[ SECRET POST #3986 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #3986 ⌋

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[fscom]

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[(Anonymous)]

See, I'd be perfectly happy just losing myself in the hot-couple-getting-together-ness of it all. My problem is that I just don't usually find the couples compelling.

At all.

If anything, closer to the opposite.

Anyway, you do you OP, there's no reason there shouldn't be romance stories with good-ass worldbuilding and I hope you find more.

[(Anonymous)]

Same. I'm a diehard shipper to my core, so when I do manage to get invested in a pairing my brain basically goes, "I'm here for this until the END OF TIME."

But sadly, it's very rare for me to get invested, especially when it comes to pairings in novels. For some reason film (especially TV) pushes my shipper buttons way, way more than original novels. I would happily read all the hot-couple-getting-together fiction I could get my hands on if it actually worked for me, but it almost never does.

I suppose that's part of why I love fanfic so much. It works.

[(Anonymous)]

AYRT

It's definitely something that's true across the board, but it's way stronger and more consistent with things that are actually intended as romance stories, whether it's movies or novels.

[(Anonymous)]

Yeah, this is true for me as well.

I mean, I may love the romance of it all, but..."X loves Y and Y loves X" isn't characterization on its own, you know? Neither is "X wants to fuck Y and Y wants to fuck X."

Give me interesting characters doing interesting things. One, that gets me invested in the characters individually, and two, that gives the characters cool and interesting ways of interacting with each other and forming a relationship that's more complex than just "romance is romantic."

[feotakahari]

It sounds like what you’re really looking for is the sci-fi and fantasy section on Literotica, e.g. https://www.literotica.com/s/the-music-of-the-mind-ch-01 (It’s not exactly Shakespeare, but neither are the books you’re talking about.)

[(Anonymous)]

Sounds like you're looking for fantasy/SF romance? Granted, it's difficult to find that balance of romance vs. worldbuilding because the average romance reader is more interested in the former than the latter so a lot of authors don't put in a great deal of effort.

[(Anonymous)]

Yeah, I tend not to like many romances, even fantasy ones, because the male leads tend to be hot, brooding, and bland as fuck, and the female leads tend to be sometimes a few pounds overweight, or with red hair, or a beaky nose, but otherwise gorgeous, and many of them suffer from “not like the other girls”-itis. I prefer fantasy romance fanfic because I usually already give a fuck about the characters, or fantasy where romance is a part, but not the only point, of the book.

[(Anonymous)]

red hair but "otherwise" attractive?!

[(Anonymous)]

My "favorites" are the girls who describe themselves as plain because "my cheekbones were a quarter of an inch too low for high fashion, and my otherwise flawless complexion was marred by the nineteen freckles scatter across the bridge of my utterly boring nose," and everyone in-universe agrees that they're not nearly hot enough for the slightly hotter than average guy they pine for.

[(Anonymous)]

I'm not usually into romance, but Marjorie M. Liu's Dirk and Steele series was a lot of fun, probably because the author actually bothered to characterize the main players and have actual plot going on as well as the romance.

[(Anonymous)]

I really liked the world Devon Monk created with the Ordinary Magic books but ugh. UGH. The romance was SO BAD.

As in, after the trilogy I was still convince the MC was under mind control because every time her love interest showed up it was literally like her brain dribbled out her ears. Ugh.

[(Anonymous)]

Just judging by the cover, all those books look like trash.

[(Anonymous)]

rude

[(Anonymous)]

OP, I agree. I like the other genres well enough, but I do enjoy a good and plotty romance novel :)