Shouty person

While my editor works on my next novel, I'm working on a short story. I'm trying to figure out what genre it is. The best I can come up with is rom-traum.

Two traumatised people falling in love. With funny bits.

Is rom-traum a genre? And if not, can it be?

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Jun 6 at 5:44pmWeb
Show threadShouty personJun 6

We’re talking…
Romance 💕
Happy ending 😁
Hurt/comfort ☕️
Awkward humour 😬
Traumatised idiots in love 🧠
Queer 🏳️‍🌈
Little bit of spice 🌶️

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Show threadTammoJun 6
@clacksee
Rom-Traumedy?
Show threadDTrasler WritingJun 6
@clacksee I was going to suggest "Rom-atic", but that just sounds like it has trouble bending down to lace its shoes...
Show threadShouty personJun 6
@Dtraslerwriting
Hmm. It sounds like it skips the comedy part. And I don't want to write something really dark. Like, it will have darkness. But the overall vibe won't be dark.
Show threadDTrasler WritingJun 6
@clacksee Yeah....Rom-com-traum, if you can accept that "traum" is pronounced "trom". But it sounds intriguing!
Show threadChris Ford Jun 6
@clacksee 'Normal People', for example?
Show threadShouty personJun 6
@cford
I've just searched for it and the only one I found is a book by Sally Rooney. StoryGraph says it's sad and literary. Which is kind of the opposite vibe of what I'm after. Unless I've found the wrong book?
Show threadChris Ford Jun 6
@clacksee That was the one I meant, but I can see now it doesn't match the redeeming mood you're planning.
Show threadZuri (he/him) ❌️👑 | 🕐 CETJun 6
@clacksee Reminds me of "Feel good" by Mae Martin, though only one of them is traumatized, but the show is good at balancing (dark) humor with serious personal struggle (sounds incompatible, but it works great). So, even though, it didn't know a label for this, it does exist and it does work. Your short story sounds somewhat similar—and intriguing
Show threadShouty personJun 6
@shaedrich
Ooh, yeah. I watched that. It was really good. Similar vibe. But it didn't have a happy ending if I remember rightly.
Show threadHein RagasJun 6
@clacksee Made me think of the Paladin series by T. Kingfisher. Fantasy rom-traum, for sure.
Show threadCharlie StrossJun 6

@clacksee Necromantasy!

Because you can't spell romance without necromancey.

Show threadIrene ZhangJun 6
@clacksee I feel like all the YA novels are
Show threadShouty personJun 6
@irene All teenagers traumatised (or at least think they are).
Show threadIrene ZhangJun 6
@clacksee yes so angsty
Show threadAdriannaJun 6
@clacksee I would read that genre!
Show threadGemma 👽Jun 6
@clacksee call it... Traumance