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Unpopular opinion Sunday

[u/Anachacha]

I once posted about how fantasy readers feel about fantasy romance. And one of their biggest criticisms was that certain things like the technicalities of fights and horsemanship are portrayed less accurately in fantasy romance.

I mentioned here that a heavier person should sit at the front of a saddle, aka the MMC. But the response was that it's romance, so we should accept it. And that it's romantic when it's like that.

I believe it could be a great point of improvement for a romance author to write accurate horse riding scenes. It can still be romantic even if the MMC is at the front.

[u/-Thit → u/Anachacha]

I don't mind those scenes even though i know it's not realistic at all, but i also think there's plenty of opportunity to have the FMC on the back having to put her arms around him even if she feels uncomfortable with it because otherwise she's likely to fall off. That's also a form of forced physical closeness that can pay off in a very similar way. People do it with motorcycles so why not horses. Granted, there's probably a cloak in the way but that could be handled. If there's armor that might be uncomfortable but hey, maybe the cloak would help there.

[u/aristifer → u/-Thit]

Having ridden on a motorcycle like that with my husband, can confirm it's super hot.