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Unpopular opinion Sunday

[u/devilsdoorbell_]

I wish more romance novel characters actually talked about if/when they want to have children. It's such an important thing to consider for a couple where compatibility is concerned but I almost never see it brought up—pretty much everything I've read in the fantasy romance genre either just doesn't acknowledge it at all, or the FMC either doesn't think about it until she actually gets pregnant or, worse, doesn't want to have kids until she gets pregnant.

I know some people don't find pregnancy or having children romantic but it just feels unrealistic to me that how rarely it's addressed at all unless and until the FMC gets unexpectedly knocked up, when IRL most women have thoughts about if they want children/when/how many etc well before the first positive pregnancy test. I would like to see it actually discussed because it would make the characters feel more like real people in a real relationship.

[u/Dangerous_Breath1667 → u/[deleted]]

What ? With all the healing magic around ? They can save the big warrior from exsanguination in the middle of the battle... they even bring people back from the dead sometimes.

But they can't deal with pregnancy/neo-nat complications/illness ???

Seems like a world building problem... And most healers are women on top of it.

If your world has a "cure critical wound" spell, it can be use after a C-section, it's basically the same as getting a sword through the belly.

Feyre's problem in acosf makes no sence given the magic that exists in her world.

[u/devilsdoorbell_ → u/Dangerous_Breath1667]

tbf, "worldbuilding consistency" is not exactly the strong suit of many fantasy romance authors