so you know how there is this trope of a female character seeing a male character as a substitute to her father (daddy issues and all) or a male character seeing his love interest as his mother (freud stuff)?

i was wondering if there is something that short of reverses this dynamic in a weird way - a female character being reminded of her mother by a male character, or preceiving him as a substitute to a motherly figure or something like that.

i know it’s very specific and kind of twisted, but literature is full of specifically twisted tropes, yet i can’t think of any example for something like that. does anything come to mind?

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    1 year ago

    This does sound pretty compelling. You may have more luck on genre romance subreddits, they’re very into niche, twisted dynamics. I’d be surprised if it’s not out there.