As long as there are good romance scenes, a couple is acceptable?

Don't take me in the wrong way, but asking out of genuine curiosity. Is a lead couple acceptable as long as there is good romance scenes? From my point of view, I don't enjoy watching the romance scenes of a couple as soon as I notice red flags in the relationship. It all feels forced and superficial to me. How do you even get past it?

This is purely fiction.. People who keep judging should limit themselves to limited episodes shows where stories end fastly instead of questioning other people's choices.. When story goes lengthy makers push in so many things for dramas.. Apparently people who see it as fiction and just entertainment don't seem to have problem with it and enjoy it when their favorites are happy .. They don't go around questioning other people's reason for hate../ dislike..

Originally posted by: Swathi.A

This is purely fiction.. People who keep judging should limit themselves to limited episodes shows where stories end fastly instead of questioning other people's choices.. When story goes lengthy makers push in so many things for dramas.. Apparently people who see it as fiction and just entertainment don't seem to have problem with it and enjoy it when their favorites are happy .. They don't go around questioning other people's reason for hate../ dislike..

The funny thing is that there are people who actively detest the leads, yet still watch the show just to troll them & compare them to a generation that has been over for more than a year. So judging the people who do watch this show for leads they like, really seems hilarious to me atleast.

Originally posted by: LiveLifeHonest

Don't take me in the wrong way, but asking out of genuine curiosity. Is a lead couple acceptable as long as there is good romance scenes? From my point of view, I don't enjoy watching the romance scenes of a couple as soon as I notice red flags in the relationship. It all feels forced and superficial to me. How do you even get past it?

Exactly what are the red flags you are talking about, coz I really want to understand what you want to imply here before I comment further.

Also for this current generation lead couple, we have hardly got many "romance" scenes, for me to have that as a reason to watch them.

And my question back to you: is there a rule that fiction stories can't be judged and that people who judge can't watch long sagas? Yes ITV is fiction but entertainment and culture are closely inter-linked. When something wrong is shown, why can't it be questioned? When something wrong is accepted just because it is fiction, it can become culturally accepted and influence society negatively. A lot of misogynistic things are portrayed in the show and these qualities are being promoted through leads. To a young girl, it's a problem when she starts thinking that this is the ideal life partner. Have we not looked at TV shows/ books and wished that we had a life partner like this?

And why do writers get away with showing nonsense? Because they think that they can show one or two lollipop scenes and glaze through whatever is wrong. If people were to start questioning and boycotting ITV shows for the wrong things shown, writers will learn.

The converse also applies. It's clearly a problem when anyone who questions and disagrees with whatever is shown is just called a hater. There's a thing called critically thinking. It's a problem when wrong things are just blindly accepted because it is done by the leads.

Originally posted by: Swathi.A

This is purely fiction.. People who keep judging should limit themselves to limited episodes shows where stories end fastly instead of questioning other people's choices.. When story goes lengthy makers push in so many things for dramas.. Apparently people who see it as fiction and just entertainment don't seem to have problem with it and enjoy it when their favorites are happy .. They don't go around questioning other people's reason for hate../ dislike..

That is the problem. Have I not pointed out the red flags in my other post? Are these qualities what we want to see from a lead couple.

They do get 1-2 romance scenes after each disastrous track to glaze over all the problems in the track and that is the thing I don't get; are these scenes enough to just erase whatever has happened?

Originally posted by: Apsvenky

Exactly what are the red flags you are talking about, coz I really want to understand what you want to imply here before I comment further.

Also for this current generation lead couple, we have hardly got many "romance" scenes, for me to have that as a reason to watch them.

Originally posted by: Apsvenky

The funny thing is that there are people who actively detest the leads, yet still watch the show just to troll them & compare them to a generation that has been over for more than a year. So judging the people who do watch this show for leads they like, really seems hilarious to me atleast.

It seems hella funny to me also.. From checking BTS to making daily episode threads to keeping forum engaged at no 1 haters contribution is more .. Irony of gen 4

Originally posted by: LiveLifeHonest

And my question back to you: is there a rule that fiction stories can't be judged and that people who judge can't watch long sagas? Yes ITV is fiction but entertainment and culture are closely inter-linked. When something wrong is shown, why can't it be questioned? When something wrong is accepted just because it is fiction, it can become culturally accepted and influence society negatively. A lot of misogynistic things are portrayed in the show and these qualities are being promoted through leads. To a young girl, it's a problem when she starts thinking that this is the ideal life partner. Have we not looked at TV shows/ books and wished that we had a life partner like this?

And why do writers get away with showing nonsense? Because they think that they can show one or two lollipop scenes and glaze through whatever is wrong. If people were to start questioning and boycotting ITV shows for the wrong things shown, writers will learn.

The converse also applies. It's clearly a problem when anyone who questions and disagrees with whatever is shown is just called a hater. There's a thing called critically thinking. It's a problem when wrong things are just blindly accepted because it is done by the leads.

Writers get away with everything because people have liberty to choose what to see.. Nobody forces anybody to see.. If show trp drops they are thrown away and new show comes in.. Simple for them and that is how tv runs..

You can question show as well but cannot question choices of people who like it..

I'm not sure if you're referring to me but I never compared both generation couples. Feel free to point out if I have. If you want me to compare, at least in the previous generation it was pointed out what a disastrous match they were and they were separated which was realistic. But in this generation, despite all the red flags, the lead couple is still together. The realistic ending would be the FL slapping the ML and moving on with life (I will turn team Abhira the day she regains her self- respect).

And on that note, what I find is ironical with those who ship Abhimaan is that they lauded Akshara and Abhinav together. But they can accept such low standards for Abhira.

Originally posted by: Apsvenky

The funny thing is that there are people who actively detest the leads, yet still watch the show just to troll them & compare them to a generation that has been over for more than a year. So judging the people who do watch this show for leads they like, really seems hilarious to me atleast.

If you like the content, watch it. If you don't like it, don't watch it

It's all about respecting others' opinions. Not everyone will have the same taste. Thats ok.

I also thoroughly enjoyed Game of Thrones and that show is filled with unlikable protagonists.

Only if people stop judging and moral policing others based on their fictional choices.