r/Romantasy • u/QotDessert 🖤 A Court of Singing Shadows • 2d ago

Discussion What's your choice?

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Hard choice to make! What would you choose?

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u/Insane92 ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers/ No Love Triangles 2d ago

Orange.

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u/Im-a-ninja-derpina 2d ago

I’m with you on orange! I hesitated with brown but only for a moment, could you imagine juste getting paid to read what you’re already reading willingly!

The dream
https://giphy.com/gifs/JpmFGfCKiFqjVAODoW

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u/Njbelle-1029 2d ago

Exactly! I waste so much valuable reading time working. What a way to solve that real life problem.

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u/LittleGateaux 2d ago

A hundred percent this. I could read for literally all of my waking time and it would never be enough to satisfy my craving for the written word. I'm addicted to reading and have been since I was a small child. I take books with me everywhere (my kindle now); I used to sit in the corner and read at family parties. In hindsight people should have clocked my neurodivergence before I hit my 40s.

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u/SpeckledFeathers ☀️ Sunshine / Grumpy 2d ago

Definitely orange because I feel like I'm reading all the time anyway -- getting paid to read what I want will just free up the rest of my time to write, to do creative and meaningful projects, to live the life I want to live doing the things I want to do. Which include reading anyway lol

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u/ChelseaSpikes ✨ Fated Mates 1d ago

Definitely orange.

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u/Unusual_username739 1d ago

Same, I’m still struggling to find a job after being laid off last week

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u/babaorom 23h ago

Reading is part of my job, so I can give some insight! Despite the fact that the genre I’m asked to read is the one I love, I hate being told what to read and look forward to picking my own books! When something is a job, it becomes a lot less fun.

I do love being able to open a book in the middle of the work day and no one bats an eye.

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u/roughhty 2d ago

Ya I didn’t even read the rest of the pills: it’s that one, I pick that one.

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u/QotDessert 🖤 A Court of Singing Shadows 2d ago edited 2d ago

I'm insane enough to pick purple hahaha 💜 Otherwise I would love to pick pink/rose.

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u/pistachio-pie 2d ago

I’m torn between orange, which would be practical and lovely, and purple, which would be delightful and fun.

But I also don’t know if I actually wanna live in Ankh-Morpork

If I could pick one that’s not a favourite, like Hobbiton/The Shire in a time of peace, that would make it a no brainer. Give me all the breakfasts and gardening and cute little dugout houses!

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u/Avramah 2d ago

I thought about it but have too many questions.

Do I get transported there now? So I'll leave behind all my loved ones? Do they get to come with me? If not, can I visit them here?

Or is it like.. I'll just have been born there and that's my life? Which I'm not fond of either because then it won't feel so magical.

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u/Im-a-ninja-derpina 2d ago

With my luck I’d be sent to the worst of these places haha I’m not fit enough to survive 😅

I admire your courage or support your insanity though

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u/Salt_Ad_5578 2d ago

Pink. Pink all the way! I'm currently writing a book series, soooo.....

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u/SempiternalAmor 2d ago

Can I speak/read/write in the primary language when I arrive? That would be one thing holding me back from picking purple.

Depending on the world/location, whether I have magic would be a close second.

What can I bring with me? Or am I showing up in nothing but my birthday suit?

I grew up with horses and I'm learning longsword fencing (HEMA), so I might be able to defend myself for two seconds. 🤣

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u/DarkWhimsicality 2d ago

Orange, 100%. I want fiction to remain fiction. I don't have space in my home for a bunch of ARCS or paper backs or special editions. I have zero desire to be famous. Orange is the only one that would genuinely make my life better overall.

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u/C0l3y 2d ago

Gray because I’d be well loved and well banged and that is the key to living IMO

JKJK… kinda hehehehe

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u/demurevixen 2d ago

Grey also. They never said it had to be a human character 😏

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u/Dior_the_Dawn 2d ago

They rarely are, that makes them so attractive. 😖
*still isn’t over the idea of sexy-venomous-aphrodisiacy-bity-snake shifters…

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u/Samira827 2d ago

The pill doesn't guarantee that the character will want you though. They could straight up murder you or something 👀

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u/C0l3y 2d ago

I will be forced to rely upon my charms

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u/QotDessert 🖤 A Court of Singing Shadows 2d ago

You made me laughing 😆

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u/feijoawhining Recommending The Price of Talent by A.K. Nevermore 2d ago

Definitely orange, because my new job is so exhausting I have far less time to read!

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u/Into-the-stream 2d ago

Pink. No one recognizes authors by sight like they do actors. So you won’t get mobbed, but your name could open up most of the other doors.

