TERE BIN- Yumna Zaidi - Wahaj Ali # DT 58 - Page 34

Originally posted by: Sera-high123

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Inko saari hit cheezon se problem hai.

They are bunch of Karens. Perverted Karen 😒😒

Originally posted by: pressu

Sera-high123, few days back I read your post where you mentioned something along these lines, about how our thinking and the writer's thinking are different and how for us it may be wrong but for the writer it may not be wrong. If you are fine writing about it then can you write the post here. You have good points.

Maine likha tha? I am sorry, Mujhe yaad bhi nahi hai 🤣🤣

Originally posted by: Kumuda-123

https://twitter.com/_Khan1195/status/1647251202684641280?t=L6jqE-QEFNT_StpmI-sepQ&s=19

Look at them wantedly poking each other 🤣

Him dragging her hand, her poking his chest is common

She is super comfortable around him , it’s like she knows she is safe and absolutely at ease with his touch , no current passing but same time fully aware of sexual tension between which scares her .

She only gets scared of him when she knows she crossed line else she is chill like she knows he will be upset but will come back to her!

Originally posted by: Kumuda-123

https://twitter.com/_Khan1195/status/1647251202684641280?t=L6jqE-QEFNT_StpmI-sepQ&s=19

Look at them wantedly poking each other 🤣

Him dragging her hand, her poking his chest is common

They don’t even care! Like both of them r in their personal space. 😂😂

who will believe this two never had feeling for one another!
they just argued nonstop so never realised 😂😂

Originally posted by: Sera-high123

Maine likha tha? I am sorry, Mujhe yaad bhi nahi hai 🤣🤣

If I remember it correctly then you were the one who wrote it.

Originally posted by: Winterberry

She is super comfortable around him , it’s like she knows she is safe and absolutely at ease with his touch , no current passing but same time fully aware of sexual tension between which scares her .

She only gets scared of him when she knows she crossed line else she is chill like she knows he will be upset but will come back to her!

Are yaar ab mujhe fir first ep se yeh sab dekhne ko man kar raha he…uffff research k liye ofcourse 😎😎😎

Originally posted by: pressu

If I remember it correctly then you were the one wrote it.

I actually don't remember 🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️

Originally posted by: Sera-high123

I actually don't remember 🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️

It's fine.

Originally posted by: Mari_a

Okay i searched trashy romance.

1 defination - worthless, or of low quality.

2nd- A trashy romance is mostly focused on the physical interactions between the main character and the love interest. The plot is just there to move the characters from steamy make out session to the bedroom and back. There is no real character development or complex plot or overarching theme.

I think 2nd one is what Aamna meant.

There is something getting lost in translation. What is labeled as trashy romance novels pertains to Romance genre fiction in the West - and the perception depends on factors like how the genre evolved in the West, how these books are marketed and consumed in the West, etc.

According to Romance Writers of America:

Two basic elements comprise every genre Romance novel: a central love story and an emotionally satisfying and optimistic ending.

• A Central Love Story: The main plot centers around individuals falling in love and struggling to make the relationship work. A writer can include as many subplots as they want as long as the love story is the main focus of the novel.
• An Emotionally Satisfying and Optimistic Ending: In a romance, the lovers who risk and struggle for each other and their relationship are rewarded with emotional justice and unconditional love.

Romance novels have varying levels of heat: clean, sweet, warm, sensual, erotic. Most romance novels have some sex (warm to sensual categories). The amount of sex in Romance genre novels is not related to quality of writing, how well the characters and relationships are developed and layered, story arcs, plot complexity, etc.

The wordy trashy romance novel refers to a (once) popular stereotype that Romance novels are low-brow escapist fiction, that they are of low-quality and have lots of gratuitous sex, and that they are read by housewives - some other terms used for them have been "smut", "bodice rippers". The trashy romance label/perception also came from what old school romance novel covers used to look like (see image below). Even current covers tend to be racier than covers for books in fantasy, sci fi, literary fiction, etc. but that is a marketing/branding convo.

I have been reading Romance genre fiction since 2008. The reality of whether Romance novels are trashy is very different of course. You have good quality and low quality books. I have read Romances with extremely layered writing and complex relationships with beautiful, lyrical prose but also that those that read like bad Wattpad stores. Your typical M&B/Harlequin tends to be more formulaic with worse writing which is what Amna seems to have read. The genre has also changed a lot from themes/tropes in 80s/90s till now. Amna again seems to have read mostly these books from 80s/90s when forced seduction was thing in some books. Also note, very often the covers are a poor reflection of what is inside - so really don't judge a book by its cover. A lurid cover does not necessarily mean poor writing paper thin characters and gratuitous sex.

So, while Romance is a genre of fiction - trashy romance is not. It is a stereotype really, and Amna's impression seems to have come from reading a specific subset of books from decades ago although the genre has evolved a lot till now and there is too much variation. The term trashy books is also misogynistic- looking down at women's reading choices as having little merit - but formulaic detective novels for men with paper-thin female characters have never been called trash. For a while, Romance readers and writers have tried to reclaim the world. A very popular blog I used to visit was Smart Bitches,Trashy Books. English Lit departments are also now more welcoming of scholarship and research in popular Romance fiction.

There is no desi equivalent of the Romance genre or trashy romance novels but in terms of stereotyping and stigma, it would be similar to digests ki kahani/afsane. Digest writers are looked down upon in PTV and people often associate digest readers as housewives who do not have much education and like stories about love/romance/saas/bahu etc. In reality of course, authors like Umera Ahmed, Farhat Ishtiq, Nemra Ahmed stared off as digest writers and there are digest writers who write complex layered stories.

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Sorry. Long incoherent info-dump over. I may edit at some point.

https://twitter.com/aamnaisani/status/1647296197613490176?t=jZCQJXP6CMIOgfj5U8jFdw&s=19

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