[ 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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[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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[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

[(Anonymous)]

For me, it's mostly about whether or not the romance interferes with or randomly takes people away from the actual plot. If the characters involved in the romance seem to be prioritising it over rather more important concerns, and not in the sense of trying to forget the bad things and steal some happy moments but in the sense of seeming to actually forget the important things while making lovey-dovey faces and/or romance-related angst, then it annoys me. If the narration seems to be prioritising the romance over more important concerns, then doubly so.

Basically, there's a reason why "Flash, I love you, but we only have fourteen hours to save the Earth!" is one of my favourite lines ever.

If the main plot is the romance, then obviously none of the above applies.

Re: Romantic Subplots

[sarillia]

This is what I was going to say too. I don't like it when I end up shaking my head at the couple and saying "don't you have more important things to worry about right now?"

It's one thing if you have a couple characters who are romantics and prone to distracting themselves from their problems to the point of causing themselves further problems, but not every couple in every story with a romantic subplot can be like this and they often start prioritizing the romance above other more sensible things even when they're characterization should have them responding differently.

Re: Romantic Subplots

[jaybie_jarrett]

OMG yes to both of all that.

I always write romance in the sidelines, because well seeing it as a main plot bores me to DEATH. and seeing as I write what I want to read, I like to think its unlikely that my love plots will take over.

Re: Romantic Subplots

[feotakahari]

You just summed up exactly why I never feel I can recommend the Species Imperative series. Great worldbuilding, many interesting characters, an unusual portrayal of nonhuman psychology, and the author keeps interrupting it so the FMC can ramble on about how "yummy" the MMC is. The only real payoff to those parts is that the FMC goes from not banging the MMC to banging him, and the MMC could easily have been reduced to one or more nameless minor characters without affecting the larger conflict. (The FMC actually lampshades at one point that her choice of boyfriends is a small issue compared to the survival of an entire alien race, and then she goes right back to the "yummy" monologues.)

Re: Romantic Subplots

[(Anonymous)]

(Friend mentioned in the OP here.)

That just sounds like such a waste. I looked the series up and it seems as though it had a great deal of potential. This sort of writing turns up all the time in YA, SF, fantasy, dystopia (of course - that, and it's nearly impossible to find good paranormal stories that aren't PNR anymore.) A hero who prioritizes romance over more important things, like the survival of entire worlds, is a terrible hero - and if the narrative doesn't acknowledge that, it's probably not a good one overall.

On a more personal note, I can't stand the use of 'yummy' as shorthand for 'attractive'. I mean... really, do you want to date them or *eat* them? (The only time it's forgivable is if the answer is legitimately 'both', because there *probably* aren't enough mantis romances in fiction.)

At any other time it's objectification, which reminds me of my similar dislike for characters talking about their partners as if they were possessions (and that generally doesn't get a corresponding exception - wanting to make someone 'theirs' is closer to slavery than love, technically speaking.)