We need to stop romanticinzig mafia!

[corvus.writes]

I answered this same “escape from reality” question here:

Unpopular opinion: I actually like Mafia stories

I don’t know who needs to hear this, but if the mafia boss is your LI, it’s glorified. The fact that so many people just care about these stories for the “romance” shows just how glorified it is, and honestly, it’s really disturbing. I love seeing people saying “I know it’s unrealistic, and I would never want to be in a situation like that. I don’t want that to be my reality”. Guess what? It’s so many people’s actual reality which you choose to romanticize for the sake of your story. People’s su…

@Verity24

So even though I agree that it shouldn’t be romanticized in real life

May I ask how you can romanticize something in real life?