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Some of the discourse around the Game Changers books comes across as so pseudo intellectual to me, and all my issues with the various, aggressive discourse online has everything to do with this. These books are not hobbit or god of small things; these books are romance. That doesn't mean they get away with bad writing or that the standards for critique are, for some blasted reason, lowerāit means the standards for critique are different. The readers of this genre are not looking for intellectual insight or a dissection of social tragedies; they're looking for compelling main characters with good romantic, and in some cases, sexual chemistry. They're looking for tension, resolution, and a happy ending. The romance between characters is the story. Everything else that exists in this worldāthe universe of the story, discrimination, grief, other characters, mental health issuesāare props to affect the relationship between the characters. As long as a romance novel reads like a compelling romance, the writing style can be anything. Because all the skill, all the muscle work, lies in the construction of the characters and the romance between them. That's all it takes to make a romance novel people want to read.
This is not easy to do at all. It's very difficult to create characters that stand out as new. Fanfic writers borrow aspects of original characters and often create less complex versions of them in their own romance fics, but creating interesting original characters, suited especially for romance, takes incredible skill. You see a lot of this in shows like bridgerton, for example, where most of the characters in the show are derived from their originals and have the hallmarks of complexity but not the depth. Or After, where the characters are based on Harry Styles and come across as caricature-ish.
One of the reasons Heated Rivalry was famous even within the MM romance genre (and I've read a ton of books within this genre), is because of the characters. They're incredibly well constructed and their romance is very believable. This is a good romance novel; it fulfills it's intention. Everything else in this book is a prop for the romance, and, again, it's a romance book! It's not an academic textbook on gay sex and mental health disorders!
However people seem to treat it as such. Calling the books too trashy for their taste or that Jacob 'elevates' the booksāJacob's adaptation is successful because he stayed as true as he could to the source material, because, guess what, he is a romance reader and understands what makes a romance story work. The reason you like his show, additionally, is because it's beautiful to look at. The cinematographer and the editor did a wonderful job as well. And of course, the actors get all their flowers. But it's still romance! So you are consuming romance, and sneering at the creators for creating romance as a lesser artform?
It frustrates me additionally that the readers of these books are put down as stupid or as seeking cheap art. Firstly, people who read romance also read other genres. Secondly, people who read romance understand that they're reading romance and have defined expectations for them in most cases. If they consumed romance as a form of 'cheap art' due to lacking standards, ALL romance books to ever exist would be popular. Not saying bad romance novels don't get popular, they do, as in any genre. My point being, people judge a good romance differently than how they'd judge a good murder mystery, because the expectations are different. And Heated Rivalry, and the Long Game are good romance books. Otherwise, so many talented people wouldn't have rallied around it to bring it to screen while repeatedly emphasizing that the key to success was staying true to the source material.
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"I saved you, of course in the hopes that you're worth saving." āŗ 78 vs 38, Difference #1/1 : same line, different angle :)
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You have to admire her audacity, if nothing else.
Literally my favourite thing about Rogue One is that it makes the opening of New Hope so funny. Like, Vader has followed Leia from a planet he just blew up seconds ago and pursued her across the galaxy and then sheās just like:Ā āIām on a diplomatic mission to Alderaanā
Vader: Youāre a rebel. I just had a fight with your entire rebel fleet and followed you here. Straight from the rebels. Of which you are a part
Leia: *dramatic gasp* rebel? Me??? Ā I was just passing through. Diplomatically. Thought it was a five-space-ship pile-up or something going on thereā¦Ā
death star plans? on my alderaanian diplomatic mission? itās more likely than you think
ok but this is like legitimate Canon Improvement because Iād always wondered why Vader was so wildly furious at the start of the movie likeĀ ārahhhhh bring me the passengers I WANT THEM ALIVE!!!!ā and now Iām like
ohh yeah okay they literally JUST blew up Vaderās base, stole his sh!t, and took off while giving him the finger from the window
while giving him the finger from the window
IT GOT BETTER
It is the best thing ever because it establishes that he knows sheās a Rebel and she knows he knows sheās a Rebel and he knows she knows he knows sheās a Rebel andāhereās the kickerāevery moment she stalls him is another moment Artoo has to get the plans off the ship and head for Kenobi, and so sheās standing there allĀ āRebellion? What Rebellion? Me? *kicks dead Stormtrooper underneath carpet* I donāt know about any plans, have you checked behind the sofa?ā and making Darth Vaderās blood pressure rise, and, oh, the best part of it is that sheās his daughter so guess where she got that sass from, like every fucking dead blue Force Ghost Jedi who got killed at the birth of the Empire is whooping and cheering from the Blue Force Ghost Afterlife seeing Anakin Skywalker get inflicted with everything they had to deal with from him.
You just know that enough peopleās dying thoughts were, āI hope you have one just like you,ā for the force to go, āthis bitch deserves twins.ā
It got better.
I like to imagine Obi Wan, stealthily ninja-ing his way through the Death Star, overhearing a conversation about how somebody has sprung the Princess from her cell and is now wreaking havoc across the station.
He proceeds to have a brief ptsd flashback, sighs deeply and mutters āAnakin and Padmeās kids, ANAKIN and PADMEās kidsā¦ā
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Some of the Boston Raiders come out with them after the game - those not too bothered by the ass-kicking they were just delivered - and hours into the night, the only ones still left standing are Marley, Ilya, and Shane (who's there still only because Ilya is, and has been dozing on and off against his shoulder for a little while now).
He wakes right the fuck up, though, when Marley laughs and says something about it being a funny coincidence, the only two people Ilya's been seriously involved with being from Montreal.
"What?" Shane says.
Ilya frowns, equally confused. "What are you talking about, Marley?"
"I mean, there's Hollander," Marley says, gesturing at Shane with his beer bottle, "and before him, there was Jane."
Shane relaxes against Ilya's side again. "Oh."
"Please tell me you are joking," Ilya says. When Marley just blinks at him, he helpfully prompts, "Montreal Jane, Montreal Shane...."
Marley's eyes widen. "No fucking way, man."
Ilya shrugs his free shoulder.
"Okay, but..." Shane watches with fascination as Marley's cheeks go pink. His eyes dart towards Shane, and away again. "You talked about Jane, like. A lot. Got pretty fucking graphic with it. You telling me all that was about Hollander?"

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āyou care for me a little bit, i do think. but i canāt hang my life on a little bit. you donāt. you donāt love me. i was yours once till death if youād cared to keep me. but iām someone elseās now. and heās mine in a way that shocks you.ā
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