when I was 11 I read a fantasy book in which the serious villain’s catchphrase was saying “mmmyesss” and every time I sit down to write I tell myself “hey you don’t have to be perfect at writing, just aim higher than the ‘mmmyesss’ guy”
oh my god which book was this I remember the mmmmyeesssss guy. was he from those young merlin books???
Mmmyesss… it was The Great Tree of Avalon by T.A. Barron:
If any of you come for T. A. Barron like this again I will flay you all alive those stories were LOVELY
The stories were fine but the content and characters were completely eclipsed by the absurdity of “mmmyesss”. I remember writing to my best friend at the time to say I’d read a good book but wasn’t able to enjoy it because the villain’s catchphrase was so damn cheesy that I felt goosebumps of secondhand embarrassment in my bones.
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