#and here's the thing. it's fine. it is not as good as cake w/o zucchini.

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my biggest impediment to enjoying romance fanfic is that I think I just fucking hate pet names. I don't find them sweet or romantic even when it's canon for ships I like, so when people put noncanon ones in it doesn't feel like a cute extrapolation, it feels like someone is secretly putting zucchini in my chocolate cake.

#my parents would do this btw bc my sister was a picky eater #and here's the thing. it's fine. it is not as good as cake w/o zucchini. #anyway thinking about this bc I enjoy vax/keyleth well enough but never really felt things about the nickname kiki #and i'm a longtime Caleb Widogast Who Refers To People By Their Full/Last Names As A Sign Of Trust Would Not Say That truther #like. if a fanfic makes up a pet name that isn't canon they've lost me. i'm clicking out. #i often feel like they're used as a shortcut to convey an unearned sense of intimacy #you know what's hot. using their full name. i am reminded this by the perc'ahlia poll