That's not to say I discard all slow-burns because some have worked for me, but I absolutely prefer the couple I'm into actually getting together during the canon. There's a little leeway with this for me: TV vs movie being a good example as it's hard to do a full relationship progression in 2 hours, so I'm likely to be okay with the couple getting together in the last few moments in those. But for a TV show I'm going to want that to happen at least by the half-way point if not sooner, my patience only holds out so much and too much will-they-won't-they will frustrate me to the point of getting bored and fucking off to find something else. Like I have actually dropped shows fully because the constant ship-teasing with the leads pissed me off.
If you're going to do a romance: commit or don't bother imo.
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That's not to say I discard all slow-burns because some have worked for me, but I absolutely prefer the couple I'm into actually getting together during the canon. There's a little leeway with this for me: TV vs movie being a good example as it's hard to do a full relationship progression in 2 hours, so I'm likely to be okay with the couple getting together in the last few moments in those. But for a TV show I'm going to want that to happen at least by the half-way point if not sooner, my patience only holds out so much and too much will-they-won't-they will frustrate me to the point of getting bored and fucking off to find something else. Like I have actually dropped shows fully because the constant ship-teasing with the leads pissed me off.
If you're going to do a romance: commit or don't bother imo.