Evil will always win, because good is dumb

Yes it’s a Spaceballs quote. How are you surprised?

I’ve been with the bf for almost five-and-a-half years. In those years, I have to say there was never really any overwhelming conflict that kept us apart. We met. We clicked. We walked on a beach. We’ve been together since the first day we met. Sure, over the years there have been minor disagreements, conversations, issues that we’ve overcome, but for the most part? There’s never been any major issue that either of us had to compromise on to stay together. But then, T and I are pretty darn boring.

If you were to write a book about our relationship, the friend we had in common would have been his current girlfriend who was cheating on him. He’d have some mysterious sickness that he’d choose to keep to himself and push me out of his life so he wouldn’t burden me with it, before finally realizing that any time spent with me is better than no time spent with me. Oh, and I’d be a vampire. *grin*

See, that’s the thing about books. As readers, we don’t want to read the perfect, happy, oh, look, they met, they fell in love, they made sweet luuuuuurve, and they got married. Why? Cuz it’s BORING. I’ll say it again. Bo-Ring.

We want to see them fight. Fight for what they believe in, fight for their passions, fight for an overwhelming love. Now, I’m not talking about the, yeah, I’m a bitch and I’m gonna snap at you cuz that’s how I roll fighting. I’m talking about believing in something so strongly, so passionately, that they’ll fight to the death for it. And then, when it comes right down to it, they’ll compromise and choose love over this thing, because love is the most important thing.

We know how a romance is going to end going in. Plain and simple. At the end of the day and the end of the book, it’s going to be happily ever after (or, happily for right now, if that’s your fancy). We read romance for the journey. For the fight. For the conflict, for the how are they ever going to overcome all that stuff and let love conquer all.

And if there isn’t that gripping journey, that fight, that overcoming of the conflict, then what’s the point of reading the story?

Or is it just me? Do you think that conflict is a vital aspect in the books you read, or do you like a happy tale of we met, we fell in love, we got married?

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