But do you sit down to watch a horror movie and expect a happy ending with a romantic outcome? (If you do, it's not a knock at you at all.)
That is what I am curious about. If I watch or read a romance, I expect a romantic ending, whether it's happy, bittersweet, or tragic. Whatever the set up is for the story I expect the resolution to be on the same level.
So I get curious as to the psychology of why sometimes fans (and I've done it myself) take a romantic subplot and conflate it to the main plot. Not in fanfic. I mean as the expected end goal for a tv show or book, whatever.
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Date: 2007-12-22 03:57 am (UTC)That is what I am curious about. If I watch or read a romance, I expect a romantic ending, whether it's happy, bittersweet, or tragic. Whatever the set up is for the story I expect the resolution to be on the same level.
So I get curious as to the psychology of why sometimes fans (and I've done it myself) take a romantic subplot and conflate it to the main plot. Not in fanfic. I mean as the expected end goal for a tv show or book, whatever.
That concept interests me :)