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queendumpling · 2 years

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the problem with a lot of enemies to lovers for me is that it's actually more of a rivals to lovers (a perfectly fine concept) but it's like I want MORE. I want these two at each other's throats. I think they need to actively try to kill each other. I think the antagonist/protag getting together genuinely requires them to be on opposite opposing sides. i don't want the antagonist to be like secretly on the protag's side, because then it's more of a misunderstanding trope. antagonist can be evil!!! let them be evil!! idk!!!! i think they should be able to destroy each other and be on relatively equal footing to do so

#this ideal dynamic exists in my head but i haven't found like the right example of it in actual fiction yet #i know there's a bunch of books that have pitched the enemies to lovers but from what i've heard is that it rarely is the kind of flavor #of the trope that i want #and do i have energy to read every single book with this pitch in order to find it... NOT REALLY IDK.....#i want ~violence~#enemies to lovers is rarely as well executed as i would like compared to childhood friends to lovers so there's a reason why i prefer one #over the other #dumpling thoughts

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