Nothing irks me more than when a story has so many chapters of just a straight flashback. Like is it not possible to have these integrated into the current timeline? It feels like such a cop out for creative storytelling and stunts the momentum for me. Also, I'm so confused about how the MC was second in his class and is this dumb in the present timeline? It's like the story is trying to both feed the narrative of him being an underdog in school, then shit all over it later on in his life.
Nothing irks me more than when a story has so many chapters of just a straight flashback. Like is it not possible to have these integrated into the current timeline? It feels like such a cop out for creative storytelling and stunts the momentum for me. Also, I'm so confused about how the MC was second in his class and is this dumb in the present timeline? It's like the story is trying to both feed the narrative of him being an underdog in school, then shit all over it later on in his life.