One of the perks of being black is always having it at the back of your mind that everyone will play in your face EVENTUALLY
Nigga, I want a new STORY. A new concept. A new IDEA. Enough with the spin-offs or sequels. Give it to stories that ACTUALLY need that shit. Sunbornās literally just been CONCEIVED. Its umbilical cord has JUST been cut off. The remains haven't even fallen off yet. We don't even KNOW if it's going to have an innie or an outie belly button šš
Baby, the vampire stories are TIRED. IāM tired. Iāve never enjoyed the media but made an exception for Castlevania(Have you SEEN Alucard??? You must have lost your damn mind. How can I NOT).
I was counting on a story that will help me move on from Averris: The Riftborn. Despite Anastasiaās hand in it, the concept and plot is enjoyable to me and itās the only ongoing story I fuck with HEAVY. The game needs more stories like Code Blue or ATR or Waterlily.
the year is 2027, you open the app and they ask you if you've played heaven's secret or moonborn to continue. if not, only those two stories will be available and other stories are locked until you finish these first.
I'm so much of a boss that I came out the womb not even shedding a tear. Face STONY. Queen never cry type shit. I eventually cried after my own MOTHER gave the nurses permission to spank my ass. They'll all feel it dw
So then how is it possible that me, a hard-headed thug, Ife, the baddest bitch on the block, and a seasoned cold-blooded gangster has been reduced to nothing but a girl with a very irregulated nervous system over a fucking romance book? My emotions are genuinely fabricated by AI.
As such, here's my list of moments in different Romance Club books that elicited emotions from me that no human has ever successfully made me feel in my 18 alleged years of living. Y'all know I'm dramatic asf so some of the moments on this list, it's possible you might find them trivial or not worth it enough to crash over but it DO MATTER. IT MATTERS TO ME
And speaking of eliciting emotions no humans have ever, MY FIRST-CHOICE UNIVERSITY HAS OFFICIALLY CONFIRMED MY PLACE. IāM SO HAPPYYYY YAAAA. Iām crying tears of joy rn
ā ļøSPOILERS!! HEED THIS WARNING OR DIE!!!ā ļø
I was all in my feels empathising like HELL with Vyx, missing home along with her as an immigrant Nigerian living in the UK and that fucking incubus that I hate had to do some bullshit. I WILL BREAK. HIS. FUCKING. FACEš„š„š„š„
Worse, I had SOME faith in Threxio. I didn't expect him to go that low despite how much I hate the niggaās guts??? And he had the NERVE to fix those thin ass lips of his to say some bullshit like āIām doing this for your own good. Demons aren't supposed to have sentimentsā. I will leave a long-lasting sentiment on your face in the shape of my handprint, you horny bitch.
The TEARS that were shed for Vyxaria oml. I love her so so much. Thatās my irl homegirl. And just when I thought she could still make lemonade out of ruined lemons, Xantheia snuck up and squeezed them into my eyes. YOU WILL PAY. THEY BOTH WILL PAY
2. Audreyās death in Astreaās Broken Heart
Oh, I'm not hungry
I was so naive that I genuinely saw a happy ending for the book during the last parts of Season 3. Or maybe it was because I had just cracked Raphael and it went to my head and I stopped retaining the bookās lore š
And I was genuinely starting to fuck with Somnus too. Inviting him to cookouts and shit š. Another reminder to NEVER trust men. And the dialogue Audrey had before she finally passed??? ELENA MAKE IT STOP PLEASEEEE!!!! IāM NOT YOUR STRONGEST READER ššš
And the aftermath, whew shit. Raph having just lost his sight and then the focus on his infinite darkness now shifts to the drop in temp as they are transported to Snowy Valley. He scans everyoneās energies and doesn't feel the one of the woman he finds easiest to memorise, same as it was easy to love her. IāM SICK(Yes, I used to publish Wattpad books in my youth. You want a full scene, innit š)
I love Audrey so much, man.
3. Eleonor going batshit crazy and Liren attempting to calm her down
Look at Lirenās smile omgggg š„¹
Elās backstory was the only one that moved me as a Rael romancer sorry
And Liren empathising with her struggle and suffering another injury to subdue El?? I cried into my lunch. Anastasia, you will feel it for that a-man-will-fix-her, inherently misogynistic towards lesbians trope youāve given El. If I could feel that much buzz as an aromantic heterosexual(non-passing to my peers apparently. Everyone thinks I'm either bisexual or lesbian š) taking her platonic route, what went down in the romantic rendition of this scene???
