[ SECRET POST #4059 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #4059 ⌋

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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

It's not that I mind seeing people in love, making life work. But that's rarely what happens when the canon couple gets together.

[(Anonymous)]

It's true, but it's also really weird to me, because it doesn't seem like it should be impossible to depict

so why can so few people actually do it well

[(Anonymous)]

You're right, but I think the reason why it's so rarely done well isn't because it's impossible, it's because writers need something to replace the whole "will they won't they" tension. So now they have to manufacture more conflicts, as opposed to showing a happy couple succeeding at life.

[(Anonymous)]

DA

Isn’t conflict the basis of storytelling?

[(Anonymous)]

Yes. Which is why shows have to do more than just showing a happy, functional relationship. That's nice, but not interesting.

[(Anonymous)]

You can still have conflicts that are external to the relationship itself. And you can have conflicts - or at least disagreements big enough to drive drama - even while writing a functional, happy relationship. Will They Won't They is an easy source of conflict for writers but it's not, like, indispensable.

[(Anonymous)]

nayrt - I agree with everything you said. Unfortunately, I don't think that's how it usually plays out in practice. The reason why I'm lukewarm on shows that rely heavily on a lot of "will they won't they" tension is that if the show runs long enough, the couple usually ends up together and the quality kind of plummets. IMO, it does that not because that tension is indispensable, but because it's more challenging to switch gears and explore other conflicts when the series has relied SO heavily on the tension... and either writers fail to pull it off, or it's too much work and you end up with a series that starts to sag.

[(Anonymous)]

I think OP is saying they disagree amd think writers DO do relationships well, once they finally get to that point.