"SO lies, cheats, and manipulates MC to near if not full blown mental breakdown after which the story focuses on MC working on his flaws that 'caused' their SO to be a psycho nutcase so they can get back together again" has got to be my least favorite genre of romantic writing that I see waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay too much on this site and I'm sick of it.
I say "SO" and "MC" because I'm not trying to make some statements about genders but TBH the SO is always a woman and the MC is always a man in these cases. Why do they write these dysfunctional a-holes? Who is the target audience? Who wants to have a "manipulated into a abusive co-dependent relationship" self insert fantasy???
edit: the writing is always, as in this case, fermented piss vomit so I guess incompetent "writers" just like to lean on shit tropes...
I say "SO" and "MC" because I'm not trying to make some statements about genders but TBH the SO is always a woman and the MC is always a man in these cases. Why do they write these dysfunctional a-holes? Who is the target audience? Who wants to have a "manipulated into a abusive co-dependent relationship" self insert fantasy???
edit: the writing is always, as in this case, fermented piss vomit so I guess incompetent "writers" just like to lean on shit tropes...
