#in one episode this show has gotten me more invested in a romance than 95% of other medias i’ve consumed

[vqlisms]

i need more authors to understand that. adding romance and making it fucking creepy as hell for no reason just turns potential enjoyers away, even if it is in every other way well-written and interesting.

#like. i’m watching princess tutu for the first time #and i was so nervous when i realised a large aspect of the plot was related to ahiru and her crush #but honestly? #in just the first episode i was hooked on it because she wasn’t a fucking stalker or obsessive or manipulative and shit #she’s just a kid who has a genuine crush on this guy and i absolutely love it #this is coming from someone who usually hates romance-based plots/sub-plots #in one episode this show has gotten me more invested in a romance than 95% of other medias i’ve consumed #not to mention the plot device of “oh we can’t be together because x” that all romances have actually feels impactful with this #it’s not something that can be boiled down to “this could be solved in one episode if we weren’t shit at communicating“ #or “oh we it’s impossible for us to be together for this incredibly arbitrary reason” #like. ahiru is a duck. of course she wouldn’t want to get with this guy. #how is she supposed to explain that she is a literal fucking bird. not even anthropomorphic. just bird #i could talk about this so much but i’m forcing myself to shut up now <3 #q’s white noise