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Old 03-19-2021, 01:47 PM   #85
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Originally Posted by fabricalado View Post
To add to what @Sirtel and @maddz wrote: I can't roll my eyes enough when love is the driving force behind a character's actions.

Sure, passionate love is great when it happens in real life, but it turns into a narrative crutch for me when it's the only reason anyone would do something, or the only thing that there's a conflict or story in the first place.

It's a trope in dire need of retirement, for me.
Yeah. No one would get a job just because they love their wife or want to feed their kid. This whole true love hoobey-whattie is fine for real life, but why do they have to go and write fiction that mirrors real life? That's just downright lazy.
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