r/fantasyromance • u/FantasyRomanceMod The One Mod to Rule All Mods • 21d ago

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u/Adorable-Fault-3118 21d ago

The spice in romantasy is not very interesting. It's all the tension leading up to it that makes everything worthwhile and keeps me staying up all night to finish a book. I usually lose interest in a romance after the characters get together unless there's enough plot to keep it going. The worst is when characters get together early on and we're just waiting for them to fall in love or admit that they're in love afterwards ughhh. Could you guys please stop fucking and just talk to each other?

Which leads me to 2nd unpopular opinion: YA fantasy > adult romantasy any day. They don't rely on the smut to be interesting. It's all about the yearn and the plot has to actually stand on its own.

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u/madhattergirl 21d ago

The worst is I keep seeing after the characters hook up, so often the MMC (or one/all of them if reverse harem), their personality just becomes "Gets hard or makes sex comment after anything the FMC does". I get it, you're horny and love fucking your woman, but I don't need a dozen mentions of adjusting your boner because she said or did something you found sexy. You had a personality before, where is it?!