#if ros

[hpowellsmith]

more romanceable characters who don't look like supermodels or dehydrated Hollywood actors please

[geraldofallon]

Favourite interactive fiction love interests:

Rory Wintermint

@gowerhardcastle

[deep-sea-inc]

Horriblie facts about each ro from

IT IS CALLING

Zayyan

Other than being an asshole has killed a cat (technically by accident), and that is unforgivable

Also, lowkey an alcoholic

Aminu

Has killed a child before

Bo

Reason why his wife and daughters are gone

Has a horrible gambling addiction and would gamble the ship for some money if he could

Henrietta

Has cheated on partners before

Simi

Literally nothing unless you believe supplying women with "Medicane" that ends up killing their husbands and fathers is horrible

[ceruleansquare]

Helios Panoptes, the sweetest not-a-war-god sun deity, and his baby daughter. Him and Circe are just too cute - there's no way the rumours about them are true....

[oceanatydes]

hello folks when you're romancing LIs in IFs, what do you enjoy/look for? this could be personality traits or related to their arcs, how they show affection to mc, etc.

[aurelim]

About the ROs getting together? SAME here! If they end up together when MC dosen't romance them I always feel like MC is the third wheel or even worse, as you put it, a "home wreaker". It just feels like the two ROs were ment to be together but because MC flirted/pursued one of them they got sidetracked..worse in some if I've read there was the concept of "soulmate"...so basically the two ROs were soulmates, but then MC happened, so they stay platonic soulmates instead of "upgrading" (🤣) to romantic soulmates as they do otherwise. It make me feel like MC is stealing away their significant other or that the ROs together are the canon couple instead RO+MC is the fanfic one 🤣🤣. No judging who likes the ROs together, I understand the appealing of seeing loved characters being happy (even if I do strongly believe that happiness is not strictly dependant on being in relationship with someone), and in if in which you can choose to push the ROs together (they don't end up together automatically) or the ROs have to get with someone ( for political marriage for example like Kingdom and Empire) I don't feel that way. Sorry for the rant 😅 it's just the first time I found someone that feels the same way!

With the amount of people coming out to me about our shared dislike in ROs getting together, we should just start a club at this point. I'm thinking "ROs Together? Nah."

Perhaps there are more people at there who feel this way. Maybe they hide amongst those who like the idea of it, feeling horrible that they dislike ROs getting together.

There has to be another IF writer out there who feels this way right? I have to know-

But I definitely agree with your points! I have been answering asks like this all day so I'm somewhat exhausted, but I'll give my general opinions for you anyway :)

I don't like it if ROs were meant to be soulmates if MC does not romance them. If there is an obvious chemistry where you would feel like a homewrecker, I don't believe they should be ROs.

They don't get the upgrade and remain platonic friends if MC romances one of them. Like, imagine if you have a phone and you don't have the latest updates. It is laggy, slow, and you get annoyed quickly. There's obviously tension and it feels like you are in a in-between, almost. That's basically what it feels like with ROs who are interested in each other.

And yes, you should not be required to be in a relationship to be happy!! Happiness can be from anything--family, friends, pets, hobbies--and characters don't need love to be happy!

This applies to real life, too ;)

[monterosa-if]

meet...the widow

though certainly comely, this widow’s countenance is oft described as “cold” at best. not in her favour is the strictly innocent observation that no fewer than three husbands have met sticky ends less than a year after marrying her…

name: arabella griffiths (née sinclair)

born: 1903 in brixton, london (31 years old)

physical description: 5′ 8″, slim build. dark brown skin with neutral undertones. deep brown (almost black) eyes framed with thick, curled lashes. natural hair, often styled in curls or in an updo. heart-shaped face, high cheekbones. conservatively dressed in blacks and greys, though she wears three rings of varying degrees of opulence. comfortable shoes with a very low heel. deceptively strong.