 Romance/Love: September 28, 2016 Issue [#7884] |
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This week: Resistance is Futile, They Fall in Love Edited by: Dawn Embers  
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Looking at reluctant main characters in the context of those who are determined to not fall in love but within the romance story, find themselves caught against their own stubborn declarations. |
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When it comes to plot lines withing romance, it's not uncommon for the main point of view character to be reluctant when it comes to falling in love. This could be a general view where they are jaded and refuse to give in to the emotion no matter who is involved. Maybe work is their focus or they have another goal that needs attention that they find more valuable. The last love might have caused a dark mark on their views and they don't want to risk that pain again. Many reasons can make the main point of view character reluctant to fall in love.
Clarification: By reluctant, I don't mean questionable consent, especially on the physical end but even with the emotions. While certain stories might use such, I prefer not to read them and so far only know of one where it worked out having some questionability in that aspect but the conflict and character struggles had to go a certain way. From my perspective, consent should be there for things to happen even if the character wasn't planning to fall for the person in the beginning.
While reluctance can create a challenge in the story, that also makes for some interesting conflict depending on the character and how things get written. There are a number of examples where characters have been reluctant when it comes to love. Books, short stories, movies and even a few songs have been made about the reluctant one that falls in love.
I've been watching a popular boys love anime on youtube lately and one of the focal characters is quite reluctant. The main couple were once together back in high school but an issue caused them to part ways and ten years later the main character is determined to never fall in love, especially not with that person, who is now his boss. He has to keep reminding himself that he's a jaded adult now and that it isn't love, yet we see through the story that he does in fact fall in love again.
There are a number of romance books where the main character, female or male, are determined to not fall in love in general, or with someone in particular. It's a common yet useful form of internal conflict, one that can cause obvious problems for the main character. Brings us to the basic context of having a story where the main character has a goal and there is something that goes against that goal. However, while it is somewhat popular that doesn't mean one can't find another creative way to use this form of conflict.
How you develop the characters, the reason behind their reluctance and the method from which they end up falling in love are all factors in how you can create a different story focusing on the same type/conflict. It's all in how you write the story. If you know of any good stories that involve the reluctant in love character, share with others. Or write one yourself and let us all see it on WDC. Have fun writing! |
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Do you have a reluctant main character who tries not to fall in love?
Last time, I wrote about the ex and how they can add to the story both as conflict and an ally. Here are a couple of responses sent in:
Comment by SkyHawk - Into The Music
Not exactly an "ex," but one factor affecting one of the main characters of one of my stories is a deceased fiancé. The main female lead, a young ER nurse, is still haunted by the death of her fiancé over two years before the start of the story. (He was killed the night she accepted his marriage proposal, when he walked in on an armed robbery at a gas station. She found out the next morning.) At the start of this story, a young EMT who has had a crush on her is brought into the ER as her patient after an ambulance wreck. He starts crying when seeing her, saying he hadn't wanted her to meet her that way. And thus starts a story of how they face their various challenges alone and with each other.
Comment by papadoc1
Oh my gawd, Dawn Embers! Ex-s exist?!?!?  Wow! Why didn't I ever think of that?!?! 
Its true too. I think one excellent way to remember this in real life as well in the written word is....that there will always be "the mirror reflection ex" - and that will always be US, ourselves. What could happen for the goose, certainly could happen for the gander too!
Great NL by the way!!
Papa Doc1
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