I hadn't thought about the increased work load that results from well-adjusted heroes and heroines. Although I suppose it makes sense: readers are always going on and on about the tortured hero who is redeemed by the heroine's love. Not too many tortured heroes spring from a perfectly well-adjusted family.
I don't mind orphans as heroines...but I get frustrated when that lack of family network for support and advice also extends to a weak or absent network of friends or created family. The lack of one does not (to me) presuppose the lack of the other.
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Orphans and cast offs
Date: 2007-03-28 11:45 am (UTC)I don't mind orphans as heroines...but I get frustrated when that lack of family network for support and advice also extends to a weak or absent network of friends or created family. The lack of one does not (to me) presuppose the lack of the other.