I've been thinking about this post for a while
A while ago I was looking over some of my older fics, from periods of time where I was becoming more confident in my abilities as a writer and was really exploring the nuances of relationships for the first time. I’ve been thinking a lot lately about those things that I really enjoy in relationships. I’m trying to keep this as neutral to slash and
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I'd suggest you read The Road Home by Ellen Emerson White. It's about a triage nurse in Vietnam and both what happened to her over there AND WITH EQUAL WEIGHT AND PAGE TIME what happened to her when she went home and had to but her life together. To my eyes, it deals fantastically with trauma recovery and PTSD and some of the family problems and issues she had before she left. ALSO, there are flashes of humor! Admittely, dark humor, but it is not all trauma all the time! And a big part of the book is her romance with a soldier, it's fantastic.
Speaking personally, I am ALL OVER queen-to-knight relationships and pairings with a more reserved, ruthless lady with a more emotionally open dude. (Sometimes these cross over, sometimes they don't.)
I really love well don't antagonist-to-romantic interest relationships (a la Lizzie/Darcy or Benedict/Beatrice).
So, flist. What are your favorite relationship tropes? (not necessarily sex-specific tropes, but it could include that too)The man buying ( ... )
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That book sounds AWESOME. I'll totally check it out.
Speaking personally, I am ALL OVER queen-to-knight relationships and pairings with a more reserved, ruthless lady with a more emotionally open dude. (Sometimes these cross over, sometimes they don't.)
YES. I love the unspoken devotion in those kinds of relationships. And emotionally open men and ruthless women are A+ in my book (I think that's why I really love lady knight-male mage relationships).
The man buying that perfect gift, the perfect dress.
Lovely!
Agreed! I love that no matter what, Kahlan and Richard always trusted each other.
IKR?! That was one of my favorite things about Legend of the Seeker.
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