/lit/ - Literature

>>19644675
I love visual novels. My tastes have changed (to avoid saying 'developed' or 'matured', both which have greatly childish connotations) greatly over the years, yet these oftentimes pornographic picture books have stayed as a constant in my daily routine. I love the romance aspect to them and their escapist design, yet I completely hate trite moege (a term coined to refer towards those entries in the genre that focus solely on slice of life comedy, being as inoffensive as possible) merely because they're boring as fuck. That's it. Romance is better executed with actual stakes, conflict to let the characters properly develop and emotional tension to really drag you into the story and make a connection. Whether it's fantasy, science fiction, or any other common and highly trope-y genres I don't mind; it's all about proper execution and, frankly, fiction with neither philosophical value nor at least some sort of excitement is just triteness personified.
It's nothing new. You'd rather have a story that ends and actually explores somewhat interesting possibilities over boring and overtly emotional drivel that in spite of its setting feels as detached from the human experience as conceivably possible. The only thing this all says about you is that you're not as easily entertained, congratu-fucking-lations. Amazed this thread got this many replies.