Fern and Stark is Romance Done Right

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  @thegooddoctor2009 · 2 years ago

  Frieren is basically a fantasy story where every trope is played straight. We've gotten so used to the subversion of those classic tropes that seeing them played straight feels like a subversion.

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  @priseta9290 · 2 years ago

  &quot;Meathead&quot;<br>&quot;Himbo&quot;<br><br>Why does bro keep violating him?! 😭🗣🗣💀

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  @MedskiPurnamski · 2 years ago

  It needs to be appreciated that in last week&apos;s episode Fern is okay with letting Stark go out with the boys and just have fun. By &apos;have fun&apos; we mean slaying monsters but still, she trusts him that much.

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  @siamath9954 · 2 years ago

  Just to be clear: Stark did NOT forget Fern&apos;s birthday, he just didn&apos;t know what to get her and wanted to pick something together, hence why he didn&apos;t get anything beforehand. She just thought he forgot it, or didn&apos;t care, that&apos;s why she was mad.

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  @flavorgod · 2 years ago

  Heiter and Eisen: Just as planned.

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  @alenor210 · 2 years ago

  It’s crazy how simple writing good romance really is. Step 1: write two characters who would reasonably care about each other’s wellbeing and/or enjoy each other’s company. Step 2: make them interact. Step 3: make them grow closer over the course of those interactions. That’s literally it. I mean easier said than done, but also it’s not any harder than writing good friendships, rivalries, or even just good characters. Which is why it baffles me how so many stories have bad romantic subplots and treat “liking someone” as a baseline character trait.

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  @morganjones2744 · 2 years ago

  &quot;both of them are characters first and love interests second&quot; You put it into words perfectly with that line!

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  @bernieburton6520 · 2 years ago

  And even better both of them are equally badass and competent young heroes in the making. You don&apos;t have one who&apos;s vastly more powerful than the other. Both of them are extremely powerful and complement each other in battle. &nbsp;They work together as a real equal team. Their power might be different, one an exceptional mage and the other a physically powerful warrior. But they each have the same high level of power within their specialty.

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  @stephaniemasson1224 · 2 years ago

  At the beginning of their friendship, I was surprised by the casual way they treated one another. They were simply hanging out as friends and the romance developed naturally, without feeling forced. That&apos;s so rare to see in fiction! Usually, the male and female characters tend to treat each other completely different - just because of their gender. What sets Fern and Stark apart is that they can be themselves around the other. It&apos;s so refreshing!

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  @mewmewemily · 2 years ago

  It&apos;s crazy how real-life long-term relationships would be way more successful if we viewed them like this. Two people who are the main characters in their own lives that happen to fall in love. Not one person existing solely for the other. Too many shows and movies create the dynamic where one person lives for the approval/recognition of the other person, which ultimately leads to unhappiness and discontent in real life.

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  @thetwelfth9987 · 2 years ago

  “EQUIVALENT EXCHANGE! I’LL GIVE HALF OF MY LIFE TO YOU IF YOU GIVE HALF OF YOURS TO ME!!”<br>Still one of the awkwardest yet most adorable love confessions I’ve seen. Ever.

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  @thatminer7174 · 2 years ago

  A fun thing is that in general these two have something that happens irl too. They fall for people similair to important people in their life like their afopted fathers, heiter like stark is cowardly but very caring and often did see him as weaker than the others while stark likely sees in fern that same calmness yet directness his master had too

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