Oh I have nothing against the tropes, they can be super fun and are great marketing tools! I am firmly of the mind any trope can work if executed properly :)
Lol. I think the reason the "misunderstanding" trope bothers me in romance more than any other genre is it's because, 9 times out of 10, the miscommunication could have been completely avoided if the love interests just... You know... Talked to each other... Like people in a healthy relationship do. So at the end of the book when the misunderstanding is resolved and the couple gets back together, it's like... You're still obviously not going to work out if you're too jealous, stubborn and insecure to just talk to your partner whenever an issue comes up. 😝 As for a trope that I would like you to talk about in your next video, the classic "Enemies to Lovers" trope is one that I have a massive love/hate relationship with. It can make for both the best and the worst romances ever. Basically, I think there are two types of enemies to lovers stories. 1. Two people who are part of two rival families/countries/clans meet, get along really well and fall madly in love with each other. But the conflict between their families intensifies, meaning that they need to choose between their loyalty to their families and their love for their partner. This type of enemies to lovers story, I usually really love. 2. There is no actual war or conflict involved. The two characters just absolutely hate each other. As soon as they meet, they hate everything about each other. They have nothing in common, they both can't stand the other person's personality and they make each others lives absolutely miserable with their mere existence... But they end up hooking up anyways because they're both hot and you can forgive a person pretty much any flaw imaginable so long as they're hot... This is the kind of enemies to lovers story I can't stand. 😫
Haha, yes when the miscommunication is so very minor and easily fixed it's vexing to read. And I love the idea of exploring Enemies to lovers! so often the trope is misused (ie they aren't actually enemies) or just unhealthy hahaha!
But, I love tropes. They're so easy to build plots around.❤
Oh I have nothing against the tropes, they can be super fun and are great marketing tools! I am firmly of the mind any trope can work if executed properly :)
Lol. I think the reason the "misunderstanding" trope bothers me in romance more than any other genre is it's because, 9 times out of 10, the miscommunication could have been completely avoided if the love interests just... You know... Talked to each other... Like people in a healthy relationship do. So at the end of the book when the misunderstanding is resolved and the couple gets back together, it's like... You're still obviously not going to work out if you're too jealous, stubborn and insecure to just talk to your partner whenever an issue comes up. 😝
As for a trope that I would like you to talk about in your next video, the classic "Enemies to Lovers" trope is one that I have a massive love/hate relationship with. It can make for both the best and the worst romances ever. Basically, I think there are two types of enemies to lovers stories.
1. Two people who are part of two rival families/countries/clans meet, get along really well and fall madly in love with each other. But the conflict between their families intensifies, meaning that they need to choose between their loyalty to their families and their love for their partner. This type of enemies to lovers story, I usually really love.
2. There is no actual war or conflict involved. The two characters just absolutely hate each other. As soon as they meet, they hate everything about each other. They have nothing in common, they both can't stand the other person's personality and they make each others lives absolutely miserable with their mere existence... But they end up hooking up anyways because they're both hot and you can forgive a person pretty much any flaw imaginable so long as they're hot... This is the kind of enemies to lovers story I can't stand. 😫
Haha, yes when the miscommunication is so very minor and easily fixed it's vexing to read.
And I love the idea of exploring Enemies to lovers! so often the trope is misused (ie they aren't actually enemies) or just unhealthy hahaha!