Would somebody like to tell me why the search option only gives you ten pages of results? How am I supposed to find really old stuff?
You know, I haven't ranted here in a good while. Today's episode of My brain: shared with you, features the ways to destroy a female character in romantic situations.
1-the Mary Sue. The Mary Sue character is often displayed as a stand in for an author's own fish-fulfillment. Regardless of whether it makes a good story, or is realistic, the Mary Sue character often ends up in the arms of a strong, shining knight in armor for little to no reason at all; her sense of being (and lack of personality) makes her the most desirable to these normally complex heroes. Examples include Bella Swan from Twilight (though I've read that that was deliberate for relatability) and any other flat girl next door character.
2-the love triangle. The love triange, often known as team A, and team B, often ends in a female character whose central focus in life becomes which boy to be with, regardless of whether she loves him or not. There are two types of female love triange characters:
A-These female characters spend the better part of their introduction as lush and complex characters, but spend the better part of the plot in indecision once their men step in. Examples include Katniss Everdeen.
B-These female characters spend the first part of their natural romance in good hands. The character is complex; their lives are complete. Once the author/script writer throws in the competitor, however, the female character immediately falls for her sometimes jerkish competitor, making readers wonder whether she wasn't driven to man A out of a small mating pool. This female character often spends weeks cruelly leading her two men on, trying to figure out for herself whom it is she wishes to be with.
Exemptions include breakups with man A after he has shown tremendous amounts of disrespect towards the relationship.
This teenage crisis often takes the reader in circles, ending back at man A and leaving her wondering why she bothered to read in the first place.
Exemptions to the love triangle include falling for Clark Kent while trying to move on from an unattainable Superman fantasy, in which Lois Lane gives up her fantasy and falls in love with Clark Kent without either of the issues stated above.
Examples include half of the YA library selection.
That's it for today, folks! Tune in next week for our special on the absurdity of vampire romances.
This is why I never have anything to read.