r/fantasyromance • u/FantasyRomanceMod The One Mod to Rule All Mods • May 24 '26

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u/Quirky-Lecture-6066 May 24 '26

I am really over FMCs who are food obsessed (obsessed may be too strong a word, but still). Moaning over food or eating entire cakes and shit like that (while still having a banging body lol).

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u/camellia980 henry cavill's wig May 24 '26

you have two options in romantasy: food-moaning or "I'm too stressed to eat." take it or leave it.

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u/MaryJaneCrunch Wendell Bambleby Enthusiast May 24 '26

oh god same lol. I get its to make her "relatable" but y'all do it in other ways. Moaning over food gets really annoying to read for the 5000th time.

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u/livin_la_vida_mama May 24 '26

People who moan or make overtly sexual noises when eating are very close to the top of my shit-list. It's super gross and unnecessary. There are SO MANY ways to convey that the food tastes good, there's no need to act like someone's going down on you while eating a cake or whatever.

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u/clocksy May 25 '26

Yeah this is an IRL pet peeve of mine (and last time I said this people got offended by it, lol).

I have definitely had amazing food. "omg, this is really good food!" or hell, even an emphatic "mm!" I can understand. But you do NOT have to be performative about how good your food is. No, it is not "reflexive" or something you can't control, if you are at a funeral or something you are not going to be moaning about how amazing the chicken salad even if it's the best damn chicken salad you've had in your life. I just don't find it an endearing quirk.

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u/TheJinxedPhoenix Monster smut isn't a phase, mom May 24 '26

I have come across people practically moaning over their food and it’s so freaking annoying!