>>6345362>>6345358>>6345323>hates causing sexual violence, "profound psychological distress" etcI thought the list of scenarios you cited was very interesting because the modern HR woman workplace Kafkaesque BUREAUCRATIC BELITTLEMENT BATTLE is the diametrical opposite of a lot of the conqueror narrative "instigating incidents" used in typical fantasy / swords and sorcery genre, ie what I referred to here
>>6344114 the pic related ravagers oh no "farmboy orphan survivor witnesses idyllic village home being ransacked pillaged helpless maidens enslaved by marauders" etc.
Imagine if Conan The Barbarian was rewritten by a modern workplace HR lady, clearly the ideological indoctrination has grasped and resculpted the deepest reaches of masculinity and consciousness hehe WHAT HAVE THE HR WOMEN WROUGHT noooo
My personal preferences are almost your likes and hates inverted hehe as you know I really like the DAMSEL IN DISTRESS scenario, the SEXUAL VIOLENCE bdsm yay I think the entire fantasy appeal (for me) is of the DUNGEON MAIDEN chained before sacrifice to the monstrous DRAGON this is the idea behind dungeons and dragons. I do watch a lot of romantic comedies too so I can see the appeal of what you are describing but it feels like elements of a different genre being repurposed or transferred into a "fantasy setting" hehe
pic related comes from a recent romantic comedy I strongly recommend watching, Materialists (2025). It was written by a Korean lady (it shows lol, the film is surprisingly quaint and curiously conservative / old-fashioned in its sexual morality), the script and dialogue are very strong (I think she actually worked in New York as a matchmaker for a while, so what is depicted in the film feels very very real). If I were casting this film I would have flipped the actors, made the white bloke the private equity dealmaker and cast the poor bloke as Star Wars hispanic Pedro Pascal man lol, but the casting is what it is. This film explains a lot about modern workplaces and also the etiquette of modern romance
