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Date Posted: Thursday, September 15, 05:29:26am
Author: ~delle
Subject: Re: You know what else this made me think about? Reuse of characters (r)
In reply to: Nell 's message, "You know what else this made me think about? Reuse of characters (r)" on Wednesday, September 14, 08:25:29pm

they get squashed into classic romance tropes almost by accident.

Except I'd disagree with "by accident". Some stories and some writers hold those Harlequin/Traditional Romance Genre stereotypes very near and dear to their hearts and contort the characters to fit the archtype.

So we have Weak!Whiny!Nikita who needs Strong!Silent!Michael to help her tie her shoes. And Slutty!Elena (since the Traditional Romance Stereotype seems to expect that sexual woman=BAD woman). And Good-Looking But Ultimately Evil Helmut/Jurgen

(Please to note: not all HR or romance-based stories are this way? I'm not speaking about specific writers, but a writing trend I've been observing. Also, I loves me a good romance book - but I find Harlequin and other genre titles still expect and produce stories with very strict story expectations. You don't find a snarly, surly Eve Dallas-type of heroine in th etradition Harlequin titles.)

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Replies:

Oh, I realize that some writers/readers really like this formula (r) -- Nell, Thursday, September 15, 10:25:24am
- hm. good point -- ~delle, Thursday, September 15, 11:43:45am
  - Re: hm. good point -- Diane, Thursday, September 22, 10:35:38pm
    - Re: hm. good point -- sk, Friday, September 23, 10:18:33am
      - Michael and allergies -- ~delle, Friday, September 23, 11:47:23am
        I think I know... -- sk, Friday, September 23, 04:00:52pm
        *Snort* -- JayBee, Friday, September 23, 07:53:43pm
        Snorfle! -- sk, Friday, September 23, 07:55:18pm
        The Nose Whistle. Hee. (NT) -- Genevieve, Friday, September 23, 10:44:06pm
        Nose Whistle? ::joke flies over my head:: (NT) -- ~delle, hopelessly out of touch, Saturday, September 24, 05:33:42am
        LOL, well, there were many jokes around the fandom (r) -- JayBee, Saturday, September 24, 09:33:34am
        I'd heard about it! (r) -- Nell, Saturday, September 24, 10:28:05am
        nasally talented -- sk, Sunday, September 25, 03:57:54pm
        *Raises hand guiltily* -- JayBee, Sunday, September 25, 04:13:21pm
        thank you for stepping up -- sk, Sunday, September 25, 11:12:26pm
        Jaybee or sk -- Diane, Sunday, September 25, 11:48:03pm
        Oh, wow, testing my memory -- JayBee, Monday, September 26, 12:23:33am
        Re: Oh, wow, testing my memory -- sk, Monday, September 26, 08:10:09am
        Re: I think I know... -- Diane, Friday, September 23, 08:52:21pm
        Oh, how interesting...but I have a question (r) -- JayBee, Friday, September 23, 09:24:41pm
        another fact checking thought -- sk, Friday, September 23, 10:04:00pm
        Oh, yeah, I've done that a lot (r) -- JayBee, Friday, September 23, 10:23:59pm
        I still do that, actually...(r) -- Genevieve, Friday, September 23, 10:40:55pm
        I still do it too (r) -- Nell, Saturday, September 24, 10:46:17am
        Due to budgetary concerns...(r) -- Diane, Friday, September 23, 11:31:08pm
        Oh, that's quite interesting! (r) -- JayBee, Saturday, September 24, 12:33:29am
        Because it's everywhere in meta-land just now (r) -- Nell, Saturday, September 24, 10:51:50am
        Re: Oh, that's quite interesting! (r) -- Diane, Saturday, September 24, 01:15:12pm
        Ohh. I tend to stay away (r) -- JayBee, Saturday, September 24, 01:41:40pm
        I have, actually, and you did!! (NT) -- Diane, Saturday, September 24, 10:50:07pm
        that could be a partial description of me as well -- sk, Sunday, September 25, 03:51:23pm
        I know this is largely how I'm reading in some other fandoms (r) -- Nell, Saturday, September 24, 10:42:32am
        Re: Oh, how interesting...but I have a question (r) -- Diane, Saturday, September 24, 01:31:44pm
        Hey, there's nothing wrong with (r) -- JayBee, Saturday, September 24, 01:44:59pm
        Re: Hey, there's nothing wrong with (r) -- Diane, Saturday, September 24, 11:05:14pm
        I watched the show nearly from the beginning, but I still struggle with the fanon/canon line (r) -- Nell, Saturday, September 24, 10:37:29am
        Really? It's got pretty old roots - and there's also the Michael has/had asthma fanon (r) -- Nell, Saturday, September 24, 10:33:32am
        Re: Michael and allergies--My bad -- BetsyG, Saturday, September 24, 11:16:38am
        Re: Michael and allergies--My bad -- Diane, Saturday, September 24, 01:11:14pm
        Hi, BetsyG!!!! (r) -- Cynaera, Saturday, September 24, 08:26:44pm
        allergies, etc -- sk, Sunday, September 25, 03:55:35pm
        BetsyG's stories -- Diane, Sunday, September 25, 10:32:05pm