like they ever refresh the front page or the trending page. I wish they’d make better room for new stories, particularly different stories that don’t contain high school drama and bad boys.
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Old man with girl he wouldn’t touch if the ages were reversed
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True.
And even if someone has no job or anything, they don’t always need to steal.
They should make a story contest where the stories must be romance free, and make romance free Episode Official stories.
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