4. Astreaās death
Man I feel too much sometimesā¦
Unpopular opinion, I LOVE Astrea. I genuinely didn't understand why a lot of the fandom hates her. Honestly, I get it and she conceived the LITERAL spawn of a powerful demon but c'mon sheās my friend guys ā¹ļø
Maybe it's because I empathise with her backstory. Imagine having such love to someone that you want to share everything with them, even the scars on your back. And after you show them, their first instinct is to stab you in those very places you revealed to them. Should Astrea have revealed herself to the humans that she was a firstborn angel? No. But do I fault her for it? Also no. To me, how the humans treated her afterwards will NEVER be her fault.
Her death broke my heart but I was so happy to finally see her stop suffering and living with that guilt, even as the death Malek granted her was very merciful. I want to give Astrea the biggest hug
Please be kind to her guys. For me? ā¹ļø
5. Felonia going to see her family
And after putting belt to ass on Somnus too. I just HAD to stan. Even Furius calls her daddy
You guys canāt even COMPREHEND the tears I shed for Fel when she went to visit her fam. The niggas in heaven genuinely ain't shit. How do you promise her the safety of her family and the assurance she won't face the gallows if she helps you subdue the beast and then turn around and put her familyās wings on sticks like kebabs outside their home and send them down to earth where they lose their memory(her dad has PTSD and he doesn't even know WHY. That is sick) and they all eventually went their separate ways, making it harder for Fel to track them down???? I was HOT
And my dumbass on my first play snitched on her to Mikael. I swear on my first play I was operating like Patrick Star. Iāve never wanted time travel to be a thing so bad. Iām so glad Fel never held it against Audrey because I would have š
6. Shen rejecting Nova after he found out she betrayed the group
When he told her to go away, I genuinely broke down. Swear on my life
Imagine this being the first ever book I read when I joined the app last year December, I'm still growing accustomed to the formula of Russian romance games as a girl that grew up on American ones(Choices, Episode, Tabou, etc. I should have been supervised lmao. I was playing EVERYTHING š), my dad came over for the holidays(since he works and lives in Nigeria while the rest of my nuclear fam live in the UK), my entire nuclear family is in the living room chatting and I'm in my room wasting my life away and ignoring everyone like the fat fucking chud I am because socialisation burns the black off my skin. When that scene came on, suddenly I felt the Christmas Spirit descend on me tenfold.
As a baby RC player at the time, I genuinely thought the relationship was DONE. I didn't touch it for 3 fucking days after. I needed to be sedated(And possibly checked into a hospital because of the extent of my crash out lmao š). See, I'd never do that to Shen and it was so much more devastating because that man makes a woman WORK for his penis and I did allat for nothing. NOVA WHYYYYYUHHHH. DO YOU WANT THIS SEXY TRAUMATISED CHINESE MAN OR NAH??? IF YES LOCK IN, IF NOT PASS THE BALL
8. Final Battle in W: Time Catcher
THIS CG HAD ME SO HYPED
DO YOU SEE HOW EVERYONEāS STANCED UP AROUND NOVA??? EVEN ONYX AND TALLIS LOOK HARD ASF IN THEIR ANIMAL FORMS. THIS WAS PRESSUREEEEE. The aura this CG exudes makes me shed tears. ITāS JUST SO PEAK šššš
If only this scene was animated. It NEEDED the āHONORABLEā trend on TikTok. I would genuinely lose my mind. Perhaps cardiac arrest
I was also content with my outcome of this battle. I ended up on the Others ending with Shen still alive. The concept of me letting my nigga die. I didn't even know it was possible he could die during his battle with Petar Grigorov until I played the book a second time(because I was consistently on the low status path during my first playthrough. I didn't even know there were walkthroughs until MARCH of this year. I choke even in romance games šš)
9. Sailen and Ashriel jumping Liren
Whew, those tears were ANGRY
Angry as fuck for Liren because she has to put her life in the hands of these bitchass men.
Ashriel was expected. Sailen however??? Lowkey my heart broke a lil. It's really like THAT? I thought we were cool bro ššš
And Ashriel had the NERVE to act as if Liren was overreacting??? She should have killed him with her anomaly. I will ALWAYS take Lirenās side when it comes to these men. I donāt care.
