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Please stop advertising books as “the villain gets the girl” when it’s really just a guy who’s just an asshole that gets the innocent girl who’s a book worm
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Anonymous 15w

2000s media and romanticized abuse has done almost irreparable damage on current plot lines(chuck and Blair I’m looking at u)

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Anonymous 15w

since when did y/n fics get published 💔

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Anonymous 15w

Take notes from megamind people

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Anonymous 15w

THIS and the more you look for it, the more you realize it’s like 90% of romance plots today. Like “enemies to lovers” now just means “the girl is a normal person and the guy is an asshole… for some reason they don’t get along!!🤯” Yeah no shit… if you’re rude, how is that supposed to be attractive??

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Anonymous 15w

I’ve decided to reframe it as “he’s the villain because he’s a walking HR violation and also a red flag with no respect for boundaries and zero communication.”

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Anonymous 15w

Isn’t that what a villain is? That’s like the most standard concept of a villain. Asshole dude just wants the sweet girl and the hero comes to stop him and save the girl. The majority of stories follow something along the lines of that whether it’s the focus of the story or not, that’s usually within it.

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 15w

I haven’t seen gossip girl but I get what you mean 😭 I hateeee books with too much abuse like yes it’s important to learn about signs and stuff but every romance book bro OMFG

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 15w

and it’s not even educational tbh… why is she getting back w a man who punched glass shards in her face, objectifies her, is an SA…and why is her mother fighting for their union?

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 15w

It’s like this in the books too

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 15w

Well from what I heard her mom is toxic like she criticizes everything she eats and tells her she can’t have sweets or something

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 15w

Too many of them do some of the best selling authors were originally Wattpad publishers that got their fanfic published

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Anonymous replying to -> #3 15w

Megamind is kinda fine so I’ll take this as a compliment

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 15w

To clarify: I wasn’t calling you megamind but hey as long as you feel complimented 😂

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Anonymous replying to -> #3 15w

Oh- you know what I’ll take the win 😭

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Anonymous replying to -> #4 15w

Hit the nail on the head

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Anonymous replying to -> #5 15w

And the banter is just straight up insults!

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Anonymous replying to -> #5 15w

That’s bc it’s not enemies to lovers it’s just bullying atp

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 15w

I mean… you’re reading adult romance novels… did you expect them to be good? That’s like… the most pumped out trash of any type of literature. That and Stephen King. Adult literature is almost always just a way for the author to write about their fantasies it’s genuinely disgusting idk how women read that slop.

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Anonymous replying to -> #6 15w

Sorry I meant to say Adult romance, not adult literature.

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Anonymous replying to -> #6 15w

To me a villain is like morally corrupt not just an asshole but most of the “villains” marketed are just normal mfs who are annoying, whiny, misogynistic dickheads.

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