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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?
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.
Ya Antihero / villain protagonist in books
The young elites by Marie lu
The cruel prince by Holly Black
Six of crows by leigh bardugo
The shadows between us by tricia levenseller
Heartless by Marissa Meyer
Renegades by Marissa Meyer
Cruel beauty by Rosamund hodge
The white cat by Holly Black
And i darken by Kiersten white
Jackaby by William Ritter