xslytherclawx: (Default)
חיה ([personal profile] xslytherclawx) wrote in [community profile] summerlovingex2024-11-23 08:54 pm

Cuffing Season: Clarification Post

 Do you have questions about whether your canon qualifies?

All traditional romance novels and romantic comedies with happy endings qualify, but we understand that that line can be a bit blurry.

Drop the canon name here and your argument as to why it should qualify and we'll take it under consideration
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[personal profile] innie_darling 2024-11-24 03:42 am (UTC)(link)
I have a broad question for which I'll give a specific example, and hopefully I can extrapolate from your answer. Would something like the recent mini-series Why Didn't They Ask Evans? count? It's a murder mystery with a pair of childhood friends playing detective, and they explicitly and clearly get their HEA in the course of solving the mystery. Though I would categorize the show as primarily a mystery, the romance element sets it apart from other mysteries and the main couple's getting together sticks in the mind far more than the identity of the murderer. Or is this exchange open only to media that would be classified as a romance first?

Thanks!
Edited 2024-11-24 03:43 (UTC)
innie_darling: (heavy-lidded)

[personal profile] innie_darling 2024-11-25 01:29 am (UTC)(link)
I would say the romance is a major focus of the plot - the main couple is reunited because one is the only person with the murder victim as he dies, and their rekindled relationship keeps pace with their solving the murder. However, there is no doubt that it is a mystery first and foremost (however much the romance between the detectives is the reason for the story's charm) and it might be easier for you to keep this exchange to works that can be classified primarily as romances.
innie_darling: (exit pursued by a bear)

[personal profile] innie_darling 2024-11-28 11:16 am (UTC)(link)
Thanks very much!

One more question (I think this is okay, but just to clarify): a TV show that is primarily a romance and closes on an HEA is a valid nomination, correct? (I mean something like Miranda, in which Miranda/Gary is the main focus of the show, not something like The X-Files, in which Mulder/Scully was important but not the point of the show.)