It’s not just the English and Americans who are separated by
a common language. The younger the fledgling couple is, the more likely they
will miss the cues or clues to understanding each other’s motivations. Empathy
and understanding grow with experience, which usually translates into more years
on the planet.
Many married couples come to appreciate each other like a
fine and aged wine.
Your young hero is built to save the world. Therefore, he’s
especially prone to see compromise as weakness. This can ruin a budding
relationship in a novel. Think back to all the fights you had with that wrong-for-you
prospective mate. Just perhaps, if he or she became thoughtful for only a short
while and reflected on the inner motivations of his or her candidate for
marriage, a different outcome might have presented itself.
But, it’s dangerous and difficult to write the young hero as
precocious in this way. Something about realism. That’s why many use the
sidekick/mentor/wizard as a guide to a HEA (happily ever after). Besides, it’s
funnier to see a young couple who the reader wants to see succeed; stumble and
then the reader can’t wait to see how he/she recovers.
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