ohh okay. I did think about that, but the problem with them both wanting power is that Abigail is already a little reluctant to be a hero figure. She feels like she has too many short-comings to be a good hero, while Orly wishes she was allowed to be good. That was an idea I had pretty early on, but I was thinking about scrapping it if it made things too complicated. But I really like the idea of having the conflict be that they both want the same thing, but for Abigail to be interested in power she would have to be less reluctant as a âheroâ type. She has a bit of an abandonment issue and sheâs only interested in becoming stronger in order to protect her loved ones, idk if thatâs compelling enough?
I think the personal conflict for Abigail would be reluctance to be a leader vs the loyalty and love she feels for her family and the people depending on her. Maybe she doesnât even know sheâs reluctant the same way she doesnât know sheâs falling in love with her enemy. Both of these people going through the world dedicated to a cause and the idea that the other is the villain of their story because itâs what theyâve been taught to believe (never questioning these norms because who would, these are just the facts of life, Iâm right and sheâs wrong and I have to defeat her) the same way they were taught that girls marry boys and relationships arenât about love they are about building powerful influential partnerships until they realize they are falling in love and everything theyâve been taught to believe is a construct but they still love their families, they are still very loyal people whoâve been taught to sacrifice for their goals, and they still have all these people depending on them to bring about the otherâs downfall, feels pretty compelling to me. Sorry that was the longest run on sentence in the history of the written word.
thank you for all the advice and inspiration! I think Iâll do some writing tonight and see where I can take the story!
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Gosh it can be such a fun trope, though, I do like when itâs done well
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When it is done well, it can be really good!
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Okay I wasnât a huuuuge fan of this tropeâprobably because I hadnât seen it done wellâbut recently Iâve seen it done really well in stories, films and the like (coughsheracough) and itâs really brought me to adore this trope if itâs executed properly.
If itâs too fast, it looks ridiculousâlike how can character A just randomly start liking character B if theyâve had such a dense hate between each other beforehand. It has to be a slowburn, doesnât make sense otherwise.
Also, yeah, itâs good when itâs a subtle shift, but it canât be so subtle that the readers/viewers donât notice the change. I mean, if the tells were too subtle and then all of a sudden A and B are making out, well, it might throw quite a few readers off.
I think playing with the passionate hate the characters have can also allow you to make a good enemies-to-lovers shift. I quite like it when characters go from passionately hating each other to passionately loving each other, slowly of course, I think itâs adorable.
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