[ SECRET POST #2825 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2825 ⌋

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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

I'm the same. I can't read established relationship fics because it doesn't not appeal to me at all. I'm interested in the part before they get together (I'm even a big fan of slow burn and seemingly one-sided crushes), the part where they get together, but the aftermath is just... Meh...
Basically I want to read hot first time kisses and sex, but I don't care at all about the 'I love you's and the 'couple' stuff...

[(Anonymous)]

This x million. Getting together is where most fun is.

[(Anonymous)]

My problem with a lot of established relationships featuring main characters is that unless I see them fall in love, I just wonder why I should invest in them at all. It just comes across as so arbitrary, as though the writer is saying "THEY'RE IN LOVE, FEEL FOR THEM." I'm more forgiving when it's a side pair because then I know it's more of an issue of time.

[(Anonymous)]

Yep, this is pretty much how I feel too.

[silverr]

Absolutely. Slow burn, one sided, gradual erosion of barriers: this is usually what's unique (and to me, interesting) about each couple.

[(Anonymous)]

I think this is because every happy couple couple is largely the same. I think it was Tolstoy who said that happy families are all alike but unhappy families are all unhappy in unique ways. With couples the same thing applies. And so when they're together and happy, it just seems less interesting because they become a bit more generic, for lack of a better word. And if you ship them, then you don't WANT there to be conflict between them or the risk of them breaking up.

But with stories about them getting together, they're all unique with their own sets of circumstances and difficulties.

Not a hard and fast rule, of course, but it's a pattern I've noticed personally.

[(Anonymous)]

Lol no.

It's just more *difficult* to write an established couple interestingly. There's nothing real about that "happy families are all alike" bullshit, because it's utterly, absolutely, 100% untrue and the only people who think it's true are people who don't know any happy families well.

If you feel happy established couples are boring, it's because the authors you're reading aren't talented enough.

[(Anonymous)]

Your first paragraph is true, but "If you feel happy established couples are boring, it's because the authors you're reading aren't talented enough is untrue, that part is down to personal preference.