Post B1ZXWYK0XF64UZRWOO by jerzone@techhub.social
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(DIR) Post #B1ZXCN7KU2dJwytERs by futurebird@sauropods.win
2025-12-24T11:31:59Z
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The Reverse Christmas Romance?The Christmas romance is a genre staple to the point of inevitable self-parody. * Big city woman goes home for Christmas.* She's not interested in love! Nope!* She never expected to Find Love in her sad little small town.* But there is a hunky man in a sweater. Who is that?* Nonsense plot that could be solved with a single adult conversation.* We learn the value of Family(tm) Small Town(tm) get Married(tm) 1/
(DIR) Post #B1ZXWYK0XF64UZRWOO by jerzone@techhub.social
2025-12-24T11:35:35Z
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@futurebird Unexpected revelation that threatens to tear this fragile budding romance apart, confirmation that Nothing Is Ever OK™, this all goes on way too long before being resolved.
(DIR) Post #B1ZXtxgsNeY3pgIlzE by darkling@mstdn.social
2025-12-24T11:39:47Z
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@futurebird "Nonsense plot that could be solved with a single adult conversation" is so overused. Not just in romances.Yes, there's only 12 minutes to save the universe, but you could get much better results if you spent two of those on explaining the danger and your plan.
(DIR) Post #B1ZY133koih8VlNk5w by futurebird@sauropods.win
2025-12-24T11:41:08Z
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I keep trying to turn this over but realize I'm just describing the plot of "The Wiz."Eg. Woman goes to the Big City and learns the value of finding people who really care about you and who will stand up for you when Hell's Kitchen garment sweat shop owner tries to steal your shoes. Then you all gang up on the Mayor who is a huge phony. Tale as old as time. 2/2
(DIR) Post #B1ZYBA81OFf1KZCVIO by futurebird@sauropods.win
2025-12-24T11:42:55Z
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@darkling Hugo. This is a movie. We do not talk about things of the most dire consequences and greatest importance in movies such as "do you really want to get married?" or "is that kid yours?" no no no.
(DIR) Post #B1ZYEpPwKpsCFsKWEy by futurebird@sauropods.win
2025-12-24T11:43:35Z
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Credits:Mayor AdamsAs Himself
(DIR) Post #B1ZYF585ux6azA6Ue8 by CowboyWho@libranigans.com
2025-12-24T11:43:20Z
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@futurebird ¿also she has a hard time catching a taxi?
(DIR) Post #B1ZYHlQbciXyke2cXw by futurebird@sauropods.win
2025-12-24T11:44:09Z
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@CowboyWho The subway is faster... if more liminal ... but that's why you go with your friends.
(DIR) Post #B1ZYWJFSg3aLhHlSPA by darkling@mstdn.social
2025-12-24T11:46:45Z
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@futurebird I saw a film of The Tenant of Wildfell Hall a few days ago... at least Helen _planned_ on telling Gilbert her story before the misunderstanding that leads Gilbert to horsewhip her brother.
(DIR) Post #B1ZYYPS2aOtJVweL3o by Ailbhe@mendeddrum.org
2025-12-24T11:47:06Z
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@futurebird Wasn't there something like this in Coyote Ugly? I watched it precisely once though so I don't remember much.
(DIR) Post #B1ZYmiNR19FMGWJgWm by RogerBW@discordian.social
2025-12-24T11:49:42Z
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@futurebird Emily Henry's _Book Lovers_ starts off with its heroine as the city woman whose beaux keep going to the country, meeting a local girl, and dumping her. Sadly, while the romance is enjoyable, not as much is made of this as might have been.
(DIR) Post #B1ZZ41wdWBxjsQ2Rrk by mansr@society.oftrolls.com
2025-12-24T11:52:47Z
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@futurebird Don't forget the part near the end where an overheard conversation causes a terrible misunderstanding followed by a mad dash to the airport after they've realised the mistake.The only thing worse than the script is the acting.
(DIR) Post #B1ZZf8nJ0yiFpoMzHU by futurebird@sauropods.win
2025-12-24T11:59:35Z
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I do think there is a place for "wholesome media" that's more expansive than your typical Christmas romance. It's normal to dream of romance, and of the community you grew up with being OK after all. (So, many of these stories have a "they are going to close the family business" subplot.) I think there could be a big market for wholesome stories about small minded parents learning to be more accepting. Grandma came to my lesbian wedding after all by Hallmark.
(DIR) Post #B1ZZouji8Xub89LfoO by futurebird@sauropods.win
2025-12-24T12:01:19Z
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"Everything Everywhere All at Once" has a little of this IMO. Though it's a lot better than your typical small town please come home romance.
(DIR) Post #B1Za14ngXp6Xop0Ugi by adriano@lile.cl
2025-12-24T12:03:31Z
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@futurebird Sadly, in this context, grandma is usually a small little lady, cool as fuck, used to be a biker, kicked the bully's grandpa's teeth in way back then
(DIR) Post #B1ZaREzpG8a0yBA5nk by ehproque@neopaquita.es
2025-12-24T12:08:14Z
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@futurebird just realised The Bear checks a lot of those boxes, he comes home from the big city and nearly gets together with his childhood friend and spends the rest of his days in the kitchen
(DIR) Post #B1ZaqdK7wo3vewlWyG by joannaholman@aus.social
2025-12-24T12:12:48Z
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@futurebird I feel like there’s definitely be a market for this. Translations of Japanese and Korean healing/cozy fiction (nice, low drama tales set in places like bookstores and cafes where there’s often a cat involved and people tend to gently learn things about themselves) have been a big hit in a bunch of western markets recently
(DIR) Post #B1ZbarmwV42TqGI0mm by goodnewsrobot@mastodon.clinicians-exchange.org
2025-12-24T12:21:09Z
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@futurebird Definitely a place for it -- and expanded from the usual tropes. Also need a form of it mixed in with social media to break up doom scrolling.
(DIR) Post #B1Zc2AXYtAgdop78MK by Ludo@mastodon.scot
2025-12-24T12:26:06Z
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@futurebird as someone who has ended up staying in the home town, I am fascinated by the whole push and pull of it in popular culture, and have struggled with a sense of failure (even worse for my sister, who came back to be near family support when she had kids) even though it's objectively a perfectly fine place to live. And my granny really did attend my cousin's lesbian wedding 😂🥰
(DIR) Post #B1Zosee3P7nfh9wbQ0 by epicdemiologist@wandering.shop
2025-12-24T14:50:03Z
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@futurebird in "It's a Wonderful Life" the romance is settled early on, and the protagonist spends most of the movie resenting the hell out of his small hometown and wanting to leave it.
(DIR) Post #B1aQZ3Eo3W6CR1DLl2 by stevegis_ssg@mas.to
2025-12-24T21:52:17Z
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@futurebird The one I want is where he realizes, hey, the Big City I've been demonizing in my head is clearly exciting and desirable to this wonderful person, maybe I should give it a chance, and he finds a sublet so they can keep seeing if this relationship has legs and the next year he has a great job there and a burgeoning list of favorite restaurants and they get a one-bedroom together.