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Love triangles are one of the worst tropes in shows,

Why are y’all fighting you should all just kiss problem solved

Writing Prompt: Updating Love Tropes

Here I am ('~') about to give a nice revamp to some tropes that tend to get poorly rated by people on the internet :D

Big Misunderstandings

I actually enjoy this trope. In my experience, I can definitely enjoy the trope if either misunderstandings are the entire foundational plot or if the miscommunication is treated comedically.

If misunderstanding is just thrown in there seriously, I can't stand it.

p.s a story that I like that uses this trope is called "Villain With A Crush" on Webtoon which is about a girl named Rosa who tries to romance a famous superhero who saved her. This ends up leading to Rosa accidentally being framed as a villain. It's a fun romcom :)

2. Feisty Heroines

This trope is also easily fixable. All you need to do is explain to the audience why the heroine is like this and let this character trait be a flaw.

3. Damsel In Distress

I actually like this trope. I think we can do with some women characters being in trouble and needing someone to help them. Just make sure that your damsel isn't a burden.

You know? Make them into a three-dimensional person who has strengths? Let this label not be their entire summary!

4. Womanizer

Don't just let them off the hook for their womanizing! If this "romance" isn't being done in a safe and respectable manner, then that's a bad thing.

HOWEVER

If the guy or gal who is "bedding" up with others is taking the proper precautions, isn't dependent on this type of gratification, and is doing it for the right reasons then I don't really care about their exploits.

There is a lot of hate being thrown around for the sex-positive guys out there and this isn't the place for that. If you don't want to romance them, you don't have to insult their life.

My Most Hated Romance Tropes

Hi, this is going to be me convincing you to hate these tropes :)

A) Misplaced Sexual Tension

Is this a real thing? I see this trope so much that I'm starting to wonder if i'm the outlier.

This tends to come up in the "hurt/comfort" scene a lot. Basically, a character is deathly ill or even unconscious sometimes. The love interest is sitting by the bed. I would think that this is going to be angst-y scene where you get incite into the deep love that the love interest has for the sick one. And the resulting fear and concern.

BUT NO! The "Love Interest" "feels heat rush in between their legs" as they run off to the bathroom!

I hate this trope because it always turns romance into just more sexual shit. I don't want that. if I wanted to see two characters have lust for each other I would have just read an erotica.

B) Random Sexual Tension

Character A cries about their dead parent and Character B gets a boner

Character A hugs Character B. boobas

Character A promises to protect Character B and Character B immediately thinks about bedroom affairs

Character A is fighting and Character B is staring at their chest

SERIOUSLY!?! Why can't these characters keep it in their pants for just one motherf#cking moment!?

I hate it because I want to see Character A and Character B have their personalities and inner depth explored. I don't want to see literal sex objects!

C) Everything Serves Sex

I hate the belief that writers and fans share that all characters must act either according to their sexual position or as a subversion of that.

Seriously, I'm just trying to read about a nice gay love story and all the comments are talking about is:

"who's da top and who da bottom?"

"who man and who woman?"

GOD Fucking DAMMIT!!! This doesn't matter. Personality doesn't impact sexual habits.

i just want to see gay man love gay man or gay woman love gay woman.

i'm not here to read about erotica :`(

The Lengths: Yuuma and Jukka

Jukka's "grand sacrifice" moment was the time he left his previous organization which (unfortunately) left him with a huge target on his back.

This one was incredibly hard since Jukka has been a member of the organization for several years. It gave him a purpose and a sense of stability he wouldn't ordinarily have. Luckily, Jukka was able to find that joy in his new community but he still suffers the consequences :(

Yuuma's "the lengths they are willing to go" moment was when they revealed their secret identity to the population in order to protect Jukka's own triple sided identity.

This was incredibly difficult since it made Yuuma unable to ever lead a peaceful life ever again. Now they have to deal with responsibility and all of that shitty obligation :(

💖community writeblr event alert...

💖 WIP ROMANCE WEEK IS SEPTEMBER 23-30 💖

the rules, as stated above, are to make a post a day about your chosen oc pairing that coincides with the day's prompt! i will be participating in this myself, and reblogging all the posts i find in the tag. i encourage participants to reblog others' posts, to encourage the sense of community i hope to build.

tag your posts with #lilasromanceweek24 !

