Heroines and true loves

I was sitting on the floor, reading my flist, when I stumbled over this post by marabelljade Since our flists do not mix and match at all, and since I laughed so hard I almost spilled coffee out my nose, I thought I´d spread the list to you guys. Enjoy:

There is a distressing tendency in adventure fiction for the Hero's True Love to be nothing more than a trophy. She gives the hero something to aspire for, and gives the Evil Overlord someone to use as a hostage, but that's it. In the typical story she spends most of her time waiting around for the Hero to rescue her. If she had some kind of useful skill, she might be able to avoid capture, or effect her own escape in a way that does not depend on womanly wiles. The True Love is that category of protagonist whose main role is that of love interest for the hero or heroine. This does not preclude military skills, but then again it doesn't preclude the True Love from being an architect, painter, chef, house husband, etc.

( guidelines for harmonious living )

Boring posts

aj_stalin wanted us all to go back through our lj´s and honestly review it, then pick out the dullest post and repost it here. I tried, but what I realized was that every year around exams, my lj gets swamped in "I´m stressed out and unfocused" posts that are all equally dull. I cannot decide. They all suck.

Instead, I´m going to re-post my review of this year´s new year´s celebration. It made me feel all fluffy and warm inside. To all you people I´ve been neglecting due to too much work; I still love you guys and will resurface as soon as I´m done!

( new year´s eve love )