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Desperately trying to fight off the “are they love interests?” Questions from ppl in my creative writing class about the literal cousins in my novel (they were INTRODUCED as being related)

339 upvotes, 6 comments. Sidechat image post by Anonymous in Book Club. "Desperately trying to fight off the “are they love interests?” Questions from ppl in my creative writing class about the literal cousins in my novel (they were INTRODUCED as being related)"

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Anonymous 12w

Trying to fight of the “are they love interests” question when I show people ANY of my writing (why is it assumed that romance is a necessity no matter the genre)

Anonymous 12w

It’s actually so gross. People tend to brush aside the rise of smut and porn-culture as nothing but this is an example of it being more normalized. Everything becomes sexualized

Anonymous 12w

I keep getting this with characters I write specifically as platonic or sibling-coded. Go as far as to have them call each other siblings and I still get the “they would make a cute couple” crap

Anonymous 12w

They are ok; maybe a bit boring sometimes

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Anonymous

#1 12w

No like they can just be friends sometimes guys. Platonic relationships are okay

Anonymous

#3 12w

Some people are just into that bro 😭 it really sucks bc 99.99% of the time it makes the creator super uncomfortable and they can’t just… be normal about it. Have to go and make everything weird