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    Romanticism of Tragic Backstories

    Often, media portrays a person who has a tragic backstory as “romantic”. I’ve been coming across this quite a bit lately from watching shows (including the anime, My Hero Academia) and reading books (including a re-read of the Judy Blume book, Summer Sisters). I get that this is often a device used to create drama and to […] More