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Enemies-To-Lover is Fun in Fanfiction But is Hard to Do Right in Main Works

Major spoiler for She-Ra 2018. Minor spoilers for Naruto. And the OG Charmed, I guess but can you really spoil a show that’s old enough to get a reboot?

The thing about fanfiction is that there are things that wouldn’t fly in mainstream media but get a green light in fanfic. I, for example, would never watch an Omegaverse show or movie, but I’ve perused my fair share of fanfics in that genre when my updates were dry. (/▽\)

So, it comes as no surprise that the people who write fanfictions noticed the chemistry between a hero and their usually single-mindedly obsessed villain and decided to run with it.

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My Favorite Thing

(Spoiler Alert: This post contains spoilers for The Good Place)

Because I am incapable of turning off my brain, I often find myself watching a show/movie and asking questions. Questions that don’t need to be asked and don’t really help people when I ask them.

They could be little questions like “why did they trust the villain?” or “why would they think to do that?”, but I never hold questions of motivation that high on my list of problems. That would be ridiculous. It’s essentially getting upset because someone thinks differently than you.

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