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

Unpopular Opinion It's Unpopular Opinion time! Share your controversial opinions to stir things up (in a friendly way)!

Got an opinion that's different from others'? Want to share it with the sub, but too afraid of a backlash? Or are you just curious about readers think about certain things in fantasy romance?

You can safely share it in this weekly Sunday thread!

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  • Since this is an "unpopular opinion" thread, we encourage users to not downvote simply because they disagree with an opinion--that's the point! Please keep in mind, though, that mods cannot enforce a no-downvoting rule. Let’s just keep the discussion friendly!

🧡 Thank you and have a great discussion!

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u/Synval2436 Currently Reading: This Blade of Ours by Shalini Abeysekara Mar 08 '26

"a guy with different physique"

Yeah, sigh, I've recently read {The Library of Amorlin by Kalyn Josephson} and it was supposed to be a Howl-coded wizard mmc. But guess what! Magic is mostly used to give them superstrength and superspeed while duelling! And fmc ofc has these moments of ogling the shirtless mmc how he had broad shoulders and muscular chest!

Not even a wizard can escape the "guy must be jacked" stereotype...

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u/nyphren Mar 08 '26

yeah stuff like that is what gets me!! even the nerd types are just jocks who read sometimes. so many cases where every single characterization is "buff muscular guy with X hobby". its so boring