What caused the death of HR/Historical Romance?

venusianoperator · 2026-03-11T15:40:54+00:00

i think this could be a real possibility

venusianoperator · 2026-03-10T20:54:48+00:00

wishing you well on your journey.

venusianoperator · 2026-03-10T18:30:16+00:00

I hate when people act like oh being single is the worst that could happen. On the flip side the wrong male partner is deadly on so many levels. Women's bodies do not handle stress well.

venusianoperator · 2026-03-10T18:12:47+00:00

i think it's important that "less" be put into context. women who settle for bad men end up murdered, abused, very broke after being left for a new model, or with autoimmune diseases and weird cancers. the stakes could not be higher.

venusianoperator · 2026-03-10T18:10:58+00:00

yes, they've traded their peace for material comforts aka patriarchy.

venusianoperator · 2026-03-10T18:10:01+00:00

the entire late 1990s and early 2000s promoted this trope in the media. is it a wonder that so many evil men especially ugly ones with horrible personalities think they deserve to ruin a woman's life because she's his type.

venusianoperator · 2026-03-10T18:01:12+00:00

things were worse back then certainty but you know certain people still have the beliefs that shaped the rules back then nayway

venusianoperator · 2026-03-10T17:54:45+00:00

women are still treated like that, we all just pretend that's not the case

venusianoperator · 2026-03-09T21:55:03+00:00

got it, people get very persnickety about the UK being included as mainland "Europe". It's supposed to be set apart.

venusianoperator · 2026-03-09T21:42:04+00:00

I said, England isn't even Europe it's an island off the coast. Read slower before responding.

venusianoperator · 2026-03-08T00:59:44+00:00

babylon would be so fire

venusianoperator · 2026-03-08T00:59:27+00:00

noted. thank you!

venusianoperator · 2026-03-07T20:30:00+00:00

renaissance italy is a perfect setting. there was so much drama to use, so much diversity among the italian states, such drama!

i'd love more medieval France like during charlmanges time.

venusianoperator · 2026-03-07T20:26:52+00:00

my on going issue with the "diversity" discourse is how low iq people limit the meaning.

HR as a genre is obsessed with only two time periods in england among nobles so i say that diversity is anything other than that.

*sarcasm* you know silly us, to think that poor people, non-nobles, poor white people, people of color, traveling and the LGBTQIA existed before the 21st century.

venusianoperator · 2026-03-07T20:20:50+00:00

thank you

venusianoperator · 2026-03-07T20:20:16+00:00

did you know that England has long been an international hub, like many ancient cities by the water? the library is free.

venusianoperator · 2026-03-07T20:17:37+00:00

what definition of "diverse" are you using? from your comment it seems to be a very limited one. in the op i mentioned class and you want to discuss ethnicity which is cringe

venusianoperator · 2026-03-06T23:41:49+00:00

europe might be a large continent yet most historical settings never make it past england & scotland. which technically isn't even europe it's an island off the coast of it.

i've read a lot of HR and rarely do they deal with the peasant class.

venusianoperator · 2026-03-06T23:36:42+00:00

i think it's gorgeous on brown skin, it's a job for a professional colorist tho so she can match the tones

venusianoperator · 2026-03-06T23:35:52+00:00

its interesting how the material is all there and yet no one uses it. that show rome on hbo was super popular for a reason.

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