[ SECRET POST #2663 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2663 ⌋

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

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[Stardust]


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03. [posted twice]


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[Elementary]


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[El Goonish Shive]


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07. http://i62.tinypic.com/29cxt2a.jpg
[Hadaka Shitsuji, censored porn]


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08. http://i.imgur.com/XGwxaCR.jpg
[cosplay; no sex but definitely nsfw]


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12. [ns]


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[Art by: http://www.deviantart.com/art/Lets-Sing-Together-338248375]


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17. [SPOILERS for Soul Eater]



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18. [SPOILERS for captain america: the winter soldier]
[WARNING for rape]



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19. [WARNING for suicide]



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20. [WARNING for incest, possible non-con]

















Notes:

Late at work again, sorry. Should be back to normal by next week!

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Comments

Re: Romantic Subplots

[inkdust]

I agree with your friend. For me it's all about whether the romance seems natural or forced, whether the characters involved come off as three dimensional people without each other or seem like they only exist for the sake of the relationship, and lastly whether the romance complements the overarching plot or distracts / drags it down / attempts to replace it. If there are checkmarks for the first option for all of those, I'm all for a romance element.

I was actually very reluctant to introduce romance into my most recent story because I wanted to write a story without romance for once, but the two characters who were supposed to just be friends had so much chemistry that I just couldn't hold out. Now, of course, I love it. But I was very conscious of those checkboxes as I wrote it.

Re: Romantic Subplots

[jaybie_jarrett]

*nod* That sounds good. I can agree with all that. I tend to really keep my romances on the side,a lot because I know as a reader I'm bored by the whole "are they going to kiss/get together or not" .My reaction is "I'm going to go to my room, call me when they finally fucking kiss".

It should tie in and work with the story. As of lately I've been wary of romantic subplots, and even cut them out of some of my planned works because they weren't really needed in the first place. I even planned one work where the protagonist decides she's not interested in finding someone right now, and is okay with it.

Re: Romantic Subplots

[inkdust]

Yeah. My writing is all very character-based, so usually before I even consider the plot I just look at the character and evaluate whether a romance would further their personal development or not. Like in my last story that I was hesitant about romancifying, the main character's major hangup is a fear and lack of understanding of emotional intimacy, so I stopped hesitating when I saw that romantic interactions could actually add to her journey as another type of human relationship that she struggles so much with. For a character who already has all that figured out, a romance would probably need to incorporate some other elements in order to be relevant to their journey, not to mention the outside plot.