>>44706195>Finally, I don't know what else to call it, "Kirito Syndrome", where basic human decency causes someone to fall in love eternally and endlesslyJust wanted to add HOLY SHIT, THIS. Nothing ever manages to kill interest I might have had in a story's take on romance than "I fell in love with X-kun because he is kind". That's not just cringeworthy in fanfiction, it's also stupidly prevalent in officially published media and really gets the neckbeard "nice guy" crowds going and thinking that being a nice dude is what gets the bitches. You might be considered eligible by being a well-mannered guy in real life, certainly, but that should never be fostered for the sake of attracting girls, and fiction needs to really stop using romance as a reward for the act of just being a decent person. Fuck Kirito, fuck harem protags that encourage the "nice guy" romance phenomenon, and fuck fedora tippers.
