I think there are so very many things wrong with this…
- Romantic stories can be heavily explored without relying on the sexual aspect
- Good romance is waaaay more complicated than “hey let’s date or marry”. You become a couple after sharing experiences with one another. There’s a big reason why I hate Rin as a pairing for Riki in Little Busters: Because it was exactly just “Hey let’s date or marry” and I think that is a terrible romantic story.
- This is just a personal opinion, but love can’t work by deluding one’s self from the other’s flaws. It takes communication and acceptance.
And again,
Guess what: that feeling of “when a guy falls for a girl” is just the same as “when a girl falls for a guy”. There are many ways to “fall” for a person, and none of them are limited by gender. Stop trying to think of them as “girls” but think of them equally as human beings.
How is that different from:
Once again: That is severely limiting. If you can’t like something that you don’t understand, then that’s limiting.
In fact you’re being very contradictory when you say:
If you want to understand a character’s feelings, but you don’t understand them, then guess what? You go and try to understand them. You think, and you discuss, and you try to empathize. That’s the beauty of emotionally deep stories: when you try to understand them.
So, again, if you can’t understand it, and at the same time refuse to try and understand it, then that will limit the kind of emotionally engaging stories that you will be able to appreciate.