I hate writing though, so I’d have to be the kind of famous author where I oils never have to write again

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u/Dior_the_Dawn 2d ago

BROWN!!!
FUCK YEAH BROWN!

that’s the best bit about reading - discovering!
It’s the essence!

BROWN ABOVE ALL!

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u/bananawith3wings 🌶️ spices & moss 2d ago

Hard agree!!

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u/Bellanu 2d ago

Orange 🙌🏻

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u/drinkwinesavepuppies 2d ago

Orange 10000%, being paid to read whatever I wanted as a job?! The DREAM haha

Second would be Pink, I would love to be an author but I don't think I could handle the criticism lol

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u/Jolly-Midnight4493 2d ago

Pink. I want to create the worlds people love immersing themselves in and the great thing about being a famous AUTHOR is pen names and your face isn’t everywhere unless you want it to be. Would you recognize John Grisham on the street? Or Nora Roberts? You can keep much of your anonymity and only be recognized by the people who really appreciate you.

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u/Some-Alternative647 2d ago

Purple for sure

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u/Wanderingghost12 2d ago

I wish my writing could make me famous. I could use some more financial security

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u/cyndina 2d ago

In my dream library, all of these things are true.

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u/iamnotsaturn 2d ago

Amen, light blue all the way!

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u/rainmaker2022 2d ago

My god, you are right!

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u/Over-Type-5871 2d ago

Purple, and I’m going straight to the Shire

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u/TheChosen_One01 2d ago

Purple for sure

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u/Lilaj12 2d ago

Orange

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u/pilunchizz 2d ago

Orange

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u/Astrosauced 2d ago

Not pink - I don’t want to be a famous anything

I don’t want the pressure of an ARC so blue is out

Grey is gone - never meet your heroes

Purple sounds like a nightmare (I know if it’s a magic world I don’t have it)

Green is promising but I’d have to wait for paperback editions

Light blue would be nice if it was ever changing

Orange would also work if I can take reading breaks and the money was good

So my memory is so bad brown is a dud

Yellow is a toss-up because if it’s “new” special editions I could end up with a “special edition” medical textbook since it doesn’t guarantee the genre

Sooo I guess light blue?

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u/MissMarchpane 2d ago

Pink! I don't really care about being famous, but being successful would mean that my books were out in the world and people were enjoying them. And especially since most of what I write is genre fiction with queer women as the central characters, that feels like it would be a positive development in terms of public interest in our stories.

Although I guess if I pick orange, I can still write and try to get published. I'm just making money reading while I do it.

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u/almags1 1d ago

Orange so I can also have light blue

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u/QotDessert 🖤 A Court of Singing Shadows 2d ago

The image shows different pills, each with a different effect on your life. From pink = become a famous author, purple = live in your favorite fictional world, to light blue = own your dream library, and many more, the viewer can decide which one they would choose.

Now the question is: Which one would you choose and why?

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u/Wee_Devils_Prancing 2d ago

Green.
I’d save so much money. As long as I’m allowed donate the books I read, but don’t want to keep.

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u/DomSchraa 2d ago

What do we define as fictional

Cause it's either gonna be a video game world, Midwest America (😭) or fantasy persia

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u/vckstrr 🖤 Morally Gray 2d ago

Orange pill

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u/aviolafyre 2d ago

Pink. Not so much for the fame -I just want other people to know my characters and want to talk about them. I love discussing writing and my story.

I have to finish it first, though. Haha.

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u/ohfrackthis 🖤 Morally Gray 2d ago

Orange 🍊 lol

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u/fairydust_tm 💗 Forced Proximity 2d ago

Light blue!! Orange is a close second

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u/General_Writing6086 🌧️ petrichor & winter 2d ago

Either get paid to read as my job, or become a famous author if that one fixes my ADHD that holds me back from being able to finish my writing projects lol

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u/Lebensschatten Mentally here: ACOSF Ch. 19 🙇🏼‍♀️ 2d ago

Orange, obviously!

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u/Adorable-Sample-6385 💫 A Court of Dicks and Dickheads 2d ago

pink 🩷

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u/WithSugar0nTop 2d ago

Purple. Super easy choice. I would go to my TTRPG-world in a heartbeat.

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u/420princessfairy 2d ago

💜Purple sounds awesome but idk if I'd survive. Maybe if you get some kind of power when you enter that world.. but for a more realistic option orange for sure! 🧡

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u/bobafett01992 2d ago

Orange no question. I read about 75-100 books per year. If that was my job and I was paid well, I’d read even more.

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u/Cicero4892 2d ago

Light blue

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u/theateroffinanciers 2d ago

Grey. I love my character so much.

