As much as I have loved reading all the different romances, and talking in class about the Essential points to a romance, it seems to be that the most perfect romance is one that does not have any of the requirements. Isn't the most perfect romance once that is completely organic and completely your own? I suppose that within the few requirements there is room to make it your own, but it seems to me that the only true requirements are a Quest, a Happy Ending, and The Spark.
Something we haven't mentioned in class, and perhaps we haven't because it seems so obvious, is The Spark. Not the Nicolas Sparks. The spark between two individuals which seems to be the most key requirement in a love story. Love at first sight, friends growing into lovers, whatever you want to call it, the fire between two people in love HAS to be in a romance. Otherwise it simply becomes a tale of two friends. And although friends often, and should, love each other, it is in a very different sense than between two lovers.
There must be a spark. There must be a moment you can recall on years later and say, then. That is when I knew. Maybe you didn't know that you were in love, or that you had found "the one" but you knew that something was beginning that "friends" do not engage in.
So maybe this was already a given and I am just stating the obvious, but to me a spark seems the most essential ingredient into which the most delightful chocolate souffle is created.
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