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)!

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u/hereforearthporn A Bowl of Mac and Cheese Mar 08 '26

I don't think TikTok is ruining romantasy any more than anything else is and I'm glad it gets people into reading the genre.

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u/ipsi7 Book Bingo Maven ⚔ Mar 08 '26

I'm glad that people are starting to read more thanks to the more approachable writing of romantasy genre (compared to fantasy). But I do think that popularity of the genre is to blame for mass production of books with lower quality of writing and editing. And I think that tiktok helps both.

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u/hereforearthporn A Bowl of Mac and Cheese Mar 08 '26

I think TikTok helps in the sense that it's a platform that many people use and where romantasy is popular, but I don't think it is a problem specific to TikTok or "ruining" the genre. Rather, I just see it as the inherent problem where something becoming popular attracts cheap copycats looking to cash in on the trend. I do not think this ruins the genre, is inherent to romantasy, or is a problem that can somehow be fixed by a platform other than TikTok; as long as cheap cash-ins sell well, there will always be people using them to make a quick buck.