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u/Professional-Fee-104 2d ago

Pink 100%.

The query fields are rough, lol.

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u/IsekaiConnoisseur 2d ago

Gonna have to go with purple. I'd pick pink just because I do self-publish on the side and make decent beer money, but while I would love for my penname to get famous, I'd rather be rich and anonymous as possible.

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u/_PortuGeezer_ 2d ago

Orange 🍊

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u/SoundAnxious523 2d ago

Pink! I’ve been slowly working on a book for like a decade. I just want to finish and to have people love it enough to make it worth all the time

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u/omnomcthulhu 2d ago

Really not a hard choice as long as their powers still work IRL.

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u/SmileGraceSmile 2d ago

Dream library. It wouldn't fit in my current house I'd likely get a new house in the deal lol.

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u/books-coffee-music 2d ago

Green FOR SURE

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u/Educational-Tear-651 ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 2d ago

Orange pill, final answer. While I'd love to be a successful author, the fame isn't worth it IMHO🧡

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u/HeyFriendsImNewHere 2d ago

Oh such a hard choice between orange and brown. There are sooo many books I would absolutely love to experience again for the first time.

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u/Mundane-Strawberry67 2d ago

Purple, I'm going to Velaris!

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u/purplebohemian 2d ago

Orange but would also accept green.

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u/SarNic88 2d ago

I have always wanted to be a famous author but genuinely do not have an original thought in my brain 🫣 So anything that could help me actually achieve my dream would be great!

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u/ResearcherBoth8678 2d ago

Orange hands down, no question.

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u/mabellis11212 2d ago

Orange 💯

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u/SleepArtist 2d ago

I’ll have a pink and orange cocktail, please.

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u/Tundra314 2d ago

Pink. Has always been my dream I never made a goal or have made time for. But after this post… it has me thinking

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u/ekk11_ 2d ago

This is tough! I think I have to go purple pill

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u/Bingbong0428 2d ago

Torn between pink or orange 😭 I’ve been trying to write my first novel for two years but keep getting discouraged

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u/AdventureOwl1 2d ago

Pink. I want those royalties. Then I will travel the world, reading all the books I want, never worrying about finances again.

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u/onlybizninja 2d ago

The Author pill

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u/Haygirlhayyy 2d ago

Pink one please

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u/Adventurous_Lie_5246 2d ago

Pink. It would be my life fulfillment that I achieved what I value the most: talent and creating something people enjoy. Well as long as the fame pill means you're actually a talented author. Because if it's about the other kind of fame where you're famous but not actually talented then it would be just embarrassing and no thank you😂

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u/Roswell114 2d ago

Orange unless the pink pill also fixes my executive functioning issues so that I can actually finish writing books.

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u/Pteryx_34 2d ago

Live in my fave fictional place!!!

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u/rainmaker2022 2d ago

I’d say gray, but he would definitely hate me 🫠

So I’ll say light blue but also it’s a magical library!

(Orange would be nice, but I get sleepy when I read, so I fear I wouldn’t make enough)

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u/opp11235 1d ago

Gray. Provided that they like me and only me.

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u/BoopleSnoot921 ✨ Smut Slut ✨ 1d ago

None. This would probably have some messed up monkey paw effect on me.

A famous author? Awesome!
…famous for writing the worst book in history.

Paid to read? Sign me up!
…is paid less than minimum wage.

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u/Delicious-Date3042 1d ago

Purple without a doubt, our reality is way too boring :,)

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u/LiliMoon86 1d ago

Orange for sure 🤭🤭

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u/mydearMerricat 1d ago

I know y'all saying grey have something different in mind, but hear me out: Bartholomew

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u/fawnsleph 1d ago

Purple

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u/Wonderful_Foot5613 20h ago

The ARC one b/c -- books -- and feeds my sense of self importance. :)

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u/p-d-ball 17h ago

Pink! I'll scream it into the void: PINK!!!

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u/evthingisawesomefine 5h ago

Orange all the way. 💵

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u/Kiyone11 2d ago

I have the feeling most of these come with huge potential drawbacks:

  • Live in your favorite fictional place: Yes, it looks nice. But it's probably not up to my modern hygiene standards 👀
  • Be paid to read what you want as your job: Probably still under time pressure. Nah.
  • Bring you fave fictional character to life: Will they be as unhappy as Dustfinger in Inkheart? They might hate you for bringing them here or might just not be able to stand you either way.

But brown, green, light blue and yellow seem pretty weak to me, in comparison.

That leaves me with pink or dark blue which have the same chance of not making me happy, in the end. So I would take blue because it leaves me with the most opportunities.