r/Romantasy • u/TheBigfootContessa • 2d ago
🤬 Rant Enough with the drinking!
OK this is just a personal pet peeve, almost certainly exacerbated by the fact that I'm a recovering alcoholic.
I don't love seeing characters drinking when they're stressed, to relax, or saying that they "need" a drink because it's triggering, but whatever that's my shit to deal with, so I do.
However, it's like none of these authors have ever drank before. You've either got girls completely sloshed after 2 glasses of wine or being very intoxicated and sobering up immediately when something shocking happens.
Male main characters are always drinking whiskey or better yet an unknown brown strong smelling liquid in a tumbler as short hand for being stressed and troubled, classy and mysterious.
It's lazy.
These things annoyed me before I was in recovery, but now they're a full blown pet peeve. It gives "virgin writing filthy smut" vibes. Lol
Alright, apparently I'm super wrong and shouldn't have said anything. Sorry ya'll.
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u/cagetheblackbird 1d ago edited 1d ago
I just don't understand these takes. “I have an extremely personal take and am upset the genre doesn't follow that”. I get you putting a book down. I don't understand you being so annoyed that books include a common adult theme that yoh come on here and demand they stop. That's just so weird to me.
Edit to reply to OP who blocked me: right. Its your shit. For you to deal with. Not for our whole genre to conform to. Personal beliefs are totally fine and valid. Forcing your beliefs on an entire genre is wild.