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<blockquote data-quote="Ciarrai" data-source="post: 406801" data-attributes="member: 6377"><p><strong>Oh Goody! Romantic Angst!</strong></p><p></p><p>There's lots of angles to take on this one.</p><p></p><p>Lets see:</p><p></p><p>Romantic Interest (RI) is a target or potential target for the PC's enemies. He either has to rescue her, push her away so that she is not in danger (ala Vanyal in the Heralds of Valdimar series) or maybe even she died as a result of it (Big time Angst with that last variation). Think the Green Goblin holding Mary Jane over the bridge and offering Spiderman the choice: Save your girlfriend or save the trolley full of innocent kids.</p><p></p><p>The Tanis - God-I-hate-myself-so-how-can-you-really-love-me plot. Go back and re-read Dragonlance. Lack of wealth, lost an arm, thinks she is too good to love a rough, uncultured fighter like me. Anything that has one character pushing away the RI because they are not good enough for some reason.</p><p></p><p>The Buddy plot: She was engaged to my best friend and I loved her in silence because of it and now that he is gone, I can't admit to my love because I feel guilty about his death. Kinda like Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon</p><p></p><p>Maybe the love is unrequited. Maybe they are the same gender but one of them is heterosexual. One of them could have a vow of celibacy,</p><p></p><p>Maybe one is in authority over the other (a teacher, commander, whatever) and therefore it would be inappropriate or dishonorable to give in to their attraction. </p><p></p><p>Maybe the PC had a love that died or ended badly and is gunshy about getting into a new relationship. </p><p></p><p>There are lots of possibilities.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ciarrai, post: 406801, member: 6377"] [b]Oh Goody! Romantic Angst![/b] There's lots of angles to take on this one. Lets see: Romantic Interest (RI) is a target or potential target for the PC's enemies. He either has to rescue her, push her away so that she is not in danger (ala Vanyal in the Heralds of Valdimar series) or maybe even she died as a result of it (Big time Angst with that last variation). Think the Green Goblin holding Mary Jane over the bridge and offering Spiderman the choice: Save your girlfriend or save the trolley full of innocent kids. The Tanis - God-I-hate-myself-so-how-can-you-really-love-me plot. Go back and re-read Dragonlance. Lack of wealth, lost an arm, thinks she is too good to love a rough, uncultured fighter like me. Anything that has one character pushing away the RI because they are not good enough for some reason. The Buddy plot: She was engaged to my best friend and I loved her in silence because of it and now that he is gone, I can't admit to my love because I feel guilty about his death. Kinda like Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon Maybe the love is unrequited. Maybe they are the same gender but one of them is heterosexual. One of them could have a vow of celibacy, Maybe one is in authority over the other (a teacher, commander, whatever) and therefore it would be inappropriate or dishonorable to give in to their attraction. Maybe the PC had a love that died or ended badly and is gunshy about getting into a new relationship. There are lots of possibilities. [/QUOTE]
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