These days, isn’t the sassy friend replaced by a kid (from a previous relationship) and/or an oddly aware pet? Still, a recognizable preamble for a future divorce.
Absolutely! The precocious six-year-old child who talks like they’re 30. And the pet, oh god, don’t get me started on the animal that behaves like some sort of wise sage.
Well, pets have a vested interest in a stable household. Plus, it secures their standing . . . until things go wrong, and they get blamed for the match-making.
But, by then, they hook up with one of the people and offer emotional support as they hunt for another possible mate.
This ventures into the Classic turf…the Rain kiss…which is in movies like “Four Weddings and a Funeral” and “Sense and Sensibility”…
Substitute the Fireworks kiss 🎆 or the Sports venue kiss (KissCam) 💋 or the dangerous ‘Never See You Again’ 💔❤️🔥urgent kiss (war, disasters, aliens, end of life as we know it). There are places I remember, some have changed and some remain; some forever, not for better…
I 😍 loved the way in panel 5, you captured each other reasons for disliking the other. It translates so well.
I wonder what Charles Schulz would have made with the simultaneous and immediate dissection, feedback and adulation of his work that you handle so eloquently?
I’m not sure anyone is fully prepared for the varied feedback online publishing invites, but I’m certain the great Mister Schultz would have embraced it with humility and wry humour.
Man, you just nailed about 99% of the ya romance trash out there. This is funny but too true at the same time…
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All the reasons why I prefer horror movies and psycho thriller anytime.
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Hmmm, only the good to great ones a have oddly invested strangers. Like this one!
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{Mirth}
What about ‘intense experiences’ like in the classic “Speed” or “Romancing the Stone” or “Love, Actually”?
Seeing Austen-esque silhouettes in Georgian locations fit your premise too…
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True. I left out the “grand gesture of love that borders on stalking” part.
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That’s good AND thoughtful of you…so easy to cyberstalk and geofence these days.
Grand gestures are for other people, not your beloved.
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These days, isn’t the sassy friend replaced by a kid (from a previous relationship) and/or an oddly aware pet? Still, a recognizable preamble for a future divorce.
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Absolutely! The precocious six-year-old child who talks like they’re 30. And the pet, oh god, don’t get me started on the animal that behaves like some sort of wise sage.
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Well, pets have a vested interest in a stable household. Plus, it secures their standing . . . until things go wrong, and they get blamed for the match-making.
But, by then, they hook up with one of the people and offer emotional support as they hunt for another possible mate.
. . . the stuff practically writes itself . . .
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That sums up almost every romcom on the Hallmark Channel. 🤣
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This ventures into the Classic turf…the Rain kiss…which is in movies like “Four Weddings and a Funeral” and “Sense and Sensibility”…
Substitute the Fireworks kiss 🎆 or the Sports venue kiss (KissCam) 💋 or the dangerous ‘Never See You Again’ 💔❤️🔥urgent kiss (war, disasters, aliens, end of life as we know it). There are places I remember, some have changed and some remain; some forever, not for better…
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…some have gone and some remain.
Love this song
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…in my life, I’ve loved them all.
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OMG! Genius!!!
I am…
We are…
…oddly invested strangers!
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Weirdly…yes…we all are.
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LOL!
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I 😍 loved the way in panel 5, you captured each other reasons for disliking the other. It translates so well.
I wonder what Charles Schulz would have made with the simultaneous and immediate dissection, feedback and adulation of his work that you handle so eloquently?
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I’m not sure anyone is fully prepared for the varied feedback online publishing invites, but I’m certain the great Mister Schultz would have embraced it with humility and wry humour.
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You missed “Smiling at each other in an expensive coffee shop.” Then again I have never kissed my wife in the rain why is it a rom-com standard.
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