Seventeen's Love Languages

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Wordcount: 6.6k. I will add pictures tomorrow to facilitate comprehension.

(this was response to a CC that was asked in october 2020)

Introduction
The Love Languages Theory suggests that people communicate love in different ways, and value different forms of love. Miscommunication and hurt can occur when people don't understand this difference, like a gift-giver who doesn't feel appreciated because their friend prefers words of affirmation, and the friend doesn't feel appreciated either. So the recommendation is to learn and observe each other. You can do a quiz to find our your lovelang, and read more here.

For writing it's a useful way to see characters and create conflict when there's no clear villain. It's fun to wonder if certain members drift together because their lovelangs match, or to draft the arc of a relationship by learning to speak in each other's languages.

The five lovelang are:

• Acts of Service
• Gifts
• Physical Touch
• Quality Time
• Words of Affirmation

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