#i think i can like. make a sort of GENEAOLOGY for my Tastes(tm) in fiction and romance at this point n i think that's funny | Explore Tumblr Posts and Blogs

hua-fei-hua · 2 years

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i was talking w/sapph the other day abt particular ship dynamics we liked, and she told me that since the last time i asked, she’d thought abt it a lot, and she has realized that she likes ships where a guy will look at a girl, and he will go, “i can fix her” and i think that dynamic has rights

#the other really funny bit abt that conversation was when she said 'i also really like arranged marriages'#'like you don't have to choose your partner or anything you just get set up with someone and it's great'#and i was like 'and also you're both rich' and she's like 'EXACTLY'#i told her that i don't like pairings that deliberately go 'i could fix them' bc i like pairings #where they find solace in each other's flaws and make something beautiful together out of their individually ugly lives n pasts #n the other day i looked through my entire romanticism tag and i realized #'oh god. i have a very particular romantic archetype that i like. and it has everything to do with monstrousness.'#i think i can like. make a sort of GENEAOLOGY for my Tastes(tm) in fiction and romance at this point n i think that's funny #since Taste is something that is learned and reflects one's social upbringing #and i think that in examining my Tastes in fiction i could also do a lot of reflection on my cultural class upbringing #花話

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