People are always talking about how characters canβt just be friends anymore. That every pair of characters that act amicable towards each other gets labeled as lovers by the fandom and has their friendship completely disregarded. And all of thatβs true. But I just want to say that it also applies to enemies to lovers.
Nobody can just be enemies either it seems. Every dynamic involving characters fighting or having a rivalry or otherwise unfriendly relationship gets reduced to βspicy sexual tensionβ and βhiding their true feelings behind a different kind of passion.β Hate, anger, fear, disgust, distrust, etc. are such interesting human emotions on their own. They donβt need romance to make them interesting. People can just hate each other sometimes.
Iβm so sick of romance culture and itβs need to insert itself into everything to make things better, more interesting, or more complex. Maybe if you just stop and shut up for a second, youβd see that itβs already all that and more. People need to learn to appreciate emotions that arenβt love and lust, and types of passion that arenβt motivated by love or lust, and character dynamics that donβt revolve and love and lust.
And people actually think that enemies to lovers is rare and underrated? βIβm so quirky and edgy! I like enemies to lovers and real relationships that arenβt all unicorns and rainbows!β Yeah and so do the rest of the 8 billion people on this planet, youβre not special. Like yeah, ship what you want or whatever, but Iβm just sick of this shit.
Also most of the time they actually make the relationship more shallow by turning it into a romance
