I’ve been on a real sapphic romance novel binge lately — and there’s no end in sight! I love queers and I love a good trope and I’m captain of Team Love Is Not a Lie here at Autostraddle, so I thought I’d combine my affections and recent obsession and make a little quiz for you.
Quiz: What Sapphic Romance Novel Trope Is Your Destiny?
Heather Hogan
Heather Hogan is an Autostraddle senior editor who lives in New York City with her wife, Stacy, and their cackle of rescued pets. She’s a member of the Television Critics Association, GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics, and a Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer critic. You can also find her on Twitter and Instagram.
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BKJune 11, 2023 at 8:45 am
Enemies to Lovers.
That tracks because those romances are usually slow burns, which I prefer in fiction.
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NicoleJune 11, 2023 at 8:59 am
“Your Sapphic Romance Novel Trope Destiny is… Sworn Off Relationships
You’ve got your job, your friends, your job, your hot yoga, your job, your cool apartment. You’re like the beginning of every Hallmark movie. You’re just fine. You tried relationships, it didn’t work, and so you’ve sworn them off to focus on, say, keeping your family’s Christmas tree farm running, or taking care of your favorite aging aunt. But who is this wandering lumberjane looking for work? Who is this art teacher at your aunt’s active retirement community? They’re kind of making you forget all the walls of promises you made to keep yourself safe! They’re kind of making you want to be the opposite of safe.”
8 yrs post long term relationship & 4 yrs post situationship, there could be some truth to this lol
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L.June 11, 2023 at 7:30 pm
Me too.
I feel so called out by this. I’d spend more time contemplating exactly why, but work, then hot yoga. Not enough time you know. Damn!
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June 11, 2023 at 9:13 amThe villain question was so hard! ALL OF THE ABOVE 😫
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June 11, 2023 at 9:35 amSunny v. Grumpy is 100% my relationship:
But dang, are y’all… balancing each other out? Are you giving each other permission to explore other facets of your personalities? Are you empowering each other to be more fully-realized, holistically-motivated human beings? Are your opposites… made for each other? -
June 11, 2023 at 2:04 pmThere’s only one bed! Which I enjoy reading about in my queer romances.
“FORCED PROXIMITY! You’re not as dramatic as “body heat to stay alive” but you’re definitely more intense than “falling for your roommate.” One bed. ONE BED! What are you gonna do, share it? Stay up late spilling your secrets? Take turns look at each other’s lips? Are you going to wake up accidentally cuddled together? Psh. One of you can just sleep on the floor. (But you won’t.)”
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EllieJune 18, 2023 at 5:20 am
Yep now I wanna read a book about a lesbian CEO of a family-run Christmas farm who takes care of her favorite aging aunt and falls in love with the art teacher and/or the lumberjane looking for work
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BKJune 11, 2023 at 8:45 am
Enemies to Lovers.
That tracks because those romances are usually slow burns, which I prefer in fiction.
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NicoleJune 11, 2023 at 8:59 am
“Your Sapphic Romance Novel Trope Destiny is… Sworn Off Relationships
You’ve got your job, your friends, your job, your hot yoga, your job, your cool apartment. You’re like the beginning of every Hallmark movie. You’re just fine. You tried relationships, it didn’t work, and so you’ve sworn them off to focus on, say, keeping your family’s Christmas tree farm running, or taking care of your favorite aging aunt. But who is this wandering lumberjane looking for work? Who is this art teacher at your aunt’s active retirement community? They’re kind of making you forget all the walls of promises you made to keep yourself safe! They’re kind of making you want to be the opposite of safe.”
8 yrs post long term relationship & 4 yrs post situationship, there could be some truth to this lol
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L.June 11, 2023 at 7:30 pm
Me too.
I feel so called out by this. I’d spend more time contemplating exactly why, but work, then hot yoga. Not enough time you know. Damn!
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June 11, 2023 at 9:13 am
The villain question was so hard! ALL OF THE ABOVE 😫
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June 11, 2023 at 9:35 am
Sunny v. Grumpy is 100% my relationship:
But dang, are y’all… balancing each other out? Are you giving each other permission to explore other facets of your personalities? Are you empowering each other to be more fully-realized, holistically-motivated human beings? Are your opposites… made for each other? -
June 11, 2023 at 2:04 pm
There’s only one bed! Which I enjoy reading about in my queer romances.
“FORCED PROXIMITY! You’re not as dramatic as “body heat to stay alive” but you’re definitely more intense than “falling for your roommate.” One bed. ONE BED! What are you gonna do, share it? Stay up late spilling your secrets? Take turns look at each other’s lips? Are you going to wake up accidentally cuddled together? Psh. One of you can just sleep on the floor. (But you won’t.)”
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EllieJune 18, 2023 at 5:20 am
Yep now I wanna read a book about a lesbian CEO of a family-run Christmas farm who takes care of her favorite aging aunt and falls in love with the art teacher and/or the lumberjane looking for work