Horror Protag! Reader x (not really) Yandere
"Is the Horror Protag incapable of loving the Yanderes?"
Pack it up yanderes I know that is you.
In all seriousness, the answer varies depending on people's interpretation of the Reader and their relationship with their Yandere.
Romantic or Platonic, long or short term, and even how quickly or far the yandere takes their actions. But ultimately the Reader does not end up reciprocating the Yandere's obsessive-possessive affection and tries to get away from it. Much like how a person would distance themself from a toxic individual in real life, just taken to an extreme.
"How would the Reader get away from the more powerful yanderes?"
Final girl plot armor, horror game protag savviness and the power of common sense. The golden rule to Horror Protag! Reader, is that they will win and survive at the end of the day. Whether it be by escape or always having a one over the yandere even when trapped.
What makes them different from an Overpowered Reader?
They don't have to exactly be a deity to get out of situations. They are usually genre savvy and not outright helpless in these scenarios. Reader also has enough sense not to do dumb things can be seen in my memes and quotes post(s)
Someone or something acting weird? GTFO or prepare for confrontation pro-actively. You have free will do something instead of cowering in a corner. Escaping a country or area? Keeping their ass OUT of that place. No "I think the heat died down/the yandere must have moved on by now", just staying out of the splash zone. If someone is helping them? Reader helps them back and doesn't go. "I feel like a prisoner in this safehouse and I want to go do something in public". They plan and use their brains. Being stalked? Listening to their gut and not isolating themselves. None of that "it must have been a concidence" or "Must have forgot about X" stuff that they typically use to dismiss weird events Or they don't tell their loved ones when they try to move on. Letting the yanderes to essentially have a backdoor to their new lives because they can control the narrative of their shared past.














