{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"THE CANDLELiT CORNER","provider_url":"https:\/\/melarowe.com\/magic-blog","title":"What Is the Fated Mates Trope \u2014 And Why Readers Love to Hate It","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"3SjGHis2xz\"><a href=\"https:\/\/melarowe.com\/magic-blog\/what-is-the-fated-mates-trope\/\">What Is the Fated Mates Trope \u2014 And Why Readers Love to Hate It<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/melarowe.com\/magic-blog\/what-is-the-fated-mates-trope\/embed\/#?secret=3SjGHis2xz\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;What Is the Fated Mates Trope \u2014 And Why Readers Love to Hate It&#8221; &#8212; THE CANDLELiT CORNER\" data-secret=\"3SjGHis2xz\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script>\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/melarowe.com\/magic-blog\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n<\/script>\n","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/melarowe.com\/magic-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Candlelit-Corner-Blog-images-Fated-Mated-Trope-Explained.jpg","thumbnail_width":1000,"thumbnail_height":1500,"description":"I wrote a gothic fantasy romance, \"Awakened Ash and Alchemy\", based on flipping the fated mates trope and wanted to explore the good, bad, and the ugly parts of What Is the Fated Mates Trope \u2014 And Why Readers Love to Hate It."}