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Inspector_Spinda
Dec '20

You can be writing a romance or some other genre, but what conflicts are happening in your ships? I just want to get an idea of some non-petty, healthy conflicts between couples.

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Likri
Dec '20

Well, I don't have these conflicts in my shipd yet, but if you need some domestic conflicts that can be worked out for a healthy couple, it could be things like work/life balance, domestic habits if they move in together. In my future ships it'll be a conflict of different level of intimacy required the couple will have to work through. It kinda deppends on what stage of the romance the couple is.

WillowTree
Dec '20

In The Love of a Werewolf, it wasn't an issue between them as much as it was an issue with society. The power dynamics for most of the novel was too skewed for it to have been a healthy relationship. They did acknowledge potential feelings then put a hold on them until the dynamics were much less skewed. All in all, I think the first kiss happened at 70k word mark and everything up to the that was building the foundation of a healthy relationship

Mari
Dec '20

Currently no conflicts on Nem & Marcus coz it's been resolved all, but their main conflict was Nem's unability to let go of the past and his guilt, also the threat of abuse. Honestly all their conflicts were Nem-based ;I

Currently Jenna & Erica ship has sunk. Jenna has been in love with Erica since who knows when, but is in a relationship with someone else, because Erica was always "straight" and she needs stability after her family disowned her. In marches Erica with new budding and floundering feelings and it all goes down in flames.

I do love complicated conflicts.

Crusoe
Dec '20

The main conflict in my story isn't really healthy and has to do with an incident in the characters' past when they were still friends a few years ago. It needs to be resolved before a healthy ship can sail.

cherrystark
Dec '20

In my series, my main couple deals with communication issues and different experience levels. He's dated before and had serious relationships. She hasn't had a lot of social interactions growing up, and he's her first serious relationship.

likhoradka
Dec '20

The main conflicts for mine are:
Tilly/Methe: kidnapping is not a good basis for a relationship no matter what you were raised around, demons aren't capable of love, certain past experiences come to light creating a perceived power imbalance and questions of consent, and act 2 will deal with the aftermath of communication issues and getting to that healthy relationship with open communication. For now, it's mostly a fling of convenience and the precursor to the main relationship.

Ash/Star: Ash is married to his job (looking at how the virtue of diligence can be skewed to workaholic and inflexibly) and is scared of Star's dad, and in act 2, Ash will have to work on himself and get over his upbringing.

Geek_Aflame
Dec '20

Cory is kind of pissed Dexter won't sit quietly in the corner while he cleans up the political/legal mess Dexter made. Dexter's attempts at cleaning up the mess himself are only making it worse. If the mess Dexter made isn't cleaned up correctly Cory can't be with him. Cory has sacrificed too much for his career to give it up for anyone even the man he has been in love with for six years. Cory also has far too many people relying on him to succeed to give it all up for one person. Cory needs to convince his bosses that Dexter has willingly and honestly bent the knee to them before they can be together. It would all be fine if Dexter didn't keep trying to help by making himself/situation look worse.

My biggest conflict is an external one, the politics of the stories universe aren't less important than one relationship. The rules aren't going to easily bend for my MC and his love interest on opposite sides of a magical political war because they're in love.