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Why do YA female protagonists always seem to release a breath they didn’t even know they were holding?

Why do YA female protagonists always seem to release a breath they didn’t even know they were holding?

Vince #questionnaire #young adult

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Tanya

Lmao I wasn’t ready for that ?????

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Tricia

It’s ok because the male protagonist is too busy clenching his jaw to notice

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Tanya

@Tricia lmao stop ??

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VinceQuestion author

Omg yes. I really hope their jaws are not locked with all the clenching

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Tricia

@Vince my dentist made me start wearing a mouth guard at night to protect my enamel so it’s really a habit that both genders can enjoy

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Bridget

Tricia Coan or biting their lip while smiling a lob sided smile so imperfect it was perfect

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VinceQuestion author

Crooked smiles. It’s apparently hot

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Sarah

This killed me. ?

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Jacqueline

I’m supposing it’s the same reason why they’re so beautiful without realizing it ?

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VinceQuestion author

News flash: plain girls in YA actually means supermodel

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Caylynn

Because her male companion just stripped his shirt off to clean a wound from the fight where he saved her ?

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Sarah

My male companion had already stripped his shirt off twice in my book lmao.

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VinceQuestion author

At least we all know what to do if we are to apply for a YA protagonist role

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Tricia

@Vince I plan on wearing a hoodie and converse to the audition and no makeup because I’m not one of THOSE girls.

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Bridget

@Tricia But first you have to be simultaneously clumsy/awkward and beautiful/graceful, ideally unaware of it all

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VinceQuestion author

OR
You must be torn between your best friend and the mysterious guy who walked into your life yesterday

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Alyssa

don’t frget to be a virgin nd thn just strt to have stroong feelings fr the guy nd have sex the nxt day

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Bridget

@Alyssa girl I would like to buy a vowel

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Alyssa

huh?

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Bridget

It’s the same function as crying without realizing it until their hand comes back wet. I mean this is all obviously so relatable

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Stephanie

I do it all the time, I think it’s a natural thing for a lot of females. Especially when I’m mad.

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Michaela

bodies naturally forget to breathe in times of stress or panic.

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Tierney

@Michaela true but it’s always in that same said sentence. The author could paraphrase it to make it original

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Hareem

mY LuNgS cAn InHaLe. wUt Is ThIs SoRcErY

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Soe

@Myat

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Nikki

Im so sick of reading about people biting their lips until they bleed. Nope… never done that!

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Nancy

Do y’all…. Not do that??

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MP

@Nancy I do that all the damn time when I’m stressed out ???

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Rebecca

@MP Story of my life! ??

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Rudania

I just realized that ??yes they do

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KayLynn

Wait sorry. Say that again. I was just letting out my breathe.

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Amanda

It wouldn’t be YA without it…lol

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VinceQuestion author

Ugh, typical YA ?

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Kalli

@Vince this made me laugh so loud. Hilarious… and very true. @Amanda and I are writing a little thing and we are guilty of this as well

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Lucy

@Shannon why is this so funny

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Shannon

this is so accurate and I’ve never noticed how common this is OMG

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VinceQuestion author

Things you never noticed before somebody else points it out is usually funny ?

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VinceQuestion author

Omg it’s not just female protagonists

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Jess

I was gonna say, I know male characters breathe out, too lol

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Ali

I’m always doing that… But I don’t usually know when I’m breathing. *shrugs*

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