[ SECRET POST #6929 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #6929 ⌋

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[Stranger Things]


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Comments

[fscom]

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Transcript by OP

[fscom]

It's like I have anti-shipping goggled welded on. I simply don't see romance unless it's very explicit or done just right. I default to assuming non-romantic explanations for a lot of character moments. I still sometimes get surprised when the main characters kiss because I thought they were gazing off thoughtfully, not looking at the other one longingly.

Re: Transcript by OP

[(Anonymous)]

It seems you have issues with romance. Seek therapy.

Re: Transcript by OP

[(Anonymous)]

It seems like you have issues pathologizing other people's reactions to fiction. Seek therapy.

[(Anonymous)]

A lot of times the writing, acting, direction, or all three, just don't sell it. I've come to expect the "romance" whenever a man and a woman stand next to each other, but rarely do I actually see it in the text, as it were. Mostly when it comes to shipping I grab onto characters that I think have the best chemistry on screen, which is rarely the ones the story actually puts together.

[paperghost]

Same. I went from being a hardcore shipper for over a decade to just... not. I understand where people are coming from when they see backing for A/B (etc.), but I almost never feel it or see it as a tell, unless it's explicit or framed as a pre-relationship moment.

[(Anonymous)]

That’s fair OP.

I’m the opposite, I’m so used to the visual tropes and narrative tells that I can usually tell who’s going to be put together in the first episode. Obviously some things are more obvious, like if I’m watching a romance show, but even for non ones I usually guess right. There’s a formula and most things stick to it.

[(Anonymous)]

Yeah, same, especially when most shows aren't trying to be particularly subtle about it.

[dinogrrl]

Like...I usually see the tropes from a mile away but the romance actually happening always throws me off because there's rarely any actual substance behind it, just the tropes.
And then sometimes I forget the tropes exist and I miss them entirely and then I'm blindsided by it.