[ SECRET POST #4881 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #4881 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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Secrets Left to Post: 03 pages, 55 secrets from Secret Submission Post #699.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 0 - broken links ], [ 0 - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 0 - too big ], [ 0 - repeat ].
Current Secret Submissions Post: here.
Suggestions, comments, and concerns should go here.

Comments

[fscom]

07. https://i.imgur.com/shzVG5z.png

[(Anonymous)]

it's not reductive at all to simply not enjoy a genre. i personally don't like cop-shows, i find the formula of them repetitive in a way that bores the ever loving shit out of me and thus i don't watch them. even if they come highly recommend because i know more than likely i'll loose interest in about 3 episodes.

sometimes you know what you don't like and there is nothing wrong at all with not engaging with it.

[(Anonymous)]

I love romantic comedies as a concept but they're never about the kinds of characters that I want them to be about

[(Anonymous)]

You know what, I always thought I hated everything about romcoms but now that you've said that... Yeah. I mean, I'd gladly read reams of fanfiction about two characters falling in love, I just want them to be very different from the stock characters that populate romcoms.

I love love, I love comedy, I just hate romcom couples and how they're unrelatable at best, and often downright toxic.

[sparklywalls]

Overall I don't like that genre either. There's maybe a handful of films that are "romantic comedies" that I can enjoy but still as a whole many of the tropes associated with the genre piss me off. So I generally won't go out of my way to watch something that is advertised as romantic comedy unless it came with some high praise/recommendation.

It's fine to have preferences. Nothing from this secret suggests to me you're telling people they can't enjoy them, just that it isn't for you personally.

[(Anonymous)]

I've gone back and forth on rom coms over the years, personally, so you do you, OP. I do find it funny that this image was used, because I would say WHMS is one of the more relatable and intelligent movies in the genre, with realistic and well-developed main characters and a plausible love story. There are sooooo many others that would really drive home the point of the secret better.

[(Anonymous)]

There are sooooo many others that would really drive home the point of the secret better.

I thought the exact same thing.

[sparklywalls]

Agreee, WHMS is definitely on my list of "films in this genre that somewhat overcome my general dislike of it."

Secret maker (but not the OP)

[(Anonymous)]

This was a comment secret, so I just chose a nice looking pic of a well known romantic comedy.

[(Anonymous)]

What is WHMS?

[(Anonymous)]

Yeah I get it. There are films I like that fall under RomComs, but I do usually avoid films if they're being advertised as RomComs beforehand.

I remember really not wanting to see Last Christmas with a friend (we take turns on what movies we go to see together, and I didn't really mind since she usually puts up with me wanting to see superhero movies despite not being a big fan of them herself) - because it was advertised as a Christmassy RomCom. I went in fully expecting to hate it and ended up liking it a lot more than expected. I still don't trust anything that's labelled as a romcom tho.

[(Anonymous)]

I'm not opposed to the idea of romantic comedies, but I dislike a lot of the cliches and tropes that usually come with them. I don't like the manchild (who learns to be an adult) + competent woman pairing. I don't like its variation, the fun guy + killjoy woman (who learns to be fun in the mainstream acceptable way), and I don't like when children are involved, especially because it usually involves a person who's not good with kids/doesn't want kids magically becoming a parental figure.

And then there are all the toxic stereotypes about men and women, which are hard to avoid in many genres.

[(Anonymous)]

I really want to like them, but 98% of the time I just find them stupid and/or cringey and/or they make the relationship we're supposed to be rooting for kind of toxic/sexist/just plain unappealing.

There's probably four or five I like if I really search my mind.

[(Anonymous)]

Oh Mood. I don't like the formula and I find it difficult to care about the relationship problems that plague traditionally attractive heterosexuals who simply don't put in any effort towards communication.

That's not to say there aren't cute movies that are technically romcoms. If someone I'm with is eager to watch one I won't walk out of the room... but I might put on headphones if I can't tune out everything I dislike.

Eh.

[(Anonymous)]

It's a genre I like and I enjoy a fair amount, dislike some, and find it bizarre that a few got made. But if you asked me about Drama (note the capital D) movies, I would roll my eyes, even though I have liked a few. Sometimes there is something about the very structure of certain genres that don't appeal.

[(Anonymous)]

It super depends for me... like I think if I look at it objectively, I need them to lean more to comedy and less to romance? Even though the romance part is obviously fine, it interests me less than funny situations. For instance, I love French Kiss, which is technically a romcom, but to me it reads much more as comedy that happens to be happening in the context of the relationship.

[(Anonymous)]

I feel that way about the majority of rom coms but sometimes they get it right and I love those few films so much.

[venusundae]

i can't think of a single romantic comedy that i watched and remembered after it was over. they just don't really interest me.

otoh, write my otp into romcom fluff and i'm all about it lmao. but i was ofc in love w those characters before anyway, and there is a context already there outside of the goofy romcom hijinks, so i think that's an important missing factor in the film genre.

[(Anonymous)]

I hate the genre too, almost nothing about it appeals to me, but there are a few hidden gems I would happily watch again.

[(Anonymous)]

Speaking of that pic choice, I find I grow less fond of that movie the older I get.

[greghousesgf]

Most of them aren't romantic or funny IMHO.
and I never did like WHMS. I especially dislike the "men and women can't be friends" bullshit and the faking orgasm nonsense.

[(Anonymous)]

I especially dislike the "men and women can't be friends" bullshit

This so much.

[(Anonymous)]

I hate romcom's too. They also give young girls completely unrealistic expectations

[(Anonymous)]

I have this weird thing where I love all sorts of romance novels and romance fics, but whenever I try to watch a romantic comedy my brain just goes "Nope, nuh-uh, we're not doing this!"

There is one exception, and that is teen romance comedies. I think I can tolerate those because teens are supposed to be more immature and dramatic, plus those movies often focus on the protagonist's first relationship.

[meadowphoenix]

i love the concept and hate most of the executions