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With Xie Lian, you can almost sense his exhaustion, especially as he discover the white masked man's backstory. We love Xie Lian’s resilience, but his real revolution is seeing him drop the saint act, accept his own past and forgive himself, and let Hua Cheng see it all! #Danmei #TGCF #xielian

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Xie Lian's ‘kindness’ is part self-flagellation. Does he feel his right to exist is only possible if he suffers? The tragedy? He heals others while bleeding out. Maybe Hua Cheng's greatest skill was to allow him to express every part of himself without fearing judgement #XieLian #TGCF #danmei

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Xie Lian is so loveable, in part due to his easy going, happy nature. Only later do we find out his optimism is a shield against despair, a cage for his rage and a performance for survival. His strength came at a heavy, heart-breaking price. #CharacterAutopsy #TGCF #Danmei

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Are we getting more mature heroines nowadays, do you think? Do you have any recommendations? Pop them down in the comments! #feministfandom #booksky

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Older women in fiction are often reduced to mentors/mothers, with little more insight, which is infuriating. Grandpa wizards get romances and backstories. Meanwhile, professor Trelawney just got a history of being incompetent and Minerva McGonagall got none at all. #DoubleStandards #booksky

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Fiction is inundated with teen heroines, but that's in part due to us, the readers: • As fans, we ships teens and young women endlessly • Memes silver fox daddies • Often ignore women over 40? I, for one, would love to see more mature women save the world. #SilverFoxFandom #Ageism #FeministFandom

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People be doing anime hear me outs and proceed to show you a list of the most thirsted over anime characters in history, I swear. How is Gojo a hear me out???? #anime

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That 'guilty pleasure' trope? It's therapy. Murder husbands = Justice fantasy Touch her & die = Craving protection There is no need to pathologize our survival toolkits. 🖤 #ToxicTropesHeal #RomanceBooks #EscapismIsValid #booksky

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Ever felt judged because of what you read? Whatever your faves, there is always a bit of emotional archaeology involved 'I can fix him' explores control fantasies. Dark romance rehearses boundaries. Fiction is where we dig up buried needs. No need to apologise for it. 🔥 #NoGuiltJustVibes #booksky

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Worst of all, miscommunications have been so overused in romance, both in film, and novels. They can still play a role, but, as authors, we probably need to be very thoughtful about how we use it. #Tropetherapy #misscommunicationtrope #booksky

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Have you ever age-DNFd because of a miscommunication plot? IRL, we might be exhausted from: Over-explaining Emotional labour Begging to be understood Fiction that uses miscommunication as a plot device can feel like salt in the wound. 🧂 #EmotionalLabor #FictionalTriggers #LetUsBeHeard

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How many of us have come to hate the miscommunication trope? I think it hurts because it mirrors our deepest fear: not being given a chance to be heard, our IRL concern, weaponized for drama. Tag a book that did is in the most annoying way 👇 #TropeTherapy #CommunicationAnxiety #RomanceBooks

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