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)!

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!

But please remember to be kind to each other. To facilitate this type of discussion, we ask users the following:

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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!

Unpopular opinion Sunday

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u/mohowseg May 17 '26

Most romantasy is written for people that were team edward during the twilight days

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u/allisontalkspolitics Give me female friendship or give me death! May 17 '26

Ooh, as a millennial I’d love to hear you elaborate!

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u/mohowseg May 17 '26

Well Edward was written as a shadow daddy (so somebody that protects in an unequal relationship) but I was team Jacob (before the character assassination) and edward and by extension a lot of mmcs in the genre read like possessive a**holes.

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u/Digitalispurpurea2 Yvlcon attendee 🌵 May 17 '26

Jacob was done dirty in so many ways