Quote:I admit, it's a pet peeve of mine, but I've found that stories about characters being beaten down, beaten down some more, and then beaten down again for good measure, tend to annoy the hell out of me. Going 'Oh, but in the end they'll be mostly alright!' doesn't really help, especially since this is often debatable. Louise wasn't the core of HO, but it was still frustrating to read, and the reason I moved on.
And, honestly, it ... isn't really happening, in HalkO.
Yes, Louise spends a chapter or two banging her head against a wall and chewing herself out. Then she finds another way. We have yet to see what's happening after that, but what the author has revealed so far actually looks interesting. I'm eagerly awaiting more.
Louise doesn't -need- to be beaten down more, she had already reached bottom. It's time for her to start climbing.
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Sucrose Octanitrate.
Proof positive that with sufficient motivation, you can make anything explode.