My heart shattered when she talked about how much she trusts them even against her better judgment. KILL āEM NOW. I GOT A HUNDRED THOUSAND
A lot of the bullshit wouldn't have happened if SHEPHA DIDNāT EXIST!!! WHAT IS WRONG WITH THIS BITCH???? I HATE THIS NIGGA SO MUCH??? WHAT THE FUCK??!!
Shit was so bad that he and this fuckass book were ALSO another reason as to why I became agnostic š. At some point while I was reading, I genuinely checked out because rationalising everyoneās decisions was HELL.
My TL;DR after reading HS is: Shephaās a bitch and the immortals love their oppressive system. Thatās it š
11. Cain getting his wings ripped off by Abel in Heavenās Secret: Requiem
Can I just say, if Abel has no haters, Iām dead as a chile
This scene specifically made me tweak out for Cain. Iāve said this before but heās a particular male love interest that I don't romance but donāt play about(besides Walter in Soulless. HEāS SO CUTE ššš)
Genuinely. Donāt look at this man funny. Donāt cough near this man funny. Donāt BREATH near this man funny. I will punch you in yo shit. Iām a boy mom for Cain
The symbolism in this CG alone is gut-wrenching. I can never understand how Cain became somewhat cool with Abel after everything that has happened between them. He better than me. My mom always tells me not to carry my anger today into tomorrow and let things go because it's not good to have that type of shit sitting in your chest. Me? With the anger I have towards different people even years later, there won't be enough room in my chest. Shit will go all the way into my ass. Maybe then Iāll get a fat ass
12. Edmund comforting Ro in her cursed form
This reverse Beauty and the Beast plate. Iāll kill myself rn š„¹š„¹š„¹
This alone solidified my decision to tell Abraham to go fuck himself with a cheese grater and romance Edmund instead
Thereās something so intimate in a person loving you despite seeing the full wrath of you at your worst and still being there. IāM SOO LONELYYYY. WHEN IS IT MY TURN šššš
I was moved. HEAVILY. Roxanne is me. I am Roxanne. I HATE how much I see myself in the MCs in these RC books š
I thought yearners like Edmund died within the last century. Now we have nice-guys-finish-last niggas and mfs that chant āmale-loneliness epidemicā as if women are obligated to providing men with their company š
13. Ending of Te Amo Vol 2
No guys, you don't understand. My heart was full and warm at this ending. I LOVED Volume 2 sm.
It's so domestic. Just a couple of childhood friends meeting each other by VERY abnormal circumstances and revisiting the past. Iām a sucker for shit like this. Iām just a feeler you know ššš
I almost lost my shit when they went to see Liz in the hospital and she momentarily forgot her memory. I was about ready to roll on the floor the way Mama Ojo did in that one meme(SamSpedy reference. Tell me at least ONE of you caught it. If not, I might be the only Nigerian RC player out there šš). Iām glad I passed the stat check because I would NOT be able to deal with all of them having to reintroduce themselves to Liz and tell recount their shenanigans again. Like this was MY book. I SOBBED š„¹š„¹š„¹
Again, some of these reasons might be too small for a person to cry over and thatās okay. I just have empathy for the stupidest of shit š. If I haven't included anything that made you personally feel strongly, itās either it didn't bring out such a strong emotion in me or I haven't read the book yet or I lack context to understand.
And also, feel free to share what exactly made you feel a type of way when reading some of these books. I LOVE hearing from you guys sm š„¹. Donāt leave me drier than my coochie when I see Malekās ugly ass. Until next time!
I thought that Rainaās story would be about her discovering the truth for herself, reclaiming her true identity, and finishing whatever unfinished business she had left in the past.
Well, now Raina knows the truth. Not because she figured it out for herself. No, that would require too much thinking. No, it was because Octavian told her. š¦š¦
So the protagonist of this story is this godlike being and Queen of Atlantis. Yet, she is the last person to know everything! She spends the ENTIRE story running around clueless, being used like a pawn left and right by these men who were actually her subordinates, and she makes absolutely NO decisions for herself. Zero. She is a mindless slave. And sheās totally fine with it!
Youād think that once she realized the truth sheād start demanding more respect and assuming her authority. But no. Octavian continues to order her around like a toy soldier, pins a dinky little pin to her uniform, and she continues to scream out, āI serve the Chancellor and Ark!ā
Um, no. Are you kidding me right now? You, Octavian, are a fisherman. I am QUEEN, bitch!
Octavianās got the Golden Fleece. He can pilot that evangelion Prometheus himself!
