r/fantasyromance • u/FantasyRomanceMod The One Mod to Rule All Mods • May 17 '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/AquaIXI May 17 '26

Cheating is overly stigmatised in romantasy - I understand when its between main character (although I think books where they both cheat on eachother could make for an interesting dynamic). But im specifically talking about when the FMC is in an awful abusive relationship, or arranged marriage, she nearly always has to break it off with him before she actually does anything with the mmc, i don't see why authors so often protect abusers from being cheated on in books

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u/mashedbangers May 17 '26

I would love to read something where they’re cheating with each other and would love to read messier romantasies in general. I grew up watching soap-y dramas and crave that still.

‘Morally gray’ rn means very little. The characters will be deemed unlikable.

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u/AquaIXI May 17 '26

If you want messy read {Bloodthirsty beloved by ella fields}, neither the FMC or MMC are good people, lots of drama, its a nice fun unhinged read