The question of female leads is practically unavoidable in Douluo fanfiction.
Well... multiple female leads!
I'm sure some of you dear readers will choose to keep reading after seeing this, while others have already quietly left...
Let's talk about single versus multiple female leads!
In this lowly author's understanding, there is only one kind of single-female-lead story: the male lead doesn't flirt, doesn't get tangled up in ambiguous relationships, and remains unswervingly devoted to the female lead!
Then there's another kind, where he gets involved with lots of supporting female characters early on, flirts with them constantly, and finally kicks them aside, ending up with only one...
Call it a single-female-lead story, and yet his relationships with plenty of other women are still awfully lovey-dovey.
Call it a multiple-female-lead story, and he really does end up with just one!
There's also the kind that declares there will be only one female lead at the start, then "can't help" adding another, or even several more, as the story develops. That certainly doesn't count as a single-female-lead story either.
Honestly, I understand perfectly well why authors write it that way. The plot's development deepens the feelings between the male lead and a supporting female character, leaving the author no choice but to promote her to female lead.
Unlike the first kind, the author chooses to make the male lead "take responsibility," turning a single-female-lead story into a multiple-female-lead one.
None of this is meant to disparage anyone. I just want to explain the approach this book will take.
In this lowly author's book, once the relationship reaches that point and their feelings grow stronger, she's a female lead!
I know people are bound to curse me out, but there's no need!
There are plenty of books with multiple female leads. There's no need to demand that everyone write stories with just one.
For instance, plenty of people say, "Anyone who writes multiple female leads is a shut-in," or "Anyone whose protagonist is a Secret Chamber Douluo is a potential rapist"...
Good heavens!
If those claims were really true, then pretty much every author writing fantasy or immortal cultivation would have been invited to "have tea" with the police.
Why?
Because what fantasy or immortal-cultivation novel doesn't have scenes involving killing?
Does that mean every author is a-?
Li Shen, who wrote, "Who knows that every grain upon the plate was won through bitter toil," was still a corrupt official who preyed on the common people!
Yuan Zhen, who wrote, "Having seen the vast sea, no other waters can compare; apart from those over Mount Wu, no clouds are truly clouds," was a scumbag!
Plenty of people also say, "Anyone who writes multiple female leads has never seen a woman"...
Sorry!
Take this lowly author, for example.
I'm already married, and I have a daughter who's about to turn one.
My wife and I met in 2011. I was fifteen that year.
In 2015, I took her with me to Shanghai to make our way in the world, and in 2018, we returned to our hometown to get married.
In 2020, we had an adorable baby!
We've now weathered ten springs and autumns together, and our relationship is still steady.
I'm saying all this to ask everyone not to project fiction onto reality. Doing that makes you seem more than a little obsessed.
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