Since my Muses' Reawakening, I've been having epiphanies with some of them. Some pretty interesting stuff bubbled up into the thinking area of my brain and stayed there until I resolved it. For example, yesterday, I had one during lunch with Cassie, my Romance Muse. There are only so many ways how the lead male and the lead female hook up, however the story is written.
- Childhood friends. He knew her, she knew him, lingering feelings may exist for a while, but will only be shown as the story progress.
- Stalker. He stalks her/she stalks him, knowledge and feelings usually one-sided, and may or may not be returned as the story progress.
- Complete Strangers. Brought together by the storyline.
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And all of those are already be done and No.3 is even overdone, in movies, books, games...No.1 and 2 are (methinks) done more in games and anime than other media. Maybe I can make a story with three couples, each with one of the ways.
I'll ponder over that for a while...
Cheers,
SQ