Exactly. You see her the most basic romance couple in the world. (Romero could be seen as a bad boy, with his hot headed temper and his family) But it's done in all the WRONG ways.
Patch being an utter ass would be fine if Nora stood up to him until he acted like a human being. OR Patch stays relatively the same but has ALWAYS has the strong sense of honor running through him that makes him protect Nora and even "stand up for her honor". So he smokes, plays pool, swears, sleeps around but at the end of the day is a sweetheart with Nora.
Both of those would be fine but...no, he has to be an ass who brings Nora to this disgusting place. It makes you, the reader, feel crept out and disgusted by it all. You really want it to end.
So I don't understand the escapism here EXCEPT among "good" girls who want to "go bad". Or stupid 13 year olds. (And I can't hate on them too much, NORMALLY, they grow out of it. We've all had our Sue writing days.)
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Patch being an utter ass would be fine if Nora stood up to him until he acted like a human being. OR Patch stays relatively the same but has ALWAYS has the strong sense of honor running through him that makes him protect Nora and even "stand up for her honor". So he smokes, plays pool, swears, sleeps around but at the end of the day is a sweetheart with Nora.
Both of those would be fine but...no, he has to be an ass who brings Nora to this disgusting place. It makes you, the reader, feel crept out and disgusted by it all. You really want it to end.
So I don't understand the escapism here EXCEPT among "good" girls who want to "go bad". Or stupid 13 year olds. (And I can't hate on them too much, NORMALLY, they grow out of it. We've all had our Sue writing days.)