You have written a perfect post. (You Mary Sue, you.) I read the part about Jeremy and Elena--fellow Kelley Armstrong fans represent!-aloud to my roommate. I have seen every single one of Kelley Armstrong's heroines dismissed like this, and yet as you say, never Jeremy, or Clay the youngest-werewolf-ever-turned super-genius crazy-hotass, or Lucas the sorcerous-mafia-don's illegitimate best-beloved son. Great characters all, but so're Armstrong's heroines.
There is something amiss when only guys are let away with being remarkable, when generally stories centre on remarkable people because--they make stories happen by doing remarkable things, or by rising to the occasion in remarkable situations.
And none of my characters have represented my ideal self either. ;) Despite the fact that proof exists that they must be, with them having talents, or being... short, or being... ladies at all... when I am also a lady! (Coincidence? I think not!)
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Date: 2011-10-11 09:27 pm (UTC)There is something amiss when only guys are let away with being remarkable, when generally stories centre on remarkable people because--they make stories happen by doing remarkable things, or by rising to the occasion in remarkable situations.
And none of my characters have represented my ideal self either. ;) Despite the fact that proof exists that they must be, with them having talents, or being... short, or being... ladies at all... when I am also a lady! (Coincidence? I think not!)