I'm curious as to what readers think about this, because I have a situation in a romance WIP. There's a minor character, a young and rather sheltered woman.
She's planning to marry the hero. He treats her wonderfully and they get along well. Just one problem: she's not attracted to him at all.
This isn't to do with him, which confuses her. If he had rotten teeth or was fifty years older, it would make sense, but he's not. He looks fine. She just doesn't feel even a spark of desire when he kisses her.
Then she meets the antagonist, and POW. Chemistry flares. Now she's even more confused, because how can she be so attracted to a man she knows is no good?
One thing I'm trying to do with this story is deconstruct the trope where the antagonist (or at least the wrong man) is the one who can't arouse or sexually satisfy a woman, while the hero provides multiple orgasms effortlessly, no matter who the woman is. But what I was wondering is, does anyone feel that this problem is something the hero and his fiancee could solve eventually?
To clarify, could sexual compatibility and passion develop even though she doesn't feel attracted to him? Or is chemistry simply something that either exists or doesn't between them? Rather than being a problem the two of them could work on together.
This might be something the fiancee discusses with the heroine (who is very turned on by the hero) during the story. What do you all think?
She's planning to marry the hero. He treats her wonderfully and they get along well. Just one problem: she's not attracted to him at all.
This isn't to do with him, which confuses her. If he had rotten teeth or was fifty years older, it would make sense, but he's not. He looks fine. She just doesn't feel even a spark of desire when he kisses her.
Then she meets the antagonist, and POW. Chemistry flares. Now she's even more confused, because how can she be so attracted to a man she knows is no good?
One thing I'm trying to do with this story is deconstruct the trope where the antagonist (or at least the wrong man) is the one who can't arouse or sexually satisfy a woman, while the hero provides multiple orgasms effortlessly, no matter who the woman is. But what I was wondering is, does anyone feel that this problem is something the hero and his fiancee could solve eventually?
To clarify, could sexual compatibility and passion develop even though she doesn't feel attracted to him? Or is chemistry simply something that either exists or doesn't between them? Rather than being a problem the two of them could work on together.
This might be something the fiancee discusses with the heroine (who is very turned on by the hero) during the story. What do you all think?
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