have to admit, I love a good tortured hero. In my fantasies I do, I mean. But after my first tortured boyfriend, though, I said to myself, “Hmm. There’s a reason torture’s outlawed under the Geneva convention.” And since then I’ve stuck to guys with a little less drama, and it’s worked out admirably.
So what type do you love in fiction but hate in fact?
November 20th, 2006 at 11:59 am
My ex-husband was/is a typical Alpha male with a tortured past. . . boy, did I learn the hard way that feisty females do not mix well with Alpha males — unless you want to live a real life soap opera!
That being said. . . I can’t resist reading a mystery or romance with a drop dead handsome bad boy. . .
November 20th, 2006 at 12:04 pm
I’ll go with the torcherd bit. They make great fiction but forget living with them. That and anyone who ever tells you they are crazy. I’ve meet some real loonies who assured me they were nuts, and boy they weren’t kidding.
Alice
November 20th, 2006 at 12:25 pm
Alpha males who think they know what’s best for me–even if they’re right, damn them.
November 21st, 2006 at 11:19 am
I get weak-kneed at an intense, broody bad boy on a redemptive path in stories. But keep ‘em out of my real life, *please*!
November 25th, 2006 at 12:25 am
Pirates. Definitely pirates. Oh-so-sexy on the page and on the screen. In real life, nothing but bad teeth and monosyllabic conversation. Plus, wooden legs can cause nasty splinters during intimate moments.
Oh, and amnesiacs. After my first amnesiac boyfriend, I swore I’d never go THERE again. He kept forgetting I’d dumped him. In the end, I had to move and change my phone numbers. No more sexy amnesiacs for me.
November 25th, 2006 at 1:52 am
The Rake. Seriously, we’re talking about guys who slept with pretty much anything that was female and walked in the upright position. While I’d like my guy to have a little bit of experience, I don’t think I’d go as far as a Rake. I’d spend too much time worrying about “what” he might have…*shudder*
And Tessa, I’m giggling about the amnesiac boyfriend…*snicker, snicker* Too funny!
November 25th, 2006 at 7:46 pm
Tessa, you’re too hilarious. Both the pirates and the amnesiacs. I can just imagine the matrimonial conversation with the pirate:
Her: So, I went to the parent-teacher meeting today.
Him: Aye?
Her: Ms. Hall said that little Johnny’s doing fine, but he’s having a little problem with spelling.
Him: Yer don’t say.
Her: She said it’s most inexplicable, but he keeps overusing the same consonant over … and over … and over again.
Him: Arr!
Her: Yes! That’s the one.
November 27th, 2006 at 10:03 am
You know, I wonder if we will see an upsurge in tortured heroes, courtesy of the Bush administration? Because that Geneva Convention bit doesn’t seem to fly with them.
Arrr.
November 27th, 2006 at 11:40 am
I am forced to add that I neither endorse, nor do not endorse, that last remark. I am officially distant from it.