THE PROMPTS:

tell us about your pairing(s) classic example of their love how they show affection (love languages welcome!) the lengths they'll go to for each other what outsiders/friends think a visual rep of your pairing

even if you're not participating, boosts are welcome!

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@chayscribbles @magic-is-something-we-create @rodentwrites @notwritinganyflufftoday @rustywritessometimes

How To Write Romantic Relationships [MASTERPOST]

How do you balance between having emotional and meaningful without also having sappy and cliche?

How do you organically incorperate romance to the plot without having too force it in?

Don't fret my romantically inexperienced little writer! I'm here to help!

A) Make It Meaningful

Look, you can put in all the effort and still have readers not give a f$ck about the romance.

Why is there romance? Is it to create conflict? Illustrate a character's flaws? Is it a fun dynamic?

Make characters individually interesting. Your readers should understand why a character has fallen in love or you will have a riot on your hand! Remember when your favorite character fell in love with the equivalent of cardboard? Not fun. Remember: FLAWS!

The characters should be physically attracted to each other. It's pretty awkward having a romance where one character is just supressing disgust for the other.

The characters should feel emotionally connected.

Unless this is the main focus of the relationship, the characters should share core, fundamental beliefs. They can express these beliefs in different ways but it's awkward trying to ship pacifist x murderer.

Characters either need to share the same level of critical thinking ability or be willing to fall in love with an idiot. By the way, you don't love idiot x smart, you love emotional x stoic, reckless x reserved, or emotionally intelligent x logical.

B) The Meet-Cute Or Meet-Hideous

Now you might be saying, "but my dynamic is "friends/enemies to lovers"! Not strangers to lovers"!

Cool. You still have to understand how they met initially whether that was 5 minutes ago, 5 months ago, or 5 years ago. How two or more characters meet can influence first impressions, expectations for the relationship, and what these characters know about each other.

If two people met with A thinking B is an angel and B thinking A is the most boring person alive, that's a meeting that's definitely going to influence each other's expectations for their relationships and for each other.

Then, if you are writing a couple who met before the beginnings of this story, you also need to investigate their "re-meeting". This re-meeting demonstrates how the relationship is between characters.

Is there tension? Are they breaking apart? Are they meeting after a period seperated?

For strangers to lovers, where characters meet in canon and not pre-canon, a writer needs to focus on the meeting.

What are their first impressions? What is the environment around them? How is everyone feeling? What's the initial dynamic?

Common Pitfalls:

Love at First Sight. Unless you have a story where you are switching between the love interest's perspective, then the only way the audience is going to fall in love with this character is through the protag. And while the protag can fall in love at the blink of an eye, the reader can't. If your audience isn't invested in the characters, that's a problem.

Boring Meeting. Unless the entire point of the meeting is that it's mundane, try to give the meeting significiance.

Lack Of Characterization. Writers often copy the standard rom-com meeting but it does a disservice to your characters. Distrusting characters won't fall in love immediately. Reserved characters won't leave their routine for anyone. Let the meeting be guided by the characters.

C) Romantic Chemistry

In order to make a couple romantically compatible, their traits need to complement each others.

Readers tend to implicitly see the potential two characters could have if they just got together. Having two characters with opposing but balancing characteristics could satisfy this thirst.

Readers understand that a character battling depression is more likely to thrive with someone who provides benefits in relation to the depression whether it's compassion, open-mindedness, or perceptiveness.

D) Conflict

All relationships need conflict! This type of conflict tends to be man vs self, man vs man, or man vs society

Characters are either struggling with their own characters flaws, the external threat of another character, or the interference of society.

Common Pitfalls:

Lack Of Themes. Let the themes you are working with inspire what type of conflict impact the relationship. Don't throw in a plot twist or an inorganic cliche.

Lack Of Grounding. Authors can be so focused on the spectacle of a grand fight that they can loose their characters and the grounded experience of an unstable relationship.

Lack Of Characterization. Whenever authors grab a random conflict, they risk a character acting outside of their parameters which make the move feel shoehorned in.

