Thank you.
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I like em. I have no problem with them. Dumb autocorrect.
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She started talking about reads. And I explained why she have so many in my opinion.
Then say that’s off topic and move on. Drama goes two ways, it’s not all on her.
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I like a change once in a while. I don’t really like a possessive and jealous love interest.
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Same
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Hey! If you’re going to continue this conversation, could you take it elsewhere? This isn’t a thread to promote stories & such. It’s a discussion regarding a common aspect of Episode stories.
Thanks!
Xo 
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Thank you!
I was just hoping to have a civilized discussion.
Any input on that aspect?
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I have very strong feelings about what people are usually referring to when they say dominant love interests (very possessive, controlling, etc.), but reading your description, I don’t think that is what you’re asking about? If I’m wrong, I’ll write a new response.
Honestly… it depends.
This sort of LI is almost always male in my experience, so I see a lot of submissive from the female MCs (or shallow competence if they aren’t submissive in personality) being contrasted against the decisiveness and true competence of their male counterpart. I will also see the man being more sexually and romantically dominant and the woman being stunned by the forwardness of the acts and made submissive (even if they’re not submissive normally; almost Taming of the Shrew-esque). Experienced - both in the worldly way and in the sexual way - male LI against the inexperienced virgin female lead. Etc.
And all of the above is why I don’t like it usually. There’s something about the more adult-like behavior of the male LI being contrasted against the more child-like behavior or naivety of the female lead that disturbs me. Not necessarily the same thing, but I get Born Sexy Yesterday vibes from it.
I don’t inherently hate characters who are decisive or assertive, but when reading, I want the two people who make up a couple to match each other’s level in life. You can have a competent and take-charge character being romantically paired with a character who’s very different without it being creepy; it just needs some thought.
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If I ever write another story after the one that I’m currently making, I’d like to make the MC be the one who’s more dominant than the love interest.
(No, don’t worry, they wouldn’t hit, abuse, or beat the LI. The LI would just need to be helped by the MC more often than the other way around. I’d want the LI to be able to depend and rely on the MC to be helpful to them.)
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Bump 
For me it depends on the definition of dominant and the way it’s executed. I don’t mind dominant love interests providing they’re not “dominant” in the sense of being abusive (physically and/or emotionally) and that the MC isn’t weak and unable to stand on her own two feet without a man.
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If they’re physically or emotionally abusive then they’re just weak, insecure bastards. They’re not dominate men.
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There’s a clear difference between dominance and abuse. IMO any type of, uh, bedroom kink is okay if there is CONSENT on both sides.
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Yessssss!!! Send me a link once you finish it 
I personally find it incredibly annoying and also boring. Not only because it is the ONLY kind of relationship that I’ve seen in all of Episode, but because I am on the more dominant side. I’ve always wanted a story where the main character is the dominant one in the relationship, romantically AND sexually, but she is always a damsel in distress.
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