.@jennygadget She's criticising romance tropes AS PRESENT IN OTHER GENRES and identifying a pattern. Why is this a problem?
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@tithenai@fozmeadows@jennygadget Many excellent romances interrogate it. Loretta Chase's Lord of Scoundrels. Pubbed 20+ years ago.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@tithenai It gets constant crit. There's been a revolution within romance against alphaholes.@fozmeadows@eilatan@jennygadget -
@JustineLavaworm@tithenai@fozmeadows@jennygadget And has for YEARS. - Show replies
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@tithenai@eilatan@jennygadget She calls them "unfairly associated" with paperback romance. WHAT.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@tithenai Her framing was unfortunate.@fozmeadows@eilatan@jennygadget -
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@JustineLavaworm@tithenai@eilatan@jennygadget Which is my point: this whole thread is about FRAMING, not her actual, accurate examples. - Show replies
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@tithenai@fozmeadows@eilatan@jennygadget think I'm caught up & I agree that the DCanoe thing is framed as being a Romance thingThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@tithenai@fozmeadows@eilatan@jennygadget when Paternalistic DCs exist all over: see Lee Adama, Angel, Booth, Mulder, etc -
I am all for snarking on Douchecanoe Chars mind you. But they aren't the entirety or romance nor did romance invent 'em.
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