#because seeing super argumentative stuff w/ bakugo just makes me roll my eyes LOOOOL like

[ihatebnha]

Ok but on the topic of fic genres, I’d have to say yes, I mostly don’t like enemies to lovers. I guess mostly because I just can’t handle angst?? I’d much rather see friends to lovers, strangers to lovers, or just anything that doesn’t involve angst, most nights I’d rather go my day without even seeing angst. And it gets sort of hard with feeling this way when I see all of this sort of angst and noncon and like I know people have preferences and they want to indulge in them which I hope they enjoy because it’s content they like!! But at the same time seeing just one genre dominate the rest is really tiresome to me, it’s hard trying to find fluff or anything like that with so much of the trope enemies to lovers popping up everywhere. It might just be me and my personal feelings on the matter but I much prefer sitting on a park bench in the rain with my fav holding their hand and laughing than having gut wrenching angst make me just deflate. But my heart goes to those who write that angst and the rare good ETL trope because they work hard on it and I’m glad their work gets to be shared [although sometimes the amount of reblogs is disappointing, but that’s a topic for another day]

….ok this was longer than i thought it would be

LOOOL no worries (me too, smh) <333

honestly, even though it's not the highlight of your words, i think you said it pretty well with "rare good ETL (enemies to lovers, for those new to the convo) trope..." because i would say execution is actually one of its main problems.

no hate to ANYONE of course, but so much of ETL is just like... super aggressive fighting and arguing, which is part of it, yes... but can also be done SO poorly to the point where it leads to everything else sorta falling apart, too.

and i think that's where enjoyment gets affected, as you talk about... because when i (we) look for romance, i want it to be romancey! not angsty!!!

...so when it takes too long to get there, isn't properly fleshed out, the fighting is too harsh or doesn't make sense (which is a problem i often see with bakugo, i'd say, along with weird depictions of him, just in general)... it's SO easy to dislike the story, and why the rare, good ETL shine so brightly.

but idk! it's a complex issue outside of that too because i'd say that like... taste is just apart of it, just like how you talk about how you'd rather read something sweet... so it's a combo of both, you know?

but anyway. you really captured it all here LOL <3

(and i just want to clarify, like... i would say dark content such as noncon is separate from ETL because it exists for different purposes, like, for ex. catharsis... so in this situation, it doesn't apply the same ALTHOUGH i do know what you mean about being able to handle it/liking it)

kisses!!!