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fellhellion · 2 days ago

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insert joke abt glutton for punishment etc etc but truly i am that dude who reaches the end of every wayhaven book like waow...detective/A have come so far 🥰....

#something i think sera is very good at as a writer is introducing obstacles to romantic progression which feel like natural building blocks #introduced earlier and inherent characteristics to the respective RO #without the actual progression of the romance arc feeling stalled and static #unfortunately i AM a bit of snob abt the view that A's arc is going in circles #like for one. the primary hallmark trope associated with this route is the will they won't they back and forth tug #that's like. what the route revolves around and what distinguishes it from the others #(N is the romantic fairytale scared of failing this expectation and being rejected if truly known)#(F is the friends to lovers arc where the confict is primarily external to F themself but they are dogged by a fear of loss)#(M is the route where the RO only has context for FWB - regardless of if your detective is also doing this! - and thus has no lens to #really understand and identify falling in love for the first time)#A has like. progressed a shocking amount since Book 1. like everytime i reread i kind of get jolted remembering what the starting point is #you've gone from complete denial of attraction (both internally and externally to other characters)#-> denial of attraction externally but not internally (also warming a lot more to the detective openly)#-> acknowledgement of attraction fully that snowballs into a lot more open physical/verbal affection until you hit the roadblock of #'if i lost you i can only imagine a repeat of agonising loss' <- a formative experience of which A STILL hasn't moved on from or truly #allowed themselves to grieve and move past the survivor's guilt of #to then book 4 where its like. okay but what if you literally have to confront the reality of inevitable loss hurting you regardless of how #openly you attach yourself to the detective and also you feel directly responsible for because shouldering guilt is the only coping #mechanism youve entrenched yourself into since losing your family a 1000 years ago #and that's just a very basic read of the romamtic arc. A's arc also got shit like. trying to disassociate from the thing you hold #responsible for the death of said family. and in doing so simply refuse to recognise its continued existence within yourself #(arrogance - emotion etc etc) + everything going on w the monster motif #sorry i am insane about the vampire romance series #the wayhaven chronicles #tunes talks wayhaven

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