For what it's worth, I'm much the same. I don't 'see' relationships around me; I never quite realized how odd this apparently was until my co-workers tried matching me up with someone, and I could not get them to understand that I wasn't interested, had never been interested in anyone in fact, and was perfectly happy with this state of affairs.
And I've encountered the same thing in fanfiction. Personally, I do like reading romances... of a sort. One!True!Love, I tend to find boring and flat. But if it's a story about a very deep and powerful relationship... that, I like. Be it a friendship or a romance, siblings or parents, teachers or enemies, as long as I feel like I'm reading about a powerful connection between people, I usually like it.
Well, with certain exceptions. A story that seems to assume that, just because people are in love, they must be constantly going at it like bunnies... tends to make my head have long and interesting (if slightly painful) discussions with my desk.
To be honest, one of the most wonderful romance stories I've ever read... was actually one that you wrote. I think the title was Definitions of Romance? About Harry and Hermione, and how people would say that they were unromantic, but that wasn't really the case. That story just... struck a chord. ^_^
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Date: 2006-12-09 02:32 am (UTC)And I've encountered the same thing in fanfiction. Personally, I do like reading romances... of a sort. One!True!Love, I tend to find boring and flat. But if it's a story about a very deep and powerful relationship... that, I like. Be it a friendship or a romance, siblings or parents, teachers or enemies, as long as I feel like I'm reading about a powerful connection between people, I usually like it.
Well, with certain exceptions. A story that seems to assume that, just because people are in love, they must be constantly going at it like bunnies... tends to make my head have long and interesting (if slightly painful) discussions with my desk.
To be honest, one of the most wonderful romance stories I've ever read... was actually one that you wrote. I think the title was Definitions of Romance? About Harry and Hermione, and how people would say that they were unromantic, but that wasn't really the case. That story just... struck a chord. ^_^