#if the romance is not well executed

[sarascamander]

Me, finding a book to read: This better have romance in it. I am NOT reading it if it doesn't have romance

Me, upon reading: What the hell is this romance? You're distracting the plot and it is unnecessary, GET OUT OF MY BOOK

[abelas]

datv thoughts. mainly me bitching 😮‍💨

anyone else feel like datv’s companions were shallow and a lot of elements of them and the game were sanitized orrrrr

[parissonss]

mcr office au???

we know how it goes. i can write the a hell of a summary, but dont expect a full story. plus this idea is all over the place. my idea is that gerard works as an assassin type, and the organization he works for sends him out to take down the head-members of some company (idfk what i have a lot of holes, throw ideas at me if you want), eventually ending in the assassination of the CEO. there's our girl! shes evil, sorry. gerard is undercover as a normal worker, but after the first few deaths in the building, our CEO calls on him for an employee meeting or something idk how offices work. she explains that she knows whats going on, and blackmails him (with like. mikey? or frank and ray?) into working for her instead. she uses him to take down her competition in other companies, stuff like that. idk anything that would happen, but i have an idea for the ending. i feel like in the end gerard would be able to finally kill the CEO, but immediately after the office gets stormed by bodyguards and they GET his ass 😁

[ibijau]

slapping a big disclaimer on all OCs like "this person has values inspired by a different time period, please I beg you don't go thinking that their views on society and justice match mine"

[astralleywright]

fandom reaction to calamity would have you believe it was a 1 on 1 rp with brennan and luis imo. i cannot remember the last time i heard someone discuss nydas

NYDAS UNDERAPPRECIATED IN HIS TIME... i could tell going into it that the fandom, broadly, was less invested in him and Patia than the others (with certain pockets of fandom being more into Zerxus, or Cerrit, or Laerryn and Quay) and i didn't know if that was a reflection of how well drawn the characters were or just fandom priorities but it was the latter of course. Nydas and Patia my beloveds

[fallenaither]

It's so cool to see Triple A (Ace, Aro and Agender) character! It makes me curious if Apollyon would be interested in listening about love stories of its friends or reading romance books? Or is it completely disinterested in romance?

I feel like Apollyon wouldn't *actively* seek out things about romance, but if someone does speak to them about it they'll listen! It...can't really offer advice past what it can parse out, but Apollyon won't get mad if it happens.

They *will* get a little nervous though since they don't want to come across as rude. ^^;

[penrose-quinn]

I'm sort of afraid that my Shinomi fic might get misinterpreted t.t

[fruitybashir]

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❄️ What's your dream theme/plot for a fic and who would write it best?

oooof tough question! i would love a kid fic for either bokris or jance, idk if there are any out there already tbh but im actually a sucker for single dad dating au's lmao

meeting through the kid, like idk jan is the single dad and nace teaches music at an elementary school and they meet at some school festival or parent/teacher day smthn like that. idk what it is about kid fics, i just think they can get soooo sweet and interesting bc you dont just get heartwarming dynamics both with the parent but also with the new partner bonding with the kid, but also the complicated bits. figuring out dating when you have a kid to take care of, you dont want to just force a new parent figure on the child but also ofc want them to get along but it all takes time and might not always work out the way you want it to etc etc

theres a lot of potential for interesting dynamics and challenges to overcome and bond over, i just think theyre neat 🥔

i have nooo idea who would write it best though, i literally cant say. not that i wouldnt trust anyone with it but i dont think this is a plot where i would go "oh 100% this sounds like something xyz might write" you know?

✨️ send me asks!

[belle-keys]

what are your thoughts on this take? at a first glance, this seems like a mostly american/chronically online view. if i deep it, it seems that younger people maybe think romantic relationships in media strip characters of their individuality and so they want less of it?

[teafiend]

[f1gure-skater]

Super niche, but I just saw someone comment on something saying that they can't comprehend the fact that figure skating qualifies as a sport and as a figure it kind of just ticked me off? Of course the skaters seen on TV are really good at it and they make it look easy but the amount of work that goes into training that isn't seen in competition isn't as pretty as what's shown on the screen. There's a lot of off ice training for cardio and strength in the form of fitness classes and there's also the on ice cardio training which is running program parts in addition to the full run through. AND THEN, so it looks good, there's ballet, and on ice movement, and theatre on ice etc. etc. etc. which makes you THINK it's more of an artform but I've gotten so many bruises from falling that I don't think I can call it art, more like pain. Honestly figure skating is a dangerous sport, there's so many risks that can lead to injuries, I've a couple of friends who have gotten concussed from bad falls and I call myself very fortunate for not having gotten any bad injuries that cause me to take time off (knock on wood) but all of the gross stuff that happens out of the shiny costumes is what gives figure skating the right to call itself a sport.

[danmeichael]

both ad lib lovers and the summer hikaru died to something really interesting wherein they take typical genre conventions and set-ups of BL and place them into a genre other than romance, while still portraying the romantic undertones. where the summer hikaru died does this with horror, ad lib lovers does this with comedy.

as opposed to hikaru's focus on horror, in ad lib lovers, jealousy, desire, and a fear of inadequacy and loving someone more than they love you is portrayed through the lens of improv. this accurately depicts that having a crush on someone as an adult is humiliating.

[darcpython]

looking through all the fanart of Wayne and Raj making out is so fucking funny in hindsight. we were close lmao

[queen-scribbles]

Contemplating using the whole "nothing matters (except in your heart :) )" thing for Veilguard to monkey with my tertiary canon (the Trinne as Warden and Inquisitor!Jowan Levyn one) and slot Sigi in as Hawke bc if there's not an official import to worry about, I can say Stroud was the Warden contact and thus the one to stay in the Fade. >:D

Currently Alistair is the Warden contact for that canon and I can't have Jowan leaving his best friend's husband in the Fade, BUT ALSO don't wanna leave a Fenris-mancer Hawke. :))) buuuuuuut if that choice doesn't matter I will bend canon to my will in that regard. 👍

[untilyouremember]

Me, My Husband & My Husband's Boyfriend

Available digitally (included in MangaPlaza subscription)

[i-swear-its-only-ironical]

Also what in the borderline-incest-definitely-fucking-weird is happening in the romance department of this show???

So Ruby(Samira) (I honestly don't know if that's the right name sry) had a crush on our Aqua(main character) (when she was like 12), the main character liked Ai or had at least an ungodly obsession towards her.

But now Ruby(present) and Aqua(present) are siblings and their mother is Ai but Aqua still kinda somewhat has a crush on her???

I am so extremely confused.