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Fork the GorkIf you need a bit of time away from people during the holidays, it’s okay to pull out your art for a while. Don’t feel guilty about it, everyone needs to recharge once in a while. Now go eat <3
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I read the beginning of your story (sorry it took me a while to get to it) and I think it’s interesting. If you post the rest when you’re finished, please tag me!
A disturbingly short time ago, in a land uncomfortably close by...
@everyone (I’m too lazy to actually tag people, LOL XD)
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What are your romance pet peeves?
Yep, it’s just that question. (not irl, of course, but in fiction, lol)
Write what should not be forgotten. — Isabel Allende
1: love triangles. I find them incredibly unrealistic and often ridiculous.
2: no communication. The entire plot should not be able to be resolved with a 5 minute conversation. Like seriously. This may be a problem in real life, but do I want to real a full 300+ pages about a couple misunderstanding each other because they aren’t mature enough to actually. use. words. ever? No, I don’t.
3: *”amazing”* first kisses. Now, I know I’m not speaking through personal, first hand experience (having not been kissed before), but my mother has made a few comments on these literary moments. It may be fun, and perhaps a little sparkingly something or other, but it should also be kinda awkwardly accomplished. If not, one or the other has had practice.
First Grand Historian of Arreth and the Lesser Realms (aka Kitty)
Fork the Gork*cough, cough*
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- Senseless miscommunication. (Need clarification?)
- Senseless offences (how dare she buy her favorite ice cream with her birthday money? Or how dare he not tell me he was a secret agent! Like what did you expect him to do? I get it if this isn’t cleared up until late in an engagement,(although it’s kinda realistic to do that, honestly) but hopefully a secret agent’s love interest is someone who can handle surprises and the truth.)
- A focus on physical beauty over spiritual beauty. This is a worldly obsession that is not healthy. Yes, each should like how the other looks, but the relationship will implode if that’s the basis.
- Kissing before any commit is made. Seriously.
- Any romantic relationship with someone who is spiritually bankrupt. Ok, I loved The Guardian by Dee Henderson, but it was not typical. XD Just… Priorities, people. Priorities.
- The idea that she has tO Be tHeRe Or He MiGht gEt HuRt No MatTeR tHaT sHe Is LiTeRalLy JuSt a LiAbILitY. I get it if she has a reason to be there – that’s great – but don’t throw the less qualified (usually the girl) into a life or death situation just be because “she must help somehow.” Be creative, please. It’s not that she can’t be a valuable part of the team, just that I would rather see her helping from affar than disrupting the plan to suit some whim.
Anyway, I have more, but this will certainly do. Also take in mind that some of these pet peeves could become great plot points if handled very differently.
You have listened to fears, child. Come, let me breathe on you... Are you brave again? -Aslan
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1. Guys who are too possessive. I dislike this because there’s a fine line between protectiveness and… almost this sense of greed? The guy will only want the girl for himself and hates on anything that takes up some of her attention.
2. The ideally sweet, quiet, kind girl. Especially if they are the character without a point of view. It feels a little cheap, because it’s as if they were created specifically for the role of love interest instead of being their own character. In fact –
3. Any female partner who was made to just be a love interest. This can be good, but it’s very easy to botch. They tend to be very generic.
4. Characters who are described as too quirky or normal, but end up being the most attractive character when you read their description. I mention this because it seems to happen a lot in the few romances I’ve read… maybe it’s just me?
5. Obliviousness. This is perfectly fine with me in the earlier parts of a story, but sometimes it drags on for too long. For example, in the series I’m reading, seven books have passed and the heroine has finally realized her crush likes her back. The hints were agonizingly obvious. He was giving you gifts, girl. He initiated a unique telepathic connection with you. His friends have openly joked about your feelings for each other.
6. I second the communication issue.
7. I don’t mind kissing too much, but it always strikes a weird cord in me when the two characters are meeting each other without their friends or families’ knowledge, and in potentially questionable corners of the setting.
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