How do you like Romance in your fiction? (romance, not sex)

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MayKissingDoveWyks:
Romance is good in my fiction.

But the main problem I find with it, is if it's too good.
When it gets too good, I have a feeling that the author's going to do something later that's horrible. I've read enough of the wrong stuff to get that itching feeling.
And even then, I just feel that romance can make me teary...

Stuffman:
Romance is only good if it's not the main focus of the story. It's just too predictable otherwise.

Grand Octopus:
I like my romance to be batshit insane. If a couple haven't attempted to murder each other at least once I'm not interested.

Seriously though, I can't stomach romance if it's sterile and sappy. There has to be a compelling twist or quirk to keep me interested. Mirai Nikki absolutely nailed what I look for in a fictional relationship.

Occasionally I'll disapply the above principle when I REALLY like the characters involved, but it's an incredibly rare occurrence.

Suikama:
When romance isn't the main focus, then you don't really get your hopes up for it, so when it comes it up it's a legit surprise. It's like when you go into something expecting it to be good and leave disappointed vs going into something with no expectations and being blown away.

Also budding romances have a similar appeal of tsunderes.

Alfred F. Jones:
Short answer: I don't.

Long answer: I'm much more interested in love than I am in romance. A long while ago, I was struck by the idea of non-romantic love stories being the best kind. That means deep relationships of all kinds, but not necessarily romantic ones, which is in and of itself enough of a quirk to keep me interested. I'm with A Huge Battleship on this one; typical romances are too sterile and sappy and very not dynamic enough for my tastes. There are exceptions (like Fushigi Yuugi, for some reason) where this doesn't apply, but that is, again, a rare occurrence.

For the most part, I stay away from romance for that reason. It's just not written well enough to keep my attention. (This does mean that I sometimes get the pleasant surprise of a romance that's not the main focus of the plot, and those are always great to run into.)

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