#thats why forbidden love stories are cool in concept but tend to fall flat cause like the relationships are still toxic

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I made a meme regarding my sudden realization of why I hate most romance stories (or romantic side-plots in stories)

Side note: this is not referring to stories that specifically touch upon toxic relationships and exploring the nuance of that and why they are toxic. No, I am referring to a type of romance story that is supposed to be framed as a thing we, the audience, are supposed to root for (ie. The books "After" or "Twilight" to name a few examples.)

#fanfic meme #fanfic #writing #reader meme #fanfic writer problems #writer problems #writing meme #hot take #i hate toxic relationship behaviour being a core conflict in most romance novels #i feel like there are so many better conflicts to be made and tye romance should be the one constant good part of the story #thats why forbidden love stories are cool in concept but tend to fall flat cause like the relationships are still toxic #basically #relationships in stories can still be toxic #but if we are suppsed to root for the relationship then I expect tye relationship to be good