So, seriously, why is it that every urban fantasy these days has a heroine with a man’s name, like Hank or Charlie or Fred?
Is it like the green eyes thing in YA?
(Which I don’t understand either.)
So, seriously, why is it that every urban fantasy these days has a heroine with a man’s name, like Hank or Charlie…
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25 responses to “So, seriously, why is it that every urban fantasy these days has a heroine with a man’s name, like Hank or Charlie…”
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Makes ’em eligible for the trans and gender variance accolades without having to have enough gender variance to get boycotted by the right wing. Indeed, some of the characters with those names are exemplars of “proper” biological gender behaviours so that the Right can adopt the books as models of how people thinking about gender variance “should” act: turn their backs on abnormal behaviour and embrace God’s Plan.
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Makes ’em eligible for the trans and gender variance accolades without having to have enough gender variance to get boycotted by the right wing. Indeed, some of the characters with those names are exemplars of “proper” biological gender behaviours so that the Right can adopt the books as models of how people thinking about gender variance “should” act: turn their backs on abnormal behaviour and embrace God’s Plan.
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Makes ’em eligible for the trans and gender variance accolades without having to have enough gender variance to get boycotted by the right wing. Indeed, some of the characters with those names are exemplars of “proper” biological gender behaviours so that the Right can adopt the books as models of how people thinking about gender variance “should” act: turn their backs on abnormal behaviour and embrace God’s Plan.
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Makes ’em eligible for the trans and gender variance accolades without having to have enough gender variance to get boycotted by the right wing. Indeed, some of the characters with those names are exemplars of “proper” biological gender behaviours so that the Right can adopt the books as models of how people thinking about gender variance “should” act: turn their backs on abnormal behaviour and embrace God’s Plan.
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Makes ’em eligible for the trans and gender variance accolades without having to have enough gender variance to get boycotted by the right wing. Indeed, some of the characters with those names are exemplars of “proper” biological gender behaviours so that the Right can adopt the books as models of how people thinking about gender variance “should” act: turn their backs on abnormal behaviour and embrace God’s Plan.
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The green eyes thing is because green eyes are rare so it makes the character (and by extension, the reader) special
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The green eyes thing is because green eyes are rare so it makes the character (and by extension, the reader) special
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The green eyes thing is because green eyes are rare so it makes the character (and by extension, the reader) special
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The green eyes thing is because green eyes are rare so it makes the character (and by extension, the reader) special
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The green eyes thing is because green eyes are rare so it makes the character (and by extension, the reader) special
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I thought it was probably something like that, Fern Kali. But it’s become a cliche now. I roll my eyes every time I see it.
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I thought it was probably something like that, Fern Kali. But it’s become a cliche now. I roll my eyes every time I see it.
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I thought it was probably something like that, Fern Kali. But it’s become a cliche now. I roll my eyes every time I see it.
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I thought it was probably something like that, Fern Kali. But it’s become a cliche now. I roll my eyes every time I see it.
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I thought it was probably something like that, Fern Kali. But it’s become a cliche now. I roll my eyes every time I see it.
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My eyes, which are green, incidentally.
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My eyes, which are green, incidentally.
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My eyes, which are green, incidentally.
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My eyes, which are green, incidentally.
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My eyes, which are green, incidentally.
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Mike Reeves-McMillan I’m sure it was all purple eyes when I was YA. Red hair seems to be a staple that’s continued.
My brother-in-law has green eyes. I have a friend with gold eyes (which both his sons have inherited), and it reminded me of Bran from Silver on the Tree and The Grey King by Susan Cooper, which is the oldest example I know of of unusual eye colour. They’re very striking.
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Mike Reeves-McMillan I’m sure it was all purple eyes when I was YA. Red hair seems to be a staple that’s continued.
My brother-in-law has green eyes. I have a friend with gold eyes (which both his sons have inherited), and it reminded me of Bran from Silver on the Tree and The Grey King by Susan Cooper, which is the oldest example I know of of unusual eye colour. They’re very striking.
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Mike Reeves-McMillan I’m sure it was all purple eyes when I was YA. Red hair seems to be a staple that’s continued.
My brother-in-law has green eyes. I have a friend with gold eyes (which both his sons have inherited), and it reminded me of Bran from Silver on the Tree and The Grey King by Susan Cooper, which is the oldest example I know of of unusual eye colour. They’re very striking.
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Mike Reeves-McMillan I’m sure it was all purple eyes when I was YA. Red hair seems to be a staple that’s continued.
My brother-in-law has green eyes. I have a friend with gold eyes (which both his sons have inherited), and it reminded me of Bran from Silver on the Tree and The Grey King by Susan Cooper, which is the oldest example I know of of unusual eye colour. They’re very striking.
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Mike Reeves-McMillan I’m sure it was all purple eyes when I was YA. Red hair seems to be a staple that’s continued.
My brother-in-law has green eyes. I have a friend with gold eyes (which both his sons have inherited), and it reminded me of Bran from Silver on the Tree and The Grey King by Susan Cooper, which is the oldest example I know of of unusual eye colour. They’re very striking.
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