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The romantic debate

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Rose:

--- Quote from: julilly on July 04, 2011, 08:00:05 PM ---I think this can be a really interesting approach for a romance too. It's rarely seen, most people tend to take the happily ever after route but I think that the destruction of a relationship has the potential to be as interesting as the establishment of one.

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Right. I mean there can be a happy ending even within the destruction of a relationship, as it adds to the growth of the two as people. It'd be a nice change.

cabybakes:

--- Quote from: Rose on July 04, 2011, 08:21:09 PM ---Right. I mean there can be a happy ending even within the destruction of a relationship, as it adds to the growth of the two as people. It'd be a nice change.

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This is kind of what Casual is about...

I'll be back to weigh in on this debate, too hard to do from my phone!

mare:
I've said this before about a thousand times but I actually enjoy romance from time to time just not in fanfic. When I want to read a BSB fanfic I want it to be about the group, that's the only reason I don't read them. I have read a couple because of my old fanfic group and judging for awards, but can honestly say I haven't enjoyed any enough to want to really know what happens next. I mean some were very well written, there's no doubt about that, and some of the stories I would not have ever clicked on if I didn't have to and then after reading said wow this was pretty good. But I also had to pretend they weren't BSB fics to get through them otherwise I would have been totally bored. 

I think another reason I tend to stay away from the genre is because it seems to be the one genre where the author tends to use themselves as the main character. Again, not all of the stories, but to me it just seems like this one and visuals are where authors do it the most and it is one of my biggest pet peeves when people do that. lol

Carter-Orange:
How many of you read romance and or write romance on a regular basis? And do you feel like it tends to get a bad rep? If so what do you feel are some of the misconceptions out there?

I've read and written romance stories and don't see a problem with them at all, same as I don't have a problem with any other genre of fanfic.  I think a big misconception is that all romance stories are the same, you know, boy meets girl and they live happily ever after even though they've just met.  But that's not always the case and there are stories out there that have really grabbed my attention with the content and the way they are told.  I suppose I just love the escapism of romance and the hope that maybe there is such a thing as a happy ending (at least in fiction there is!)

How many of you have ever read at least one romance and what was it about it, that made you go back or stop?

I've read plenty of romance stories and will carry on reading as long as the story is interesting.  I suppose I stop or lose interest if the story doesn't seem to be going anywhere.

Do you tend to leave reviews for what you read?

I always leave a review as I feel it's only polite to do so.

If you are someone who doesn't enjoy romance, why?

N/A

Mare, I'm guilty of using myself as the main character in a romance.  It comes from when I first discovered fanfics on another site.  All the writers used their own names and the names of others within the site, so I thought that was the normal thing to do, lol.

mare:
^ lol That's okay Steph, I still love you! You know I think it was just something everyone did back in the day. I have noticed it less and less as the years have gone by.

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