I disagree, but I find your post highly thought provoking.
First of all, I find couples who are not in love very intriguing. One of my favorite literary pairs are Henry and Margot from Dumas' La reine Margot. They are in a political marriage and end up being very good friends, covering for each others affairs even.
Of course if the couple is not in love you need other incentives to get them together but it can be highly interesting to me and I have a thing for man/woman friendships.
The other thing is about people being in love. I'm with rahirah here. That's boring if "and they loved each other for ever and ever" is the end, but really love doesn't make problems and tension go away. It can be incredibly hard and complex (=interesting for the reader) to stay together, even if you do love each other.
I think the main point for me is that I need two fully formed characters to fall in love. There can't be one created for the other, if they both have their own lives and motives, they have tension for a livetime.
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First of all, I find couples who are not in love very intriguing. One of my favorite literary pairs are Henry and Margot from Dumas' La reine Margot. They are in a political marriage and end up being very good friends, covering for each others affairs even.
Of course if the couple is not in love you need other incentives to get them together but it can be highly interesting to me and I have a thing for man/woman friendships.
The other thing is about people being in love. I'm with rahirah here. That's boring if "and they loved each other for ever and ever" is the end, but really love doesn't make problems and tension go away. It can be incredibly hard and complex (=interesting for the reader) to stay together, even if you do love each other.
I think the main point for me is that I need two fully formed characters to fall in love. There can't be one created for the other, if they both have their own lives and motives, they have tension for a livetime.