Honestly? The only thing, that I could name is the over-reliance of one Gosho Aoyama to the "Murder in the locked room"-mystery. Honestly, every third to fourth Detective-Conan-Manga has these and every time it's treated as this big mystery , when even Kogoro Mori should have said "Huh - a murder in a locked room. Okay... probably someone used a certain trick."
One could say, that I am annoyed by this constant need to make everything grim'n'gritty, that plagues at least me since "Batman begins", that even infected Bond, Stargate and also Star Trek, and that, apparently, the only way of getting back at least some levity can lead into complete absurdity.
But besides that...
I gotta say, I'm a guy, who tries to write himself and I know that it's hard, that trying to find the right words to evoke the right emotion is complicated and that sometimes, although I love doing that, writing is just a frakking nightmare. So, I'm very chilled about the habits of the authors. I mean, I don't even have a problem with Mary-Sue-Characters, even in published novels.
Old Shatterhand in the Winnetou-novels was a Gary Stu, and the generation of my parents and partially grand-parents did read these novels and watched the movies. Same goes for Kara Ben-Nemsi - it's also a Gary Stu, which should not surprise, it's the same Author after all: Karl May.
In the Winnetou-Novels Winnetou calls his friend Old Shatterhand "Scharlih" - which comes from "Charlie" - and what is the Authors name? Karl - the german form of "Charlie".
And there is Kara Ben-Nemsi - it means "Karl - offspring of the Germans" - and at least Scharlih Shatterhand knew everything, could do anything, even though he was just a greenhorn, but he was a better tracker than the more seasoned Sam Hawkens, knocked the enemies down with just one punch - and you know what? These stories were popular nonetheless.
One could say, that I am annoyed by this constant need to make everything grim'n'gritty, that plagues at least me since "Batman begins", that even infected Bond, Stargate and also Star Trek, and that, apparently, the only way of getting back at least some levity can lead into complete absurdity.
But besides that...
I gotta say, I'm a guy, who tries to write himself and I know that it's hard, that trying to find the right words to evoke the right emotion is complicated and that sometimes, although I love doing that, writing is just a frakking nightmare. So, I'm very chilled about the habits of the authors. I mean, I don't even have a problem with Mary-Sue-Characters, even in published novels.
Old Shatterhand in the Winnetou-novels was a Gary Stu, and the generation of my parents and partially grand-parents did read these novels and watched the movies. Same goes for Kara Ben-Nemsi - it's also a Gary Stu, which should not surprise, it's the same Author after all: Karl May.
In the Winnetou-Novels Winnetou calls his friend Old Shatterhand "Scharlih" - which comes from "Charlie" - and what is the Authors name? Karl - the german form of "Charlie".
And there is Kara Ben-Nemsi - it means "Karl - offspring of the Germans" - and at least Scharlih Shatterhand knew everything, could do anything, even though he was just a greenhorn, but he was a better tracker than the more seasoned Sam Hawkens, knocked the enemies down with just one punch - and you know what? These stories were popular nonetheless.