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Dennis
Great Reader
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 Posted - 23 Sep 2011 : 13:17:27
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Originally posted by Alystra Illianniis
It's a standard fiction rule- throw two people of the opposite sex into a stessful situation, add a dose of danger, and chemistry sparks fly!!
There's Romantic Fantasy for that, or Paranormal Romance. |
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Artemas Entreri
Great Reader
USA
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Posted - 23 Sep 2011 : 14:19:42
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Originally posted by Dennis
quote:
Originally posted by Alystra Illianniis
It's a standard fiction rule- throw two people of the opposite sex into a stessful situation, add a dose of danger, and chemistry sparks fly!!
There's Romantic Fantasy for that, or Paranormal Romance.
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Halidan
Senior Scribe
USA
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Posted - 23 Sep 2011 : 20:05:44
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Originally posted by Alystra Illianniis
What many folks seem to forget is that as often as not, the romance IS part of that main plot, in that it is the interactions of major characters reacting to whatever outside threat, quest, or whatever it is they are dealing with.
I completely agree with you Alysra. Realms stories are first and formost stories about people. Whenever you're dealing with stories about people, romance is a possibility. It doesn't always happen, and even when it does, it doesn't always come out right, but it's always a possibility.
Take out that romantic possibility, and you're not dealing with real people, just cut out puppets. Even some of the old TSR Adventure Gamebooks (the ones where you turn from paragraph 28 to paragraph 132 to get to the end of the adventure) had romantic subplots in them. Spawn of Dragonspear (which as far as I know is the only Realms-based Adventure Gamebook) had multiple possibilities for a romantic subplot. And surprisingly, the romantic subplot could either end well or very badly.
The possibility for romance makes characters seem more 3-dimensional. The romance doesn't always have to happen, but in my opinion, the possibility for it needs to be there. As always YMMV. |
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Down the Valley of the Shadow,
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Dennis
Great Reader
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Posted - 25 Sep 2011 : 23:21:48
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Originally posted by Halidan
I completely agree with you Alysra. Realms stories are first and formost stories about people. Whenever you're dealing with stories about people, romance is a possibility.
So is SEX. But most often than not, it's scrapped. |
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Ayrik
Great Reader
Canada
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Posted - 26 Sep 2011 : 01:11:56
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Dennis
Great Reader
9933 Posts |
Posted - 26 Sep 2011 : 01:40:31
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Originally posted by Ayrik
Actually, that all depends on the particular people.
But in most fantasy novels, it's either downplayed or tatotally absent. |
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Scrapping the Romantic Subplot
