a lot of writers want the illicit thrill of a problematic relationship without the “icky” part of having a relationship be “problematic”. a low-stakes example is infidelity — there’s the “fun” part of sneaking around and forbidden love and etc etc but people will often make the cheated-on partner a huge asshole or have them also be cheating instead of having the cheater face the fact that they’re hurting someone they professed to love and then lied to.


























