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The number one thing a man in a romcom needs, TV or movie, is the ability to look at their love interest REALLY WELL. The man barely even needs to speak if he just knows how LOOK at a person.
Thank you all for filling this thread with so many examples, that is EXACTLY what I wanted to happen.
This was a big part of why Hart of Dixie worked as well as it did.
I LOVE how important a tenth of a second can be to a romcom. Also, I could sit here dissecting the romcom form ALL DAY. https://twitter.com/bookoisseur/status/979022914988265473
Jeffrey Dean Morgan is almost TOO powerful at this, it threw me for a LOOP in Supernatural where he played a truly terrible father but I still wanted him to kiss someone https://twitter.com/biscouti/status/979024152064651264
And Pacey Witter is clearly the GOAT https://twitter.com/AlannaBennett/status/979014076637634561
I have developed so many disastrous crushes JUST because someone looked at me good once
The second Ben looked at Leslie at that Freddy Spaghetti concert I knew it was endgame
Oh for sure, it's the type of thing that would literally never sustain an IRL relationship but that in a TV show will have you rooting for forever https://twitter.com/LauraCGurf/status/979028154206572546
It is the bedrock of Matthew Goode's career. https://twitter.com/miranfahal_/status/979026242673496065
Oh yes, every time Eliot looks at Quentin and vice versa the earth shakes a lil bit. Just a pleasant lil rumble. https://twitter.com/hoperehak/status/979029027628421121?s=21
See, I don’t think it translates exactly. It CAN, but it’s not as steadfast a principle when it comes to women in romcoms. Probably bc it’s one of the rare genres where women consistently have more to DO, more to SAY, more to EXPRESS. https://twitter.com/balovric/status/979028801698127873?s=21
