Anyway, while it might be impossible on here, let's try to stay nuanced and reflect on our own feelings before we post (myself included obviously!!). I hope my rambling made sense haha
If you want to be a better writer you should view writing as a skill that takes time and practice to develop. I do agree that it is important to broaden your perspective and actually read, but the way some people on here go about it is rather unproductive imo.
people who argue the latter. Then people get defensive and, in an act of emotion, defend themselves from the shame they are made to feel, completely losing all nuance. Then the other side reacts again and... I hope you guys see what I'm getting at.
I'm aroace and I totally get the frustration with romance being put in a pedestal, but I urge a lot of other aroace people to learn about identities like aplatonic or afamilial!!!
@_lxvenderjewel_ Don't mind me screenshoting basically this entire thread (also I would like to add Afterlove by Tanya Byrne and Orpheus Girl by Brynne Rebele-Henry, two of my absolute faves)
I'm not even active anymore, but I really don't get why some fuses are so dramatic about this? Oh no, 30 y/o attractive men have a love life, what a shock! They're not your wattpad bf robot, no matter what the industry wants you to believe. They're human!