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⌈ Secret Post #4382 ⌋

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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

God, I know exactly what you mean. Why do so many romance storylines have to be so fucking weird and bad??? It's baffling. I love romance, I love romantic storylines, but so much of it is one or another of these things. I don't get it. Is this just one of those things where I'm the weirdo and everyone else in society really does want this or what?

[philstar22]

I feel like romance authors are told they must write their male characters as "alpha males" or they won't get published. Because every single romance book I've picked up has to call their male character an alpha. And in the past few years, they've all been exactly the same.

[(Anonymous)]

But where does that come from? I mean, are they just being stupid, or is it an accurate representation of the market?

[philstar22]

I honestly don't know. I will say, one of the hottest erotica books I ever read had a so-called alpha male but was femdom. It was interesting to see a character who fit those stereotypes and yet was submissive. But I do think publishers to a certain extent are making assumptions. I think there are plenty of women who would buy other stuff.

[(Anonymous)]

It's a requirement for publication in a lot of major romance lines. Mainstream romance tends to be painfully formulaic because there's literally a formula authors are expected to follow in order to adhere to the house style.

[(Anonymous)]

I think we're just outliers from what is considered the cultural norm or "what women want", that apparently being scary bad boys who ruthlessly pursue us whether we want it or not because we all want to be desired or some shit. Meanwhile, I legit can't get into m/f fiction unless it involves a shy, sweet cute guy (who's clueless as to how desirable he really is) with a more outgoing, confident girl who is the pursuer in the relationship, but that's much more rare. This is probably why I liked the first Captain America movie so much, really hit the spot.

[(Anonymous)]

Meanwhile, I legit can't get into m/f fiction unless it involves a shy, sweet cute guy (who's clueless as to how desirable he really is) with a more outgoing, confident girl who is the pursuer in the relationship

These are the sorts of relationships I go for, too :D. I've noticed a lot of the m/f pairings I ship have this dynamic.