Lack Of Justification. Don't have the conflict show up out of nowhere! Write little moments where something seems off. Then when these little things pile up, it won't feel shocking but justified.

Lack Of Punishment. Characters shouldn't come out of these moments without questioning their entire existence. Have them re-evaluate their beliefs, expectations, and actions.

Lack Of Power. Give your love interest and your protagonist the chance to air out their grievances. Don't let your characters suffer in silence. Call these characters out on their bs.

E) Actions In Love

Everyone has their own ways of expressing love, so don’t assume that there’s only one right way to write about it. Some characters show their love through physical acts of intimacy such as holding hands and kissing. Some characters compliment. Others show it through grand romantic gestures. Others are more subtle.

Try to weave these little acts of sincerity throughout all of the scenes where your two lovebirds are in love.

We are always amazed by the couple where we have mentally ill and mentally stable person.... couple where the stable person helps the unstable one find the way out of the labyrinth in their minds and stuff....

But what about couples where both are unstable ? Where they both need to find ways out ? Where they are both lost in their minds and thoughts but still help eachother not to get lost even more....

I think it's so amazing that they CAN help eachother find lost path in life and not loose themselves.

What Romance am I?

Contemporary Romance

Contemporary romance as the sub-genre entails is romance revolving around you and your community. You're open-minded, updated, and intrigued by all sorts of things. You find pleasure in mundane things. You think all things can be very romantic as long as you have the "one". You always try to seek the truth, acceptance, and positive side of things that everyone almost thinks you're such a sweet bundle of joy.

Huh, didn't see that coming

My favourite trope has always been slow-burn enemies to lovers. I couldn't comprehend why for a while, but I simply think that it has to do with my own expectations and standards, right?

Like beyond the sexual tension and physical attraction that you could get out of a "love at first sight" romance. Or even the mutual appreciation that's already founded in a "friends to lovers" plot. The enemies to lovers arc is usually, if not always, about how two characters came to fall in love after accepting the other's flaws and acknowledging their faults before realising they got a pretty good side. They have only seen the bad but can't seem to distance themselves from this person. Add in the slow burn when they really have seen it all at this point and still can't let them go.

And it's sad, but I have always felt like my flaws are so much more visible. They just stand out. Therefore, people may have to spend too much time with me to actually like me, let alone fall in love with me. And they probably are gonna dislike being around me before doing so as well. But then at least they know what to expect and how to manage (if that makes sense) so the relationship would hopefully last ?(〃ω〃)

What's your favourite trope and why?

Second favourite trope of all time would be "soulmates." I believe they exist. Actually, I know they exist (I'm muslim✨️). The thought of having somebody so infatuated with you. They will love every single thing about you. Being so fond of you. Caring for you, protecting you, being your home, and you being theirs. There would always be mutual respect and understanding.

Even the stories or legends in a culture about this trope give me goosebumps. For instance, I've always adored the "red string of fate" legend. Whenever it's insinuated in a show or a book, I become a wheezing mess.

P.S.: In Islam, it's very clear that soulmates exist. There is this verse in the Quran that says: "And We created you in pairs." How beautiful is that🥺 ???

So dear writer, when your lovers are described as "destined to be" in any way, shape, or form. Know that I'm screaming, giggling, kicking my feet, and just dying out here. XOXO 😘

Thanks for enjoying this Ted talk ＼(^^)／.

People might find it less amusing when they already know that the book (or fanfiction) they are reading is actually an enemies to lovers. It makes it less fun because whenever the protagonist or their love interest go on a very long monologue about their hatred towards their soon to be lover, it's less thrilling. Since we already know what's coming for them hihihi 🤭. But for me, it's always been about getting to that one moment where they just go "oh no"( preferably written in italic). That moment when they realise they have been spending too much time thinking about this person that they despise so much. When they finally acknowledge that if they are pinning each other every time they meet it's because they just enjoy the proximity . It's all about that one moment and ughhhh, it drives me crazyyyy.

