[ SECRET POST #2805 ]

[case]

⌈ Secret Post #2805 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

01.


__________________________________________________



02.


__________________________________________________



03.


__________________________________________________



04.


__________________________________________________



05.


__________________________________________________



06.


__________________________________________________



07.


__________________________________________________



08.


__________________________________________________



09.


__________________________________________________



10.











Notes:

Secrets Left to Post: 03 pages, 054 secrets from Secret Submission Post #401.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 0 - broken links ], [ 0 - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 0 - too big ], [ 0 - repeat ].
Current Secret Submissions Post: here.
Suggestions, comments, and concerns should go here.

Comments

[(Anonymous)]

I like both friendship *and* romance with this, but IA that there's a special poignancy about friendship stories with this -- I guess because there's no "well, they weren't put off by each other's differences because they liked each other...and also because they found each other attractive and had romantic desires and feelings for each other" in friendship stories. Friendship is purely "they weren't put off by each other's differences because they liked each other."

It makes for a more...streamlined/clear-cut story, I guess?

[intrigueing]

Oh yes this! I think I've actually held this opinion for a long time, but I never could articulate it in my thoughts clearly enough. I really love romances between very different people too, but in certain stories I just don't want it to be there acting as a confounding variable if the emotional core of a story will be clearer or more cohesive without it.

[(Anonymous)]

this!
there's also the fact that this narrative comes up way more often in (fictional?) marriages. often it's in a sexist or at least annoying "well they Have to tolerate each other for (sexual, social, gain in comfort)" way.

unlikely friendships just have less "self-interest" insofar. the loyality I like about it is easier to support

OP

[(Anonymous)]

Yes, this is how I feel, though it is articulated better than I could.

I get a great thrill from romances between very different people, but I get an entirely different type of thrill from friendships between very different people, and the two types of thrills are not really interchangeable for me.