Oct 26, 2025
I remember being in the car with my papa and I heard an ad on the radio that was like:
“Martha’s job is to watch a bunch of immature children constantly screaming at each other.
“So when she comes home, she likes to relax by turning on the tv and watch a bunch of immature adult women constantly screaming at each other.
“The difference is that the adults are not Martha’s problem.”
Which is actually a pretty accurate example of why it’s normal and ok to enjoy something in fiction that may be problematic or unrealistic irl.
#this is also especially the case for tropes in shipping / romance#the ‘sleeping with the boss’ trope is usually problematic and unrealistic irl#the harem trope is usually problematic and realisitc irl#yandere is problematic and unrealistic irl#pushing a ship between real people can be problematic irl#coffee shop au flirting w/ the bartender is problematic irl#school drama is... well theres not much wrong with it its just annoying#enemies to lovers is usually problematic and unrealistic irl#trauma linked romantic relationships are usually problematic irl#yadayadayada the list goes on#but in fiction?#hell yeah!!#make everyone attracted to the densest person on earth!#make those characters overcome their past with the power of love!#make everyone place bets on the “will they wont they” that's incredibly obvious to every onlooker!#have a character be obsessively clingy to the point of murder because they love someone so much!#make that cozy au that shows how the characters' love persists in every universe!#let your characters bond and develop past their initial hatred towards eachother!#they're like fictional weapons: yeah it wont work in practice but damnit its cool and its entertaining and i like it so it gets to stay#writing#tropes#character tropes#character dynamics
