Shanspeare

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This video is all about dark romance (no, not just the most controversial titles). It covers the centuries long history of the genre, the structure of it, and its literary tropes. Why is this type of romance so evergreen? What does it say about desire? What are its limits? By contextualizing the genre in pop culture and broadening the lens through which we view it, I implore you to consider: in addition to criticizing the genre for its harmful politics, how else can we contend with the work?

TLDR: I put my English degree to use for real this time 😗

2 months ago | [YT] | 1,818



@Shanspeare 

It’s a video destined to be misunderstood (or intentionally mischaracterized) but maybe that makes it important. 😁

2 months ago | 189

@Dreigonix

I’m all for writing fucked-up romantic/sexual stories; I’m all for writing dead dove fiction… but writing fucked-up stories, not properly tagged, published for mainstream audiences, with a seemingly deliberate ignorance of how fucked up the situation is… it really does come off like an insidious attempt to normalize bad sexual politics. That’s my stance on things.

1 month ago (edited) | 7

@RebeccaJonesHowe

Your vid popped up in my feed, and I watched it while watering my lawn last night. I was so impressed, girl, like damn. Instant subscribe. I really wish I could like me some dark romance but all the authors seem to use the genre as some kind of personal edgelord battle in the disclaimers. It's never about the character exploration and always about inventing new crazy kinks or whatever. sigh

2 months ago | 74

@dumpster_fiyah

I love everything about your style. Your sets are great and the costumes are 🔥. You're insightful and you look good doing it. Fantastic stuff

2 months ago | 9

@butchosprey

I am so excited to sit down and watch this 🤩

2 months ago | 9

@Lucifersfursona

The problems are the laundering (fetishization, romanticizing, pinkwashing) of oligarchy, child predation, and SA mainly (imo) That is the actual darkness in the works but the word is misattributed to an aesthetic of language and worldbuilding.

1 month ago | 5

@asherscott3151

Can anyone explain to me why youtubers now frequently change the title and image of videos? I'm just curious why and how that's become a part of the process.

2 months ago | 32

@CaseyHarMegiddo

Girl you're so pretty, share some with the rest of the class! Real talk tho great video, already watched it like immediately after release. 💕

2 months ago | 7

@lemonyburn

19:49 what's it matter that they're American citizens and not just citizens in general?

2 months ago | 0