Wholesome romance reveals our self-improvement, not self-destruction.
The Big Picture Remember when you were a teenager and making eye contact with that one person could light up your day and send a flurry of delight into your stomach? Well, now there's a whole sub-genre of romance films and TV shows that capture and maintain that exact feeling throughout. You're constantly filled to the brim with warmth and comfort as each character is introduced, and each storyline is played out.
Wholesome romance began blossoming during the pandemic and as the "BookTok" niche on TikTok started proliferating. These young adult romance novels recently began being adapted onto the screen, offering us a wide range of wholesome content to cuddle up to. Netflix's Heartstopper features a diverse group of high school students who deal with dark serious issues like bullying, sexual assault, disordered eating, and abusive home lives.
However, there are some critics who actually find this disheartening, claiming that the genre's popularity is a red flag for the way society is progressing. Why do we have to escape into a world that is governed by respectful relationships, compassion for mental health issues, and acceptance of diversity? Does it mean our basic needs are increasingly not being met in real life? As discouraging as that sounds, I'll do you one better: these needs have never been met.
Wholesome Romance Presents Longstanding Issues More Effectively At first glance, it may seem that wholesome romances tackle these issues with rose-tinted glasses, but the gentleness that shrouds the darker themes only really serves to make them more accessible to a wider audience. Queer films and shows in particular are often accompanied by nudity, sex scenes, violence, and illicit substances.
Due to their inclusiveness and ability to tackle more mundane problems, wholesome romances tend to be far more relatable than past young adult romance films. Instead of introducing a narrator who "feels different" and ends up becoming some variant of "the chosen one," wholesome romances have random people connecting in the most unlikely yet believable scenarios.
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