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over the years, one of the biggest things I've learnt about love is it's not simple. there's no linear progression to a relationship, feelings are messy, and no relationship is guaranteed to last. And I try to convey that through my writing.
As much as we enjoy stories of a fairy tale romance, and confessions leading to happily ever afters, in reality, its not that easy. people have different values and views on love and its hard to make the pieces fit even when you love each other
that was one motivation for starting my lovebirds fic, I wanted to explore all different kinds of romance. character a + character b is WILDLY different from character a + character c because that's just how love works. no one's approach is the same
and I think that's why I love complex relationships so much. relationships that don't work in the beginning, relationships that through so many phases it's not funny, relationships that grow over time
mikoto and misaki is a great example of that (while that's also due to contrasting writing styles amongst the different side stories and media forms. the manga vs novel differences are wild.) they're complex individuals on their own but together? hoh. they're all of the above.
and that makes them SO interesting. it's so much more fulfilling when things start to work bc they've been thru it all to get there. they had to work for their romance, it's not simply earned with a confession
anyway, no point to this thread, just felt a surge of passion and needed it OUT. tl;dr love is complex and FUCK I love writing about it.
