Whatever happened to them good ol' romance?

Instead of bitching about my lack of understanding the erm, goodness of BL and stuff (and also to avoid being clobbered to death by the race of some women), I'm gonna talk about something I'm most comfortable with. It's something most of our parents have gone through before we popped out of the oven after 9 months of baking.

You know Yin and Yang? It's basically that. Men and women are so different but they kinda need each other. I said 'kinda' because many men and women proved otherwise in this day and age. When they do need each other, why is that? Well, for instance...

We are (were) much closer to nature and quite similar to some mammals. Males depend on the females to continue their bloodline. Females (and her kids) depend on males for protection and sometimes food. A quote from DA, about photograph of a man acting as a guardian of a woman: "The strength in the male and the vulnerability of the female makes a wonderful comparison."



This isn't just about survival of the fittest and making babies. The male who's sometimes viewed as the boss of the family doesn't get all the credit. A female's softness is absolutely necessary when nurturing her children and also the male in some situations. Adam was alone and needed company. So he was given one. So yeah, she's definitely needed.



A girl can soften a masculine dude so he wouldn't go all out being just a masculine dude. It's so that things don't tip over to one end. It's like a sheath and a sword, the sheath secures the sword and holds it back before it goes all out making a bloody mess. Yin and Yang. Perfectly balanced out.

It's like appreciating how nature works itself. But of course, people can think otherwise and wonder about some things. Like why do some insects kill and eat husbands after sex, why a male goes off to do his own crap while the female struggles with the kids. Why do women need to be kept under men's wings all the time. Well, this way of thinking makes it even better. It gives rise to mutual understanding, tolerance and fairness between the two sexes. They learn to give and take. It makes it even more challenging for them, which makes their romance more beautiful because the effort makes it more meaningful. And I just love watching all that.

Last but not least, I love the fact that man and woman can create new life. *Sentimental*

Eh, call me old-schooled but I think hetero romance is always the best and never grows old. Who needs something so different when there are already plenty of interesting stories of men and women sharing forbidden love (*cough* Not incest, please *cough*). A soldier and an emperor's concubine, a eunuch and an emperor's concubine (wtf), your typical Romeo and Juliet, a mary sue brunette and a fairy vampire (God save humanity) and all that jazz..

Gar, I'm so old-schooled.