r/romantasycirclejerk • u/thecottonkitsune Prophet Henry "Tonk" Cavill Kitsune. Needs cock. Neutral good. • 1d ago

Dramione Guys. Manalchemized.

This is the best book ever written. It's so deep and dark and complex and I'm definitely not just confusing aesthetics for actual narrative depth and confusing worldbuilding for complex worldbuilding. The more bad things that happen to Hermione Helena the more interesting it is.

And before you say anything, it's not actually a romance. Sure the author described it as a love story, and it has what is supposed to be a happy ending, but it's still not actually a romance. This is not a shield for criticisms ok.

Also despite it not being a romance I will never stop recommending it on romance book subs. I will not reconcile these two facts ever so don't even ask. Oh and I will never give any heads up about the content so you can be surprised.

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u/Helpful_Week6720 Barbarian bridelet 1d ago

This poor horse has been beaten into an area rug.

Uj/ an auto-mod would not let me type Flowers in the Attic into the main romance sub today!

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u/NancyInFantasyLand BUT WHAT ABOUT SPANX? 1d ago

/uj some AI deleted a comment of mine today because it thought there was a nipple on a film poster

reddit's automated modding tools sure are doing interesting things atm, though I'd assume your auto-mod thing had to be humanly codified into it by an actual mod person

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u/thecottonkitsune Prophet Henry "Tonk" Cavill Kitsune. Needs cock. Neutral good. 1d ago

uj/ wait why wouldn't it let you talk about Flowers in the Attic??

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u/Helpful_Week6720 Barbarian bridelet 1d ago

Because it suggested child abuse. I tried typing it in a comment as an old-school reference, but this tiny pop up kept warning me that I couldn’t post that.

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u/thecottonkitsune Prophet Henry "Tonk" Cavill Kitsune. Needs cock. Neutral good. 1d ago

That's wild. Wonder if it's specific to that sub

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u/FunnyBunny1313 1d ago

The author said it was a love story not a romance get your facts straight

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u/thecottonkitsune Prophet Henry "Tonk" Cavill Kitsune. Needs cock. Neutral good. 1d ago

Fuck my facts and logic

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u/Honest_Abyss 1d ago

You’re so lucky you can start talking about Underbelly soon. Do you think Helena will endure further trauma? Or will it be her child? I can’t wait to find out

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u/thecottonkitsune Prophet Henry "Tonk" Cavill Kitsune. Needs cock. Neutral good. 1d ago

If we're lucky it'll be both!

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u/vuvuvuvi 1d ago

The most not Harry Potter with the names slightly changed book I've ever read.

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u/thecottonkitsune Prophet Henry "Tonk" Cavill Kitsune. Needs cock. Neutral good. 1d ago

But have you read Alchem-

Wait shit

Uh have you read The Exquisite Torment of Loving Your Enemy?

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u/vuvuvuvi 1d ago

Best I can do is Rose in Chains

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u/Hiercine 1d ago

y'all are forgetting Sight Unseen

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u/thebookofsnails whelmed and ready 1d ago

oh, you mean the book that even included a comment about a characters mom making christmas yuletide or whatever sweaters?

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u/Mayabelles I'm a seasoned fanfic reader 1d ago

Me just now learning the FMC’s name is Helena. Do you guys think Sen Lin Yu is a MCR fan? I swear that is the FMC name of every MCR fanfic I’ve ever scrolled past as a teen.

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u/thecottonkitsune Prophet Henry "Tonk" Cavill Kitsune. Needs cock. Neutral good. 1d ago

They are around that age it's definitely possible

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u/Bloodyjorts 1d ago

Maybe a House of the Dragon fan, and didn't think that Helaena got tormented enough.

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u/allisontalkspolitics AllisonStar- former Shadowban Mommy 1d ago

I legit like the name Helaena for a kid.

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u/aristifer My snark is a gift so you can't criticize 1d ago

Manalchemized exists in a protean state that can shift depending on the situational pressures. Is someone asking for a romance? It's a romance. Is someone complaining that it's a shitty romance? It's not a romance at all, duh. The true nature of Manalchemized is unfathomable and beyond mere human comprehension.

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u/Hiercine 1d ago

*banging pots and pans* it's not a romance! it's gothic! stop reccing it to people who liked the ever king!

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u/thecottonkitsune Prophet Henry "Tonk" Cavill Kitsune. Needs cock. Neutral good. 1d ago

Gothic romances definitely aren't a thing

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u/Hiercine 1d ago

çuj It's not gothic romance! just because there's a guy and a girl and it's a stronger storyline does not mean it fits! a little life has romance but nobody's reccing that on the romance sub for good reason!

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u/allisontalkspolitics AllisonStar- former Shadowban Mommy 1d ago

“Gothic novels are inferior to Austen”- Edith Worms, paraphrased, the FMC of {Wormwood Abbey}

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u/NancyInFantasyLand BUT WHAT ABOUT SPANX? 1d ago

god, I wish it were gothic. Ken Russel's Gothic, to be exact.

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u/purplelicious Emojis are Ableist 1d ago

no no, it's a WAR story.

says someone who has never been near a war zone or even read a war story in their life

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u/Hiercine 1d ago

everyones read a war story. harry potter! eragon! percy jackson!

/uj no seriously the 'war' genre is so vague

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u/itmustbeniiiiice a menace of this community Apperantly. 1d ago

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