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⌈ Secret Post #4389 ⌋

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In original works or fanfic.

Love triangles...unless they end in a threesome. Which they never do in original works.

Seriously. Threesomes are underrated.

Love triangles, if more of them ended in an OT3 type situation or the person being fought over going 'fuck it' to the both of them and choosing option D I'd find them less hateable.

In general I really don't like the nice girl falls for the douchey 'bad-boy' jerkass who is actually a massive dick, but the narrative never acknowledges it. Those poor girls always deserve better.

And I super hate that awful sit-com type het(because it's usually always het, I'd hate LGBT relationships done this way too) relationship where the man and wife clearly hate one another and all they do is argue, and the guy bitches and moans about his horrible 'ball and chain' of a wife to his friends because being married is the worst ever. /eyeroll. Tbh this one probably bugs me the most because it's actually invaded cultural perceptions to the point where it's seen as the norm that guys being committed to their partners is something to hate, and it's so messed up.

He's a creep, a stalker, and rude but it is totally fine because he loves her.

Sick or disabled love interest dies, giving the healthy person the inspiration to really live their own life.

first they hate eachother, then they fall in love after one scene with no explanation.

Yes, yes, yes. If you are going to make me buy that they now love each other, you have to make it believable.

Not that I have very many ships where they start hating each other. Only a couple. But I only read fics for them sparingly precisely because of this. Very few authors put in the work.

I hate the random turn around, but I am super fond of 'hate each other, hate fuck, gradually grow to tolerate each other, eventually realize they like and are stupid in love with each other' stories. Mostly because quite a few of my own characters are hella assholes and usually rub everyone the wrong way initially, lol.

There's some misunderstanding that actually has a super-easy explanation but they somehow never talk about it or ask about it and it drives them apart. It especially bothers me when it's most of the plot.

Yes! Especially when it is characters who in canon say what they think and don't generally shy away from conflict.

I really like when villains go good. In theory.

In practice, I really hate it because that's all, the end, happily ever after. I hate when the villain is supposedly good now so everybody's fine with that and I hate that the villain is never shown struggling with old habits or with changing their mindset or realistically failing at being good even if they try, because it's hard to change.

Yes. I like a good redemption story. Good. It has to work. The author has to make me believe it. And the reactions of other characters have to be believable.

When the guy is actually pretty terrible in his treatment of the girl but because he's a White Hat/Nice Guy/The Protagonist/etc. we're all apparently just supposed to overlook things that I at least regard as screaming red flags for how the relationship will be.

Yes. SO many romance movies feature guys who are stalkers or can't take no for an answer and it is just awful. In real life, I'd want to punch those guys. I also want to punch the movie guys. Me and romance movies don't really get along.

Woman has it all, but is sad because she doesn’t have a man.

MISUSnDerStANdinGs(tm)

One partner (still usually the woman) getting in a relationship/marrying someone while full well knowing the partner has a demanding, time-intensive job and then getting pissed at their spouse for having a demanding, time-intensive job.

"They bitch at each other so they have to be in love!" - and any version of 'pulling pigtails means tru wuv".

The "everyone getting married to their first boy-/girlfriend from back in school" trope.

Negging (usually guy is mean to girl and it's supposed to make her fall for him because he doesn't bullshit her; fuck off with that toxic shit)

Kidnapping turns into romance

A simple misunderstanding that somehow escalates drama quickly but it's resolved in a simple conversation as the plot comes to an end

The best friend is friendzoned until our protagonist realizes that the best friend is the One

A magical girl/woman falls in love with the first man she meets

Manic Pixie Dream Girl changes the life of a depressed Woody Allen-type douche

When two people are in the middle of doing something INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT and usually very time-sensitive, and they're like, "Let's stop what we're doing and talk about our feelings!"

This trope is everywhere, and I hate it so much. It makes the characters look incredibly daft, and also incredibly selfish. Like, no, your romantic feelings are not more important than SAVING THE DAMN WORLD. FINISH WHAT YOU'RE DOING FIRST. JESUS.

Extended sexual tension and will they/won't they, especially an American 26-episode season structure is way too long for it to work.

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