tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18257728.post8927529889922222960..comments2017-06-07T15:07:41.330-05:00Comments on Shanna's Journal: Those Dark and Dangerous GuysShanna Swendsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07558317020951521656noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18257728.post-73111631346148468552010-06-22T15:50:13.617-05:002010-06-22T15:50:13.617-05:00I agree with you and also the comments of Carradee...I agree with you and also the comments of Carradee and Chicory, but...<br />Novels are about living out fantasies that are unlikely to impossible in real life. What girl doesn't dream of taming the bad (and also hot) boy?<br />Is it shallow? Yes. Is it entertaining? Hell to the yes.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18257728.post-67800675955778348922010-06-16T18:41:42.869-05:002010-06-16T18:41:42.869-05:00Preach on, sister! One thing about the `bad boy&#...Preach on, sister! One thing about the `bad boy' vs. best pal trope that gets to me is how often the heroine barely knows the bad boy she's fallen for. He's just really hot and... really hot. What happens fifty years down the road when he has a pot belly and his tattoos are stretched out of shape? <br /><br />That's actually one of the things I appreciate about your Enchanted Inc. books. You let Katie actually GET TO KNOW Owen before deciding she was head-over-heels for him. Such good sense shouldn't be as rare as it is in the book world.Chicorynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18257728.post-35908518060967542292010-06-16T17:51:24.081-05:002010-06-16T17:51:24.081-05:00Agreed. It's not unusual for me to be wonderi...Agreed. It's not unusual for me to be wondering "Hey, <em>chica</em>, you really wanna be treated like that for the rest of your @#$%@# life?" If the girl's dangerous, or if her experience is limited, okay, maybe she can handle it or she doesn't know any better. But when there's a nice guy <em>right there</em>… um… huh?<br /><br />*thinks about her characters* I don't write love triangles. The closest I've come is a side character's unrequited interest in a narrator, and both ultimately end up with somebody better suited for them.<br /><br />My YA UF novel has a hero who's a bad nice boy. He's dangerous when the situation calls for it, even to the point of killing somebody, but he never ever <em>ever</em> turns that on the heroine, though he technically has a right to and she accepts his right.<br /><br />I just realized that's an inverse of the entire healthy —> unhealthy relationship progression. My poor hero keeps seeking a <em>healthy</em> relationship with the heroine, and she doesn't understand what he's doing.<br /><br />If you write that scene, let us know. I'll buy that book. ^_^Carradeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05431561739001270522noreply@blogger.com