scarygodmother said:
In which Zoe makes me wish she would write romcoms in addition to books.
Heh. Um, no. But thanks for playing. We have some lovely parting gifts including:
- unspoken privilege, especially in the form of the heroine’s parents and their gourmet kitchen
- montages and music cues in lieu of characterization or earned emotion
- the “wrong guy” who seems perfect in every way, but isn’t
- easily resolved mix-ups in communication which perpetuate a thin conflict
- pratfalls
- unsatisfying career ambition
- women discovering the joys of raising someone else’s children
- an adorable, sexy manchild who makes for a viable and satisfying romantic partner
- well-meaning friends whose opinions send the female protagonist in the wrong direction because she has no actual opinions of her own (as suggested by Nico Rosso
