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My guess is the editors have a lot of control over the plot and they know what sells, which is why we end up seeing a lot of the same tropes over and over again. I agree with you though, I'd love to see more creativity and new ideas.
Its cute but as much as I like it, the drunk plot is getting repetitive nowadays. Its always the characters cant hold their liquor and they had sex. Its hot and sexy but I dont see much excitement from it. Almost easy sex from the beginning. I dont know if its because authors today are restricted with so much rules that they had to stick with the same plot or they literally dont want to explore new possibilities. I am not annoyed or anything, I just think that creativity in fictional works should not be limited.