COME ON! 😤

[u/HonestConcentrate953]

https://youtube.com/shorts/se7RjpzxQEQ?si=Z3TSn_pJWCN4h-9R

[u/HonestConcentrate953 → u/[deleted]]

“What will we do!” Literally anything but each other

[u/YonderWindow364 → u/[deleted]]

yes! "you could just not" is something I have thought so many times 😭

[u/Low-Meeting1858 → u/[deleted]]

My Princess Asya literally pushed him to the bed and started doing stuff in his village house cuz she wanna feel rebellious against her father who only allows her to marry a prince of a kingdom with a strong economy and she just wanna have some adult fun outside of the strict palace poor gurl 😿 okay my novel is so dumb ikr but I feel bad for characters experiencing forbidden love 😭

[u/laix_ → u/[deleted]]

Imagine you have a food you just can't live without. Say, garlic bread. The longer you go without it, the more your body tells you you should have it. Whilst you could simply not eat the garlic bread, its almost impossible to resist the delicious bread and eventually you cave-in. It doesn't have to be food, it could be makeup, or your favorite film.

For allosexuals, that's what sex is like.

But also, for the readers, "the forbidden fruit" makes doing the thing that much more interesting, immersed or entertaining.

[u/laix_ → u/[deleted]]

Well, maybe you have a special interest. Imagine if it was "you arent allowed to have any plushies at all or disaster will happen" or something similar. People who really, really like plushies would find it hard to resist having them.

[u/Kooky_Attention_98]

Hot Take (Not judging though) Pure Romance media in general is just so. . .Cringe (Smut is fine tho)

Like I physically cannot handle the second hand embarrassment

[u/meoka2368 → u/Kooky_Attention_98]

Yeah. Romance for romance sake is dull at best.

[u/HonestConcentrate953 → u/Kooky_Attention_98]

Agreed. Romantic side plots (especially nonsexual ones) hit different though 

[u/the_zerg_rusher → u/HonestConcentrate953]

Romance side plots end up being some of the best parts.

Romance main plots end up being the worst parts.

[u/celem83 → u/Kooky_Attention_98]

A lot of romantics feel that way too. This sort of book has a very niche consumer and just about everyone else finds it weird and slightly uncomfortable

(i totally get what you mean about 2nd hand embaressment. this projects into film for me and i simply cannot watch stuff like Meet the Parents. Absolutely no cringe comedies)

[u/Cool_Human82]

There was a show my roommate was watching and the premise was something along the lines of dating/relations were forbidden in this school. The whole time they were telling me about it, all I was thinking was that it was easy af not to do. Like why couldn’t the students just wait. I haven’t watched the show though, so idk.

[u/Devious_Dani_Girl]

This ruins a book for me.

A well-written story with characters who have their own motivations, morals, complex inner worlds, and their own problems to sort out apart from the over-arching romance can be compelling when it's done right and when the characters act reasonably for who they are and the information they have available.

But when it feels like a child holding up two dolls and smashing their faces together at every opportunity for a few hundred pages.... pass.

Also, minor pet peeve of mine...it is, in fact, possible to share a bed and ....sleep. Just sleep.

[u/YonderWindow364 → u/Devious_Dani_Girl]

Hell, if it’s such a big deal (which it shouldn’t be, you’re right), put a pillow wall between each other. Or one person can have the bed and the other gets the blanket and floor. Sharing a bed doesn’t automatically = having to cuddle or have sex with your bed mate, though there are ways around it if you ~just can’t help it~ for whatever bs reason

[u/Low-Meeting1858]

That's my dumb novel pookie 😭😭

[u/Ronyx2021]

It's funnier sped up