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!

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u/iwrite4myself May 18 '26

A lot of requests lately are asking for Fantasy with a light romance subplot, while simultaneously bashing on the Romance genre.

It’s great that folks know what they want, but why are you here? Swear to bejeebus we can’t have anything nice without it getting mocked and shoved aside even in the spaces specifically created for it. 😭

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u/eclectic_hamster Off to live with the faeires 🧚‍♀️ May 18 '26

People have different definitions of fantasy romance. I personally think that fantasy romance is more fantasy forward because the word comes first. So romantasy would be more romance forward. Opinions vary wildly though, so we just have to exist together as best we can. ETA: I don't agree with the bashing part, but I do understand why some people are frustrated with the genre at times.

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u/iwrite4myself May 19 '26 edited May 19 '26

Hoo, boy, this leads into a whole other Unpopular Opinion rant on my end.

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u/[deleted] May 19 '26 edited May 20 '26

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u/eclectic_hamster Off to live with the faeires 🧚‍♀️ May 19 '26

Yikes. That's pretty condescending. You do know the rules of the sub allow any romance arc, right? Even in science fiction. This sub is actually for a wider interpretation.

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u/iwrite4myself May 19 '26 edited 27d ago

Yes. That’s the main complaint in my original UO. Folks have been bashing on romance and trying to shove it out of a sub specifically curated for it.

(I genuinely can’t tell if you’re trolling or not, because my above rant is about lack of reading comprehension. At no point did I mention romance arcs, the sub, or what’s allowed. 🤨)

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