Not offended! If a particular trope doesn't resonate for you, it doesn't, and there's nothing wrong with that. Though if it doesn't, I'm doubtful that people explaining why they like it would make any difference in how you feel about it. People have explained Alien Sex Pollen to me a million times, and I'm still DO NOT WANT. *g*
I think the thing is, people who want to write a romance want to, well, write a romance. Which usually means that the couple will get a happily ever after, regardless of the plot device used to accomplish that. I'm not particularly interested in writing reunite-the-couple scenarios myself, mainly because I write in a single continuity, and the couple doesn't need reuniting. (Plus I can't really use any plot device more than once, or people will get bored.) For me, when I did use amnesia, it was primarily as a method of examining the extent to which certain character traits were innate in the affected character, and to what extent they were learned. How the memory loss affected the character's existing relationship with their significant other was definitely a subplot, but it wasn't the main point of the story.
(If you want a story about a couple being torn apart, though, I can highly recommend greenmaia's "The Glory And The Dream." It's not amnesia, but it's another common fannish trope handled with brutal, heartbreaking realism.)
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Date: 2011-11-16 07:32 am (UTC)I think the thing is, people who want to write a romance want to, well, write a romance. Which usually means that the couple will get a happily ever after, regardless of the plot device used to accomplish that. I'm not particularly interested in writing reunite-the-couple scenarios myself, mainly because I write in a single continuity, and the couple doesn't need reuniting. (Plus I can't really use any plot device more than once, or people will get bored.) For me, when I did use amnesia, it was primarily as a method of examining the extent to which certain character traits were innate in the affected character, and to what extent they were learned. How the memory loss affected the character's existing relationship with their significant other was definitely a subplot, but it wasn't the main point of the story.
(If you want a story about a couple being torn apart, though, I can highly recommend