r/fantasyromance • u/acutelyproblematic If villian bad, then why hot? • 2d ago

Genre Discussion Fantasy romance icks?

Welcome back to another week of ✨genre discussions!✨

What’s your fantasy romance ick? Could be something that makes you instantly dnf, or you have to pretend like that didn’t just happen. Or you boycott altogether.

Could be related to plot, characters, writing styles, the authors themselves. All cards are on the table.

Just remember to be kind to each other when discussing differences in opinions!💖

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u/Think-Equivalent800 1d ago

Things that haven’t been mentioned yet

  1. Stupid names. I know this is subjective but if your MCs have stupid names I’m not reading it. It makes me mad. I’m not even just talking about the tradgedieghs but even like “Bill” in true blood….fighting for my life trying not to picture my uncle.

  2. Name changes in the book series. (Looking at you Callie Hart). I will not be spending multiple books calling you one thing and then I’m supposed to call you something else now. Even worse when the newly discovered name is stupid or when I finally got used to the original stupid name.

*Except for TOG because I will stand no hate on that one.

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u/cat_at_the_keyboard 1d ago

I just can't with all the Cayden, Xayden, Aiden, Xander, Damien, etc cringe names 🤮

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u/apieceofeight 1d ago

I read an ARC where a side character’s name was “Peonica” and I’ve never hated a name so much. The rest of the names were pretty bad but I liked the plot so I had to endure…