#im surprisingly not rly a regular of the romance genre so i hope these like land with ppl

[dateamonster]

Shape of Water was too artsy for me, and Venom wasn't smoochy enough. What's a super smoochy less artsy monster love story you recommend for beginners?

aa i totally get what youre saying and i really wish i had like. a truly good answer at least movies-wise. i feel like there arent rly a lot of like Actually Canon monster/human romance movies that truly have that spirit of fun to them.

in terms of like approachable newby monster-romance media in general though.. this is probably Basic but ive been really enjoying the webcomic suitor armor recently. its not perfect but the romantic element and the way character relationships are handled is very genuinely sweet and if youre like me (ie grew up on the hokiest of ya high fantasy media) itll easily burrow its way into your heart.

if you havent seen disneys gargoyles series yet... well thats harder to access now that disney plus is a thing. it used to be all uploaded for free on youtube! still if u have plus or ur down to pirate i rly cant recommend it enough. its a fun, fantastical, very bingeable cartoon series with as much interesting lore as convoluted magical shenanigans and some real sweet slowburn monstery romance.

oh! hellboy! the original hellboy movie is really good! i have a real lingering soft spot for comic book based movies from the days pre-mcu and big budget grimdark superhero shows that are like visually well done and obviously have a lot of care put into them, but still maintain the special brand of weirdness that i think was kinda unique to the medium.

if youre willing to put up with my book recs for a sec, im a big big fan of the house in the cerulean sea, and a long way to a small angry planet. neither are strictly speaking romance-centred (because i dont rly vibe with that in books) but i think they both def fall into the category of fun monster/human romancey content. theyre also just a couple of my favs in terms of like, stories that focus a lot on character and interpersonal connections. the romances present in them feel really good and organic to me because theyre sorta just another facet of that theme.

ANYWAY

i know some of you guys following have to have some other suggestions as well so pls feel free to add on while i try and search my swiss-cheese memory for cute monster romance media stuff i can actually recommend