#cheating plots

[bethanydelleman]

Shakespearean Men believing their wife/betrothed is cheating on them by evidence offered, ranked from most sympathetic to least:

1. Othello, Othello: subject to a premeditated slander campaign, handkerchief used as evidence, takes a while for him to believe it. Understandable, if horrible, and very tragic.

2. Posthumus, Cymbeline: proof in the form of a love token and the description of his wife's body. Also kind of understandable because they were subject to a seperation of unknown length. Murder was a little extreme though...

3. Claudio, Much Ado About Nothing: tricked by a man who literally just tricked him, sees two figures in the dark and a woman calling herself "Hero", immediately willing to believe it. Somewhat understandable, I guess, maybe.

4. Leontes, The Winter's Tale: VIBES. Pure vibes, man.

At some point between 3 and 4, did Shakespeare just lose his faith in humanity?

[waywardpeachworld]

Honestly I really hate cheating plots.

For me it depends.

I like the stories which the person who got cheated moves on and finds someone else. I kinda like the ones that the cheater and the one who got cheated get together, but it takes a long time and struggle.

Now the ones I can’t stand is the sugar coating or the million reasons why the cheater cheated.

The sugar coating stories suck ass. Let’s all be real here. They are just plain trash and most of the times they are the type of stories which romanticize abusive and unhealthy relationships.

The million reasons why is when the author tries so hard to make the cheater have a reason to cheat. Like there was one story I read recently of my favorite shipp that basically the man cheated on the woman while they were married multiple time with various secretaries. The woman found out and divorced him and guess what? She is preganté (yes i will use the pregnant meme). The friend of the woman keep repeating and basically forcing the woman to talk with the cheater and says not to judge his choices. Basically what the author tried to do was saying that the cheater cheated to protect her because there was mafia involved and he decided to cheat to make her go away. Yup, it’s real. I didn’t continue reading because it destroyed my brain.

[darkestcorners]

As an yandere author, can you explain me why cheating is so normalized in yandere fics? I love yandere AU but most of them I have to stop reading because the yandere uses cheating as a manipulation tactic which - let’s admit - sucks. (I’m not talking about polarity though. Eunji is a c*nt).

Hmm honestly I’m not too sure, I think it’s either because it’s an easy route to take in terms of like you said a manipulation tactic or because since the Yandere genre is pretty taboo in itself and dark, I think some writers tend to gravitate towards equally taboo plots.

I think in general the psychology behind affair plots is quite interesting. A lot of people tend to like reading scandalous plots, the temptation of something being “forbidden” or looked down upon, the adrenaline of the characters getting caught or almost getting caught. It makes you feel something, ( whether good or bad ) you tend to either feel satisfied, like a guilty pleasure sort of thing or completely disgusted/enraged. They also tend to be quite popular so you can tell a lot of people like reading about affairs ( perhaps a kink for some? Not too sure, not my cup of tea personally but to each their own! )

It can get too repetitive though and at times, it’s not executed that well so I can definitely see where you’re coming from.

[filioprodigo-a]

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