[ SECRET POST #2825 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2825 ⌋

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

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Secrets Not Posted: [ 0 - broken links ], [ 0 - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 0 - too big ], [ 0 - repeat ].
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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

Best comment. And so true.

I translate, among other things, Harlequin romances for a living, and after going over the same generic plot again and again and again, I've come to realize that they are very much about idealized happiness. The woman who starts out poor and lonely is rich and married at the end, and no matter how much of an abusive bastard the guy was in the beginning, he's changed and at the end he is perfect and their relationship is perfect and they are perfectly happy ever after.

Writing an established relationship story is giving up that whole "happy ever after" fantasy which is the whole point of formula romance novels and, dare I say it, a lot of shipping fic as well. And people don't want to read that, because they're looking to get vicariously on the happiness train.