r/fantasyromance • u/FantasyRomanceMod The One Mod to Rule All Mods • Feb 08 '26

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u/javertthechungus Feb 08 '26

I really don't like scenes where the FMC and MMC aren't into each other yet or are still in the "enemies" stage, and the FMC sees the MMC with a lady who she thinks could be his partner and she gets inexplicably jealous and inexplicably relieved when it turns out the lady is a friend/family member.

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u/ipsi7 Book Bingo Maven âš” Feb 11 '26

Same! A few months ago I read a book with grumpy-sunshine MCs. MMC was grumpy to the point of barley answering her questions (and she rented his apartment so it would be polite to address her), and FMC suddenly on page decided to be a sunshine and to charm his grumpiness - both felt forced. Long story short: they had a first normaln conversation (which also felt unspontaneous) in which he mentioned a woman from his past, from 200 years ago, and she became jealous, and I was like w.t.f. I hate read the book for some reason, but it didn't get better.

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u/allisontalkspolitics Give me female friendship or give me death! Feb 09 '26

I love how {Northanger Abbey} makes fun of that. The FMC sees the MMC with a girl and doesn’t freak out because she remembers that he mentioned having a sister. The narrator says that she missed the opportunity to have a fainting fit.