A Nuisance Book

SPOILER ALERT: Gives away the ending!

Why, oh why do I keep reading these books?!

It's a guilty pleasure of mine, I must admit. The whole "wounded hero/male love interest" really makes me squee. Even when the writing (or translation) is bad - which I really can't say it is here - and/or the story is clichéd - which I can definitely say here - there is something that draws me to reading these stories, even to writing my own. In part it's because of my own disabilities, in part it's seeing the cis normative macho man as a vulnerable, flawed person.

The drawback to many of these stories is the standard ending. Not only do the heroine get the guy - she also helps him accept himself and start living again. And in most of these stories, I find my pet peeve. This is where the spoiler is, by the way. The guy is _healed_. *hurls*

When I finally get a disabled male character, he doesn't stay disabled. I feel cheated! This is where I'm glad I bought it second hand for less than a buck. And where I go back to writing my ow stories. And here's a spoiler for those: the disabled guy stays disabled. Just the way I want it.

If you have any suggestions for those kind of stories - they can be het, m/m or poly; even fanfic, I'm not picky - feel free to share in comments or pm.