Fifty Shades of Grey has a similar problem to Twilightnote perhaps because it started life as a Twilight fanfic, in which both lead characters are all-but-impossible to care about. Christian Grey is a rather all-controlling abusive prick, even with his oh-so tragic backstory. Anastasia Steele is a little too dependent on being with the former, having no backbone whatsoever. It doesn't help that Christian is incredibly abusive and even rapes Anastasia, making him very unsympathetic, yet Anastasia ends up married to him.
I'm not sure it fits. It clearly comes under Audience Apathy but what about Darkness-Induced part? You don't care about Steele becuase she's bland, you don't care about Grey because he's a dick. It's not like you no longer care because the setting is so dark, that there is no hope for positive resolution.
- Fifty Shades of Grey has a similar problem to Twilightnote , in which both lead characters are all-but-impossible to care about. Christian Grey is a rather all-controlling abusive prick, even with his oh-so tragic backstory. Anastasia Steele is a little too dependent on being with the former, having no backbone whatsoever. It doesn't help that Christian is incredibly abusive and even rapes Anastasia, making him very unsympathetic, yet Anastasia ends up married to him.
I'm not sure it fits. It clearly comes under Audience Apathy but what about Darkness-Induced part? You don't care about Steele becuase she's bland, you don't care about Grey because he's a dick. It's not like you no longer care because the setting is so dark, that there is no hope for positive resolution.