Concept: two brothers are fighting over the same girl, She comes up with a competition to choose one of them. The Judges are the girl and the boys’ sister. Unbeknownst to them the girl and the sister are already together and the competition is just a ploy to spend more time together

color of love

synopsis! red velvet members as love tropes

OT5! red velvet x FEM! reader GENRE! fluff, headcanons ig TW! none ig ( tell me if im wrong ) NOW IS PLAYING! . . . color of love by red velvet

⟢ bae joohyun ᧔o᧓ 배주현

joohyun is more comfortable around people she knows well and trust, so i think friends to lovers is perfect for her. it’s important to have same interests and understanding between her and her girlfriend. she’ll probably cook for you every morning or make you a smoothie, gonna light up some vanilla candles and comfort you at night. joohyun is always ready to help or listen to everything you have to say, ready to give an advice. she’ll give you her clothes if you want. her love language is probably a quality time, so she’ll spend as much time with you as she can. joohyun’s favorite type of dates are probably home date’s or picnics in the area where you won’t be bothered by many people.

⟢ kang seulgi ᧔o᧓ 강슬기

seulgi loves travelling with her family and especially with her cousin soojin, so i’d say she’ll be perfect for bff’s sister trope. she would prefer to be in a relationship with someone who has great relationships with family and respects her family as well. seulgi is very creative and interested in art, so she would prefer her girlfriend to at least like something connected w art, she would absolutely love museum or art gallery dates. she would definitely go on a zoo date with you to see pandas together because we all know how much she adores them.

⟢ wendy son ᧔o᧓ 웬디손

wendy has a lot of talents and interests and i think she would fell for someone who has same interests as hers ( mostly ), so soulmates. she’ll probably catch your sense of humour first because that’s important for her. she loves singing together even if you can’t sing, she loves cooking and dancing to a quiet music playing at the back, that’s just so romantic for her. she would love to go to canada with you on a vacation just to visit places she liked when she was a teenager and show you her old high school. she would never adopt a pet or even buy herself a plant because she’ll definitely forget to feed it or something, but she’ll be happy to do that together w you.

⟢ park sooyoung ᧔o᧓ 박수영

sooyoung suits her stage name so well, just by looking at her you can feel happiness and love, so first love is definitely her trope. even when she was a little girl she was always so open and kind to people, she’ll always smile no matter what and she will protect people she loves. words of affirmation and caring are so important for her, even though she’ll give you twice more attention and care than you would. everyone knows that sooyoung adores dogs and she would definitely take you out on a date in a dog cafe. sooyoung loves kids, so she’ll probably wanted to create her own family with you in future and starts thinking about that after the first date, she’ll just get so excited :((

⟢ kim yerim ᧔o᧓ 김예림

yerim is very friendly, outgoing and yk extroverted introvert, so girl next door – there she is. she’s that girl who’s never alone at her house, her friends are always at her place when she’s not out with them. yeah, she loves spending time alone ( or with you ) but mostly with you lol. she would fell for someone who has the same state of mind (?) as her, same opinions and probably similar personality. a friendly girl with good sense of style probably would catch her eye. yerim sometimes overthinking a lot, so she’ll need your support and love, she would love to hear kind words from you. she would love shopping together and ohhh movie dates are her favorites!

@elepap-169 I don't really consider it enemies to lovers, it's more of a slow burn with lots of banter... I am actually virgo :) thanks for asking!

That's actually a very interesting story to be watch !!! It is believed that these two will fall in love sooner or later !!! It looked like opposites attract for me or enemies to lovers ;) I actually didn't know what slow burn really seems : ( I'm sorry for my late confusing expression but i thought it was just an another love trope :) Anyways i love your work again @vino---delectable <3 <3 <3

This is just a message- conversation we had with this precious person !!! She is just amazing !!! Not to mention , you can also send me messages , but I can't answer , because i can't verify my email !!! But i hope there's no promblem to post it there :) Oh , and yeah in zodiac I'm sagittarius , i love virgos because i asked her sign <3 <3 <3

Love triangles

I think love triangles are the best love trope hands down. Like I love reading it (hunger games, clockwork angel, inheritance games).

Fake dating

So I also love the fake dating trope but it has to be done well. Like it’s always the same formula. They hate each other in the beginning for some reason they need to date. (Ex: To please a friend a parent get back at an ex) They end up having a good time together they go on a trip together. 90% of the time it’s the same room same bed and they fuck. Some problem happens drama and then they get together.