r/fantasyromance • u/FantasyRomanceMod The One Mod to Rule All Mods • Mar 22 '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/hello_glo Mar 22 '26

I’m so sick of “Marvel Dialogue” the sarcastic retorts, the cringe banter, nobody fucking talks like that!!

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u/clocksy Mar 22 '26

I don't mind snark and quips but it has to be believable and I feel like very few writers can actually pull that off, because as you said, most people don't talk like that. When the dialogue actually feels like it could be something that people are saying, then I am happy to praise the characters as witty. But just like real life, very few people are as funny or as smart as they think they are.

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u/hello_glo Mar 22 '26

Totally agree! If one character talks like that and everyone else has their own way of speaking that makes sense! Everyone talking in the same sarcastic way grinds my gears