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Story > tropes > third act breakup

 dianatris
So the Third Act Breakup is a classic romance trope. One that's a weee bit tedious and formulaic after you've read it for the hundredth time! I'd like to be able to filter these out of my book selections sometimes. <3
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JoulesPerRadian · 22 days ago
Yes, I desperately need this tag. I can see arguments both ways for the tag being either "third act breakup" or "no third act breakup": 
* Argument for "third act breakup" tag: It's easier to notice when a third act breakup happens in a story, and therefore to tag it, than to notice its absence.
* Argument for "no third act breakup" tag: The trope is so common that there are probably more romance books with a third act breakup than without it. The negatively-phrased tag would result in us having to tag fewer books.

I'm personally leaning toward the positively-phrased "third act breakup" tag, simply because I'm much more likely to remember to use a tag when a trope is present in a story than when it is absent.

vitaminwildebeest · 1 month ago
It's SO prevalent that I almost wonder if it would be easier to implement a "no 3rd act breakup" tag? Because there would be so many books that are untagged, and they would still show up with a 3rd act breakup tag.

Either way,  I agree, I'd really love to see a way to filter out books with 3rd act breakups in them.

katti · 1 month ago
The tag is not bad, but it is a bit spoiler-y. So it would need be hidden, I think.

TangleDragon · 1 month ago
Yes yes yes! I really try to avoid this trope so would love a tag for it.

michailina · 1 month ago
I need this tag so much! 

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