tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6250078125607062288.post8972329892975160179..comments2023-09-22T18:24:22.356+01:00Comments on Lexi Revellian: Tired Tropes in fictionLexihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14404818053292364819noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6250078125607062288.post-7895173732095874302014-09-14T08:41:29.966+01:002014-09-14T08:41:29.966+01:00Great post, Lexi, and, as usual, interesting comme...Great post, Lexi, and, as usual, interesting comments.Anna Favershamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05099360733287877907noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6250078125607062288.post-37850339864824804322014-09-13T09:30:28.097+01:002014-09-13T09:30:28.097+01:00Ah, but then Lord Peter or Sherlock or Poirot swan...Ah, but then Lord Peter or Sherlock or Poirot swan in and effortlessly work out clues too abstruse for the local bobbies in that tiresome way they have.Lexihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14404818053292364819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6250078125607062288.post-6468230493736702242014-09-12T21:41:12.316+01:002014-09-12T21:41:12.316+01:00#8's most awful form is police procedurals whe...#8's most awful form is police procedurals where the police proceed like perfect ninnies: e.g., part of a body is found in a walled private compound and the police don't question all the residents; then they stake out the prime suspect's residence, sitting out front in a car while he sneaks out the back; then they belatedly discover a large room in a basement at the murder scene. "Oh, how did I miss that/!" asks Officer Doofus. Because the author wanted you to. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6250078125607062288.post-38893842306787512342014-09-07T18:16:05.234+01:002014-09-07T18:16:05.234+01:00That rules out quite a few fairy story heroines, F...That rules out quite a few fairy story heroines, FH...Sleeping Beauty, Snow White, Rapunzel...<br /><br />(Google's spellchecker has just asked me if I meant to write 'shrapnel'.)Lexihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14404818053292364819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6250078125607062288.post-21718357114307197522014-09-07T17:55:07.250+01:002014-09-07T17:55:07.250+01:00Some cliches can work but the ones that annoy me a...Some cliches can work but the ones that annoy me are the ones where things happen simply to advance the plot. "Yes, I know the police would never behave like that, but if they didn't then the heroine wouldn't need rescuing."<br /><br />Oh, and heroines that need rescuing. I don't like them either!fairyhedgehoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14141089706966852951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6250078125607062288.post-57176880132046607042014-09-07T10:58:55.399+01:002014-09-07T10:58:55.399+01:00Hmm...interesting site, but averse as I am to pige...Hmm...interesting site, but averse as I am to pigeon-holing things, I'd classify the members as hobbyists rather than artists. What they make seems to be derivative D & D miniatures, with a bit of LotR thrown in - and why not, if that's what they feel passionate about? Nicely made, some of the pieces. <br /><br />My area of expertise is wax modelling for lost wax casting, coming under craft rather than art, which is just as well given my scepticism about the art market. I believe some modellers use other materials, including epoxy putty, but not so much in the jewellery trade.Lexihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14404818053292364819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6250078125607062288.post-90294400579216423832014-09-07T10:41:19.632+01:002014-09-07T10:41:19.632+01:00Lexi, I admit to limited knowledge of art but I fe...Lexi, I admit to limited knowledge of art but I fear that your knowledge of modern materials is also somewhat limited! I believe that sculptors now use epoxy putty among many other materials ... have a look at 'Ten commandments of epoxy putty'<br />http://www.coolminiornot.com/articles/1266-the-ten-commandments-of-epoxy-puttyQuantumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08686409685564115213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6250078125607062288.post-52302710186752996732014-09-07T09:54:45.891+01:002014-09-07T09:54:45.891+01:00Yes, Monica. "My eyes are way too big for my ...Yes, Monica. "My eyes are way too big for my face, and my mouth too wide. If only my nose was bigger and not tip-tilted, and my hair wasn't so thick and unruly, tumbling untamed down my back, tendrils everywhere. Why must I be so plain?"<br /><br />Q, I have to question your knowledge of art. And your command of metaphor. Artists modelling in putty? Putty is what you attach glass to window frames with. It's never going to evolve with the <i>complexity of a living organism</i>. It's putty, for goodness' sake :o)Lexihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14404818053292364819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6250078125607062288.post-8577703669192861822014-09-07T09:10:48.294+01:002014-09-07T09:10:48.294+01:00Some plots can be put in boxes like this while oth...Some plots can be put in boxes like this while others push boundaries. But in the hands of a great writer the basic plot ideas are like putty in the hands of an artist. It can be moulded around the characters and evolve with the complexity of a living organism, to create something fascinating and unique.<br /><br />I refuse to put my favourite authors in boxes! LOLQuantumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08686409685564115213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6250078125607062288.post-58638653130679970952014-09-06T23:28:36.085+01:002014-09-06T23:28:36.085+01:00You forgot the exquisitely beautiful heroine who k...You forgot the exquisitely beautiful heroine who knows she's just so ugly. Coupled with the brilliant uber rich naturally fit hero who should be in movies, he's so gorgeous. <br />Jayne Anne Krentz broke the mold with her characters...no one was especially gorgeous, except to each other, most of them were self made and the former spies/agents were getting by just fine in their retirement jobs.Monica Stonerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05226556892115627497noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6250078125607062288.post-66743045104689135692014-09-06T18:13:23.105+01:002014-09-06T18:13:23.105+01:00Good luck with your #5 - these themes are popular ...Good luck with your #5 - these themes are popular for a reason, and readers always want more.<br /><br />Re #6 - definitely not <i>Pride and Prejudice</i>. Elizabeth Bennett, dull and pouting? Darcy showering her with gifts? I think not.Lexihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14404818053292364819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6250078125607062288.post-84167536788209888512014-09-06T17:51:16.449+01:002014-09-06T17:51:16.449+01:00I love "liberal arts serial killers." Ju...I love "liberal arts serial killers." Just what we expect out of our liberal arts majors. <br /><br />I have to confess I've written - or am trying to write #5 - teenage girl discovering mental powers & dark family secret. <br /><br />#6 - is this a degrading of Pride & Prejudice? The point being that, while Elizabeth has no particular beauty or musical talent, she does have many other qualities that we understand how Darcy would admire her. But, maybe I've just got P & P on the brain right now.Judithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00515313368190919011noreply@blogger.com