Setting Up the Romance Ship

I am a very, very typical reader on the whole.

I cheer onthe good guys, have love/hate relationships with most of the bad guys, and root for the love interest that everyone else roots for. (At least that 90% of the population roots for.)I don’t pick weird combinations, desire strange outcomes, or hope for bizarre pairings.I ship the characters everyone else ships.

As someone who loves love stories, and loves to write them even more than read or watch them, I’ve noticed a sincerely dominating...