du you hav3 any tips on writing guy in love whitout making them creepy
Okay, these first tips are useful if you're writing a story with either magic, very advanced technology or people with superpowers. But with some re-work I think they can be used in any case.
- If this guy has super speed, the power of invisibility or he can stop time or switch bodies with other people DO NOT let him use these abilities to be a pervert towards the person he likes. I don't care how young and dumb he is. It's creepy af. Okay? Okay;
- If the person he likes happens to take a love potion or is under a love spell or some kind of mind control that makes them fall in love with your male character, he must not take advantage of this! Instead, use it as an opportunity to teach him that you can't force someone to fall in love with you. That shows he's mature and actually worthy of his crush's love;
- If your male character happens to go back in time and they meet the younger version of their crush, PLEASE make him behave like he would if this was any random kid. Less time he interacts with his crush, the better actually;
Okay, these next tips are good for all kinds of genres.
- Your male character can have a picture of their crush (even a few if he's in them too) to show that he really likes them. But don't go too far. He doesn't need an entire wall covered with pictures of his crush, like a teen with their favorite Kpop band. Not only that would be creepy, it would also give the idea that he idolizes his crush instead of seeing them as an actual person;
- Don't make your male character know everything about his crush's activities or hobbies. It's good that he knows their interests and their taste, especially if they're already close friends. But don't push it too far by making him know exactly what they're doing in every moment of the day like he's a stalker;
- It's okay to make him a little jealous of their crush. Jealousy is a human emotion, but how we react to it is what's important. Don't try to make him isolate his crush from every person who could be a potential rival. And he has to know that if they're not dating, he can't stop the person he likes from finding happiness with someone else;
- There's a line between admiration a fetish. Admiration = the crush has something that is unique to them or that other people have, but your male character finds it special exactly because it's them // fetish = the male character is attracted to a specific thing (race, bodytype, certain body features or style) and they pick their partner only based on that without caring about the person. Be careful not to cross that line.
That's all I have for now. Hope these writing tips are helpful 👍