Comments on: And the Winner is… Meri

By: willaful

willaful — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 07:20:29 +0000

Sorry, that wasn’t me being shy, it was verbatim.

By: RfP

RfP — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 04:07:39 +0000

“You’re as big as a –” WHAT?

You’re killing me here. (I suppose that should be “… with your enormous sword of vengeance”, but… enough.)

By: willaful

willaful — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 03:42:37 +0000

Just found one! Passion’s Sweet Revenge by Jo Goodman. Oh man, I love this gawdawful cover. “She wanted his revenge to go on forever…”

“It will never fit inside me. You’re as big as a –”

Back from 1990, before she really found her voice.

By: Meri

Meri — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 07:24:34 +0000

I think one reason we’re seeing less of this is that we’re getting many of these scenes from the hero’s POV rather than the heroine’s, especially in recent years. I recall reading romance novels from the heroine’s POV in which she thought it wouldn’t work but didn’t express that thought. The hero obviously can’t be surprised by size issues and most aren’t too worried about it (other than Dain).

I ended up with The Bronze Horseman and The Viscount who Loved Me as examples. I’m not particularly fond of this trope, but both books were keepers for me.

By: willaful

willaful — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 22:16:43 +0000

“For me, it means those books aren’t usually keepers.”

I’ve been pondering this same question and came up with exactly the same answer. Several of us did remember the scene from _Lord of Scoundrels_, but *most* of these scenes are from generic books by generic authors.

By: RfP

RfP — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 17:09:23 +0000

Does this mean this trope is facing an era of shrinkage?

For me, it means those books aren’t usually keepers. I think that scene can, ah, arise from a reliance on generic faux-hawtness (much like muscles replacing character development), or from a Little Red Riding Hood fantasy (“Oooh what big teeth you have!”). There’s no room on my shelf for the former.