#'booktok' or whatever has done some damage i'm sure

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maybe this is...... idk, but i don't understand what's so objectionable about mentioning popular tropes in marketing for a book. seeing a bunch of posts all over the last couple of weeks being like Seeing Someone Describe Their Book As Enemies To Lovers Makes Me Want To Kill Them or whatever - and yes, with that level of direct aggression which, even joking, seems a bit overboard at best - and being like. yeah? and??? who. gives a shit? 

someone wrote a book, they're talking about it in a way maybe they grew up talking about narratives, maybe a way that helps people find what they're interested in. sorry fandom and 'cringe' community related verbiage is polluting the prestigious and classy world of Real BooksTM and Real WritersTM and Real Serious Stories Not That Meaningless Garbage You Dummies On The Internet Throw Around Because You Have No Soul Or Appreciation For Art Or Whatever. 

i don't know what is so enraging about it. everything has tropes in it that's how they ended up tropes. they're a value-neutral narrative tool or phenomenon. i feel like i'm losing my fucking MIND here sometimes. why is it such a hyperbolic violence worthy offence to use language commonly associated with fandom to discuss your published book if that's what it contains. 

 and i don't mean like- the people who are like oh you should read this, it has [rattles off list of diverse character identities and says absolutely nothing about what the book is actually like or about]. that's different. that tells me nothing abt what the book is about, though it does give people who are wanting to read about characters that are like them a piece of valuable information. not the only piece but a piece. this is like. 

why are you so fucking mad and snotty about someone describing their book as 'enemies to lovers.' legitimately who is that harming. not something i'd ever read but that's because i'm allergic to romance, not because describing books using tropes, even tropes common in fanworks, is a fucking cardinal sin or definite hallmark that something is shallow trash.