For a while, I’ve disliked the amount of stories on Episode that are all about Mafia Leader’s ‘falling in love’ with MC’s and that sort of thing. I’ve been trying to think of something involving secrecy as well as the mafia topic but without any area of romance AT ALL! I thought about making a story where the Mafia Leader would end up in jail or something similar but I didn’t know if people would read that sort of story. It’ been a plan in the back of my head for a while but today I saw a thread with the title ‘What characteristics do u like in a MAFIA story’ and I honestly thought that this was going to be like all other threads asking the same thing but I noticed that people started including what twists they would like to see involved and a comment by @Farah_DeSantis surprised me since that was my story of plan for a story but I just didn’t know who would read it =
& so I’m now thinking if I should actually continue the story (I left it in my portal discontinued and never published) (:
What do u all think if a story was to be written WITHOUT romantizing any areas of the mafia and with a twist instead of the toxic relationships that always end with the Mafia Leader & MC living ‘happily ever after’ in their ever so toxic relationship? (:
Please share any and all opinions, I’m open to all thoughts (:
I like this idea where it is not in the romance genre but you have to make it very clear what you are doing. Because if you make them “hot” then people with automatically romanticise them. You have to make people see what it is really like whilst not breaking guidelines. You would have to use trigger warnings. I read a story similar to this but they ended up falling for the criminal so I would love to see this stigma changed. I don’t step out of the romance genre like ever but I totally would for a story that shows the real truth behind all this trend of using maf*a to make things interesting. I am a modern studies student so this could actually be a story that interests me if done correctly.
Absolutely!
The whole Mafia getting away with the illegal fights, human trafficking, selling drugs and committing treason is getting a little old, don’t you think? I haven’t read a story where the leader of the ___ gang is caught or whatever, and would love to read about it, if you end up publishing one:)
Black dancer who worked hard to build a theatre but a flood ruins their hard work making them puck up the pieces
White fugitives who get arrested and use their time in jail to reflect on their mistakes. Don’t use black people as criminals. Black people should play counsellors and therapists
A black scientist who discovers a way to reduce climate change. White characters will play the greedy billionaires
The point is to reverse the stereotype of the maf*a being good people. Sure it would be nice to be able to go through the app and not see any maf-a stories but that will never happen. So I think if it is showing the maf-a in a bad light which all stories that involve them should be. I hope this kind of story will make young teenagers reconsider liking maf-a bosses. It won’t get rid of these stories but it might change how some people see them. So I agree that maf-a stories don’t belong on the app but they are not going to go away. And as I said I am a modern studies student so we research modern crimes and situations in the world. I think this could be very interesting for people like me who love crime and law. I could have gone for many other subject but crime and law interested me and I am sure I am not alone. I don’t stand for criminals being good people, I just like the stuff behind crimes.