Now that Sunborn has come out with yet another strong woman with zero agency, this has become really grating. RC needs to find new tropes. They need writers who know how to write for women. Itās gross and stupid and so predictable at this point. Itās boring!
And then thereās herā¦ā¬ļø
Lt. Col. LIAR!! She lied to us for three seasons! Acting all nice and sweet and meek while experimenting on humans, killing them, wiping living creatures of their consciousness to turn them into actual giant pawns. Ughā¦ You know, Xander is a despicable person, but at least heās honest about it. He knows heās an asshole, we know heās an asshole. This woman acts like sheās just innocently doing her jobā¦
The Golden Fleeceās origin
Iāve def seen this before. š„±
And that scene with Irisās Tears?
Three rings for the Elven-kings under the skyā¦
Did anybody else get the feeling this was straight out of The Lord of the Rings? It didnāt bother me this much when the AOT and NGE ripoffs became obvious, but thisāeven though it was such a brief momentāfeels despicable. Maybe because Tolkien was against everything this story is about.
The end..?
Reason tells me this isnāt going to get any better, to just drop this book already. But then Iāve already gotten through 2.75 seasons, itās almost at the end. I might as well stick around for those 100 š.
Girl bye. Why did I just hear that they added voices to some episodes in RC books????
And in what world did they think it would be appropriate to give my nigga Raphael a deep ass voice??? Hello???
The concept of an angel with brown hair, blown out green eyes(Iām so sorry š) who enjoys hobbies like playing instruments and journaling sounding like Corpse Husband. Is there poo in my ears?????
That is a man with a SOFT ASS VOICE. ALUCARD from Castlevania typa soft. SUNDAY from Honkai: Star Rail typa soft. XAVIER from Love and Deepspace typa soft. Be so fucking for real rn.
And you hear it during an INTIMATE SCENE with him too. Imagine me being half way bussing a nut reading that shit(Lord knows I was begging Elena to let me fuck this man for a LONG TIME. That blindfolded scene was not enough for me) and I suddenly hear Raph sounding so deep that I feel the vibration in my chest and not my pussy, where his mouth SHOULD be. Iām crine bro š.
That man is NOT a growler. He doesn't even moan. He SIGHS. BREATHLESSY. And while spitting straight poetry in my ear mid-fuck. PLEASE fix it before I get on that damned book to start actually playing the update šš
What I mean is, a man who uses their wealth, power, or status to trap the MC into a position where he has control over her, which then leads her down a path she wouldnāt otherwise take.
Too many! Lmk if Iāve forgotten any!
Laia by Vlad in Dracula: A Love Story
Renee by Alexandre in Vying for Versailles
Evthys by Set in Song of the Crimson Nile
Jaynie by āthe FBIā in 7 Brothers
Roxanne by Dudley in Shakespeareās Code
Tiss by Tai in The Thunderstorms Saga
Raina by Xander in Advent No. 3
Meissa by Messire in Where Love Burns Eternal
Liren by Ashriel in Averris: The Riftborn
Mercy by Montclare in The Sins That Cry For Vengeance
Wren by Adrian in Sunborn
Iām so tired of this. Surely there are more inciting incident ideas than this! Can we have some girl power already?
A thing I really appreciate about supergirl is that Kara is never shown to be pretty. Yeha she is pretty regardless because they casted milly fucking alcock but the never show her to be put together. They let her be messy. They let her be rude. They let her fuck up. Every time we see strong confident women in media they are always wearing the tightest bodysuit and look beautiful even when they have been beaten to shit. Not here. Every scene Kara is in she looks like a car had run over her. And they don't "transform" her and make her look prettier by the end to show that she has started to heal. Nah they keep her like that and they change how she acts. I love supergirl.
Of course they donāt like Milly Alcockās Supergirl. Sheās a grown ass woman with zero love interests who spends the movie saving her dog, casually dismantling a sex trafficking ring while sheās at it, and preaching the importance of being good, not nice or smiley or cheerful but good. I for one adored the movie and I really hope Iāll get to see more of Alcockās Supergirl sheās now my favorite iteration of her and I love her so dearly.
This. This was exactly what I wanted! I wanted to see this man yearn, then completely lose it if anyone so much as laid a finger on Mercy. Volpe may be his employer's dog, but by the end of the day, Mercy is the one holding the leash. His reaction to George's attempt to harm her was completely warranted, and I wouldn't expect anything less from a man who once chopped up the lowlife responsible for hurting his sister.
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