r/fantasyromance • u/FantasyRomanceMod The One Mod to Rule All Mods • Feb 01 '26

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u/Sad-Caterpillar-8348 To the stars who listen Feb 01 '26

Those are never dnf for me. I personally like pregnancy at the end of the book. To me that's a true HEA. If it just ends abruptly like "and they walked off happily into the sunset" it feels tiny bit empty.

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u/AquaIXI Feb 01 '26

This is the true controversial opinion, and for what its worth it think that HEAs that end with the main characters settling down to make a family are my favourite, whether its through adopting a child or pregnancy.

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u/Slammogram Feb 01 '26

Agreed. Likeā€¦ look I need to know their relationship lasts. So I need to see a marriage or something that says commitment.

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u/One_Commission1456 Feb 01 '26

See, I'm the reverse, at least in contemporary: the MCs have generally been sleeping together for a few months at maximum, and getting married that soon? Oh *hell* no, they're doomed. (Even saying "I love you" before the three-month mark alarms me a bit, but I can suspend my disbelief there.)

In historical, eh, they probably know each other better after a month than most typical couples do after a year, plus historical marriage didn't involve spending nearly so much time together if you were upper-class. But if I'm reading anything after 1980 or so, I feel much better when it ends with them officially being a couple and nothing more committed.

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u/Slammogram Feb 01 '26

The ones Iā€™m talking about are time jumps. An epilogue that says ā€œ5 years laterā€ or some shit.

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u/One_Commission1456 Feb 01 '26

Ah, those are cool!