[ SECRET POST #5566 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #5566 ⌋

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Comments

[fscom]

04. https://i.imgur.com/P7f7Gsf.png

[feotakahari]

It’s a fantasy, but it’s not especially realistic.

[(Anonymous)]

Not aromantic, but I also thought the abundance of overdramatic love songs in popular media (seriously, it feels like every song on earth is about relationships) was incredibly ridiculous. It was only after my first breakup that I realized how powerful those feelings can be, even if you're not naturally a very emotional person/your ex kind of objectively sucks, lol. Like literally one of my first thoughts after it happened was "Oh, I get why love songs are so popular now."

[(Anonymous)]

Love songs can be a little overwrought, and don't always depict healthy attachment.

[(Anonymous)]

I feel like the intensity of romantic fixations varies, not just depending on the relationship but also depending on the person. I think some people hyperfixate romantically a lot more than other people do. So yeah, I think you’re right that some people do relate to love songs, and don’t necessarily view them as hyperbolic.

However, I think there are probably plenty of people who relate to love songs, but also view them as hyperbolic. Being aro is definitely one reason why a person might not relate to love songs, but I think plenty of non-aro people probably find them pretty OTT as well.

Personally, I’m aro/ace so I don’t relate to love songs on a personal level. However, I hyperfixate on my OTPs to a degree that’s embarrassing and probably not entirely healthy, and like, if that same intensity of feeling were directed at a person instead of a fictional ship, I definitely think I would identify with all the love songs and they wouldn’t feel hyperbolic.

[(Anonymous)]

Or love songs are overdramatic. I love a good breakup song though.

[(Anonymous)]

Echoing what many have said, I think a lot of songs are just over dramatic and hyperbolic. I think they take the minute sentiments and exacerbate them. Small fixations made grand scale.

There are some love songs I think are really great and don't fall into the trap of over dramatic feels -- Lucius' cover of "Right Down the Line" and Fleetwood Mac's "Birdsong" come to mind. In terms of wanting to feel that way about somebody, I really enjoy Mary J. Blige's "Real Love". I don't think any of them exaggerate the feelings too much (and Birdsong is actually about the band members-- so love amongst friends; and personally I felt the second verse of Right Down the Line applied to a friendship of mine before I figured out it was a love song)

[(Anonymous)]

You have me curious to check out that "Right Down the Line" cover now :). I like that song.

[(Anonymous)]

I didn’t know Jaiden Animations was part of F!S!

(I’m just kidding. She just said something similar about thinking love songs were exaggerated or straight fiction in her recent video about being AroAce. And I’m pretty sure you left your comment secret in the secret thread before that video came out.)

[(Anonymous)]

Lol, Switch out romance for sex and you have me years ago. And yep, turns out I'm ace.

I was just so certain it was just bad storytelling. I couldn't imagine being that stupid. But people sometimes be like that.

[(Anonymous)]

I still get really frustrated with characters bonking someone they know they'll get in trouble for bonking (agent with a witness in protection, teacher and student, etc etc), and I have a hard time continuing to care about that character when they get to the find out stage of the literal fuck around. Just keep it in your pants! It's not DIFFICULT, right?! *cough*i'm ace*cough*

[(Anonymous)]

DA - The one I scratch my head at is female characters (or people irl honestly) willingly having unprotected sex when they don't have access to abortion and getting pregnant will literally ruin their lives. Like, I get that people are horny (I've been horny before, albeit not that often) but FFS, how horny do you have to BE to risk ruining your life for a fuck??! I try not to judge, because I am sex positive, and women get so much shit about their sexual behaviors as it is. But damn, I just don't get this aspect of human sexual behavior. Like, how is it even possible to be so horny you'll play Russian Roulette to get some D?

SA

[(Anonymous)]

#NotAllAllosexuals, obviously.

[(Anonymous)]

NA

This really bugs me, too, not least because there are other kinds of sex other than PIV. There's manual and oral and anal and frottage (including all the variants of frottage like intercrural and intergluteal and etc.). You can have your pick from a massive list of sex acts that don't carry the risk of unwanted pregnancy, dear stupid characters! Please just choose from that list rather than courting disaster.

[(Anonymous)]

there are other kinds of sex other than PIV

Right?!! Like, FFS, you can still get off allll you want. In fact, if PIV is off the table and the guy is forced to do other stuff, statistically the woman will probably be having MORE orgasms.

+1

[(Anonymous)]

"People don't REALLY want sex that badly, right? It's overblown for drama?"

"Wait, nobody would REALLY cheat on someone they love just because there was a person that was hot and available right there, right?"

#tooaceforthisshit

[(Anonymous)]

To be fair, sometimes it is bad storytelling. If the author hasn't established certain things about people that the audience have known for a while, and then suddenly decides character A and character B should be bonking, even though nothing suggests they should be, or it's inconsistent with one of their characters... then it can be very out-of-left-field.

[meadowphoenix]

I think love songs are meant to be evocative of common feelings, but I don't think they're meant to detail the average consequence of those feelings.

[(Anonymous)]

You'd think that people would have had enough of silly love songs, but I look around me and I seee it isn't so.

[(Anonymous)]

pfft

[(Anonymous)]

I am aroace, so I am bored by a lot of popular music. Oversaturation of romance songs means I am not interested in them even as fantasy.