Cuffing Season: Clarification Post

[xslytherclawx]

 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

Comments

[innie_darling]

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!

[luvbarryfefe]

I'd like to nominate a romcom with a happy ending but the couple I want to nominate isn't the one that ends up together in canon. Is that still okay?

[useyourtelescope]

Hello, I would like to confirm whether the following canons would be considered eligible in the exchange -
The first is the 1966 film 'How to Steal A Million' - I think this broadly fits but it tends to get characterized as a Caper/Crime Comedy with romance rather than a 'romcom' as such? Though it does have a HEA. There is a short trailer on the imdb page if you don't know it.
The second is Far From the Madding Crowd - it's definitely a romance and has a HEA but it's not a comedy at all and due to the book's age I guess it's categorised more with classics than romance (though I'd probably nominate the film version if eligible).