Confirmed Bachelor Posted April 8, 2016 Share Posted April 8, 2016 http://www.maskmagazine.com/the-celibacy-issue/life/romance-without-romance Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedNeko Posted April 9, 2016 Share Posted April 9, 2016 This sounds exciting! I particularly like the sound of 'The Faerie Godmother's ApprenticeWore Green', I'll have to try get it when it's available. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zema Posted April 9, 2016 Share Posted April 9, 2016 How can can a novel claim to be a romance novel, if it has no romance in it? I don't understand the logic behind that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aihpen Posted April 9, 2016 Share Posted April 9, 2016 5 hours ago, Zemaddog said: How can can a novel claim to be a romance novel, if it has no romance in it? I don't understand the logic behind that. I just wondered the same. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
breaddd Posted April 13, 2016 Share Posted April 13, 2016 On 4/9/2016 at 7:47 AM, Zemaddog said: How can can a novel claim to be a romance novel, if it has no romance in it? I don't understand the logic behind that. On 4/9/2016 at 1:09 PM, aihpen said: I just wondered the same. At the end the article defines romance novels as stories that have happy endings. They aren't necessarily romantic plots. You could probably argue that it isn't true though. Most people would have to say something romantic has to have romance. Personally, I'm just glad that there are fiction books about aro and ace people Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louis On Air Posted April 13, 2016 Share Posted April 13, 2016 The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step and this is definitely the next step. Vive l'arovelution Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aihpen Posted April 13, 2016 Share Posted April 13, 2016 1 hour ago, breaddd said: At the end the article defines romance novels as stories that have happy endings. They aren't necessarily romantic plots. You could probably argue that it isn't true though. Most people would have to say something romantic has to have romance. Personally, I'm just glad that there are fiction books about aro and ace people Oh, well I don't get why a story without romance, but a happy ending would be called romance, but I agree, I'm happy these kind of books exist Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cassiopeia Posted April 16, 2016 Share Posted April 16, 2016 On 2016. 04. 13. at 6:35 PM, aihpen said: Oh, well I don't get why a story without romance, but a happy ending would be called romance, but I agree, I'm happy these kind of books exist Not sure. The only thing that somewhat makes sense is books that romanticize aromanticism romanticize : to think about or describe something as being better or more attractive or interesting than it really is : to show, describe, or think about something in a romantic way Edit: meh, nope. They are just fully grown adults who can't google the difference between the word "sex" and "romance". Here we go again. :facepalm: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aihpen Posted April 16, 2016 Share Posted April 16, 2016 1 hour ago, Cassiopeia said: Not sure. The only thing that somewhat makes sense is books that romanticize aromanticism romanticize : to think about or describe something as being better or more attractive or interesting than it really is : to show, describe, or think about something in a romantic way Edit: meh, nope. They are just fully grown adults who can't google the difference between the word "sex" and "romance". Here we go again. :facepalm: That was not what I was talking about, but I agree with you. I don't agree with calling those stories romance. By saying I was happy those stories exist, I meant I was happy that stories with aro and ace friendly content exist. Calling them romance is just super confusing and misunderstandable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cassiopeia Posted April 16, 2016 Share Posted April 16, 2016 2 minutes ago, aihpen said: That was not what I was talking about, but I agree with you. I don't agree with calling those stories romance. By saying I was happy those stories exist, I meant I was happy that stories with aro and ace friendly content exist. Calling them romance is just super confusing and misunderstandable. Yes, it is confusing and misunderstandable, and its an oxymoron. I tried to untangle it, but I can't. B ut, btw, we should totally have a topic where we romanticize aromanticism. Like happy posts about how friendship is magic and how it is cool and healthy is to be aro. We need that positivity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aihpen Posted April 16, 2016 Share Posted April 16, 2016 6 minutes ago, Cassiopeia said: Yes, it is confusing and misunderstandable, and its an oxymoron. I tried to untangle it, but I can't. B ut, btw, we should totally have a topic where we romanticize aromanticism. Like happy posts about how friendship is magic and how it is cool and healthy is to be aro. We need that positivity. We have this one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cassiopeia Posted April 16, 2016 Share Posted April 16, 2016 10 minutes ago, aihpen said: We have this one Not quite, that's satire, not positivity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aihpen Posted April 16, 2016 Share Posted April 16, 2016 True, but it does romanticize aromanticism Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
breaddd Posted April 16, 2016 Share Posted April 16, 2016 5 hours ago, Cassiopeia said: Not quite, that's satire, not positivity. I could make a topic about romanticizing aromanticism. I think I'd like that thread Edit: here's the thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ettina Posted April 27, 2017 Share Posted April 27, 2017 A story about an aro person who is in a romance or being romantically pursued would qualify as a romance. Also, I could see an argument for counting stories that are focused on the development of an intimate relationship as falling into that genre, even if the end result is more QPR or FWB rather than romantic. The main thing that distinguishes romances from stories with romantic subplots is that the relationship is the main plot. I could see a similar distinction being useful for stories that include QPRs or FWB versus stories that focus on those. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arocalypse Posted April 27, 2017 Share Posted April 27, 2017 On 4/13/2016 at 0:16 PM, breaddd said: At the end the article defines romance novels as stories that have happy endings. I never knew that Lord of the rings was a romance novel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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