tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3765273460365468255.post1382727647453739831..comments2024-01-15T05:32:40.311-05:00Comments on Writtled: I hate her...and Bows and Books.Kelleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03237422917705115205noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3765273460365468255.post-68340854307742371742011-07-07T13:50:31.561-04:002011-07-07T13:50:31.561-04:00Laurathewise: I laughed at this. Hard. Like milk c...Laurathewise: I laughed at this. Hard. Like milk coming out of the nose if I had indeed been drinking milk.Kelleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03237422917705115205noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3765273460365468255.post-50224266410483863592011-07-07T13:48:18.769-04:002011-07-07T13:48:18.769-04:00I completely agree with you--I saw your comment on...I completely agree with you--I saw your comment on my post http://lauraplusthevoices.blogspot.com/2011/07/twsb-on-reading-romance-and-my-ya-pet.html?showComment=1310060487510#c8157635250714256706 (sorry, that was long:P). The male version of this is: Awkward, insecure guy meets mysterious, sexually experienced girl. Inexplicably she goes out with him--perhaps to toy with him at first, but then she falls for him and there's usually a bj involved. Then boy loses girl--to some kind of tragic accident, she moves away, or she breaks down because of her own insecurities--but whatever the reason, boy uses girl as a stepping stone on the path to his own self-esteem, sexuality, and personal realization. Read: everything John Green's ever written.<br /><br />Bleh.Laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15725049899131699912noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3765273460365468255.post-20763442809858349122011-06-27T12:01:30.894-04:002011-06-27T12:01:30.894-04:00Jenna, exactly. I feel the same way. I read one, t...Jenna, exactly. I feel the same way. I read one, that's fine. I read uhmm...more than six, I'm disturbed. (I'm just guessing about the number but ugh. Sounds about right).Kelleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03237422917705115205noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3765273460365468255.post-50585121453308244082011-06-27T12:00:23.972-04:002011-06-27T12:00:23.972-04:00CN, Sigh. I know, but I've been seeing way (WA...CN, Sigh. I know, but I've been seeing way (WAY) better than since I was teenager. Back then, it was completely slim pickin's. Nowadays, they have great female MCs, but just recently there's been a lot of characters like I talked about. Not my fave. But YA will always be a favorite, and I love romance, so I'll deal with it. <br /><br /><br />David, I agree. And having a realization as a reaction to the guy sounds like a story I'd love to read.Kelleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03237422917705115205noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3765273460365468255.post-43764139481361125802011-06-25T14:09:19.243-04:002011-06-25T14:09:19.243-04:00Teenage girl wish fulfillment. Pretty much as insi...Teenage girl wish fulfillment. Pretty much as insipid as teenage boy wish fulfillment, only different.<br /><br />I just hate the prevalence of the paradigm of "strange guy awakens realization." It's fine sometimes, but I'd rather the awakening happen because the girl reacts against a guy, or as part of her own realization. This plot often becomes demeaning toward women, and I find that insulting, even though I'm a bloke.David Alastair Haydenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04388339435468414583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3765273460365468255.post-21513413702230973082011-06-24T14:07:48.292-04:002011-06-24T14:07:48.292-04:00I take it you read a lot of YAs? Because that'...I take it you read a lot of YAs? Because that's 80% of YA heroines, right there.Charlie N. Holmberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13546802577363686054noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3765273460365468255.post-18615555525958469332011-06-24T13:52:01.469-04:002011-06-24T13:52:01.469-04:00I know what you're talking about. It didn'...I know what you're talking about. It didn't bother me too much in the beginning, but now I'm seeing a lot of that same type of pattern and it is getting weary.Jenna Cooperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18329926652906059439noreply@blogger.com