Aroace thoughts/rants

More on writing

I find it so weird how it seems everything has romance involved in some way...like there's a million romance tropes and micro tropes. I feel like most tropes are romance tropes. At least romance tropes seem to be the only tropes people talk about.

The only popular well known trope I can think of that's not romance is found family. And even all these found family's, there's ships within them. Outerbanks, for an example (trying to use other shows lol and not just the one that still owns my soul heart and life.) JJ and Kie are in the same found family group and are a ship, John B and Sarah, sorta a different situation because they were falling in love as Sarah was joining the group.

Like it's never just found family.

And like...when everyone in the found family has a love interest except one person, part of me is like "aro rep? Please?" And I now you shouldn't feel bad for people who are single if they're happy and stuff, but sometimes its unclear if the charecter wants a romantic relationship or not because there isn't an established character they have a crush on and then the fandom is obsessing over these ships way more than the found family and saying stuff about the ships like "he's her favorite person/she's his favorite person" "best kinda love" and it's like you can't tell me they love their love interest more than their found family just because it's romantic and it makes me hurt for the one without because I don't want them to feel like they aren't as special just because no one loves them romantically. Like...I just can't put it into words but the more romance is pushed in fiction, the more I can't stand it. Because does it really need to be everywhere all the time? It's like...expected.

Which is why it's so important to be to do well as an author who writes little to no romance and show deep love that's not romance. Because just because there's no romance doesn't mean there's no deep emotional connections. 

Like...I have so much to say about this but I don't know how to express my opinions and I don't wanna be hateful to romance even though I kinda hate it.

I just don't wanna make it seem like I think it's morally wrong to like romance because it's not, and I don't know why it upsets me so much when romance is so popular like if the roles were reversed and platonic love was seen as "more" people who like romance would probably be mad platonic love is everywhere.

Anyways, I guess that's all I have to say for now. I should finish my French homework...
I hope they cancel school tomorrow (it's gonna be cold and snowy) but I am starting to doubt it
Well, thanks for listening and I hope you all have a wonderful day/night. Take care 💚💜