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⌈ Secret Post #3056 ⌋

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[fscom]

08. http://i.imgur.com/XTEhQXg.jpg

[elaminator]

We all have our preferences.

[(Anonymous)]

I think that is a pretty fair comment.

[(Anonymous)]

I very rarely enjoy the romances given to me in media. Often times there are really dumb reasons for them to delay getting together, they're horrible to one another and/or just plain immature (which is fine for a young romance but I've been seeing it in a lot of adult ones lately.)

I think there can be a lot of fun in writing for friends, and I hate that most shows don't keep male/female leads as friends.

[(Anonymous)]

Could this actually be more about the unfair amount of focus that romance receives in media? Because I've found myself wishing certain relationships were platonic myself, but I do wonder if I would feel that way quite so often if there were a balance of romantic and non-romantic relationships in center stage.

[(Anonymous)]

Depends, I think. I mostly only like canon platonic->romantic when the friendship is missing something, like if the friendship isn't as close as it could be, or there's a professional conflict of interest or an identity conflict or a trust issue or other relationships to consider. When the only thing at stake in the switch from platonic to romantic is whether the characters start to have sex or not, it's boring as fuck and I think it should have stayed platonic. Because seriously, just that alone is not an interesting or meaningful "character development" at all.

[(Anonymous)]

I can understand that. Often I think it's because platonic friendships are given far better development than romances. Romances often feel contrived and forced, whereas friendships, presumably written without that "omg they have to hook up!" pressure, evolve far more naturally and realistically and end up having much more depth as a result of it.

[(Anonymous)]

I think we'd get some really interesting friendships to read out of that. I'm a sucker for romance and might end up shipping it anyway but I'd still appreciate the source for not going there when it could have been easy. The new Roy and Riza's.

[intrigueing]

Yeah, there are quite a lot of examples where this is true in fictional media, but I don't think it's a rule or anything inherent to romance or friendship. More like lazy writers trying to insist that just "make them get together!" by itself constitutes meaningful character/relationship development, so a lot of instances of fictional friends becoming couples feels weirdly flat or disingenuous.

[(Anonymous)]

That is a really pretty picture.

[diet_poison]

Romance in media, or irl, or in your life, or something else...?

[(Anonymous)]

I feel like there's definitely a bias toward romance in source material and fandoms, but it irritates me the most when I see it in fandoms. All anyone ever seems to care about is whether or not someone is getting laid, even if it's totally inappropriate or even abusive (say, one half of an OTP is LITERALLY a child).