/What is up with YA couples where the guy is constantly belittling and insulting the girl? It's not cute and it's not endearing! What, are couples that have respect for each other somehow out of vogue
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I'm glad. I think a lot about relationships and since I want to be a YA romance novelist, I try really hard to think why a reader would think they will stand the test of time. I really want to write INTELLIGENT books, so everyone can accept the couple.
/If you compare that to Nora and Patch here, you see Patch is completely unchanged. He, like Edward, is considered "perfect" as is, so why change him? Despite the fact that the bad boy appeal comes COMPLETELY with change. You want a bad boy so you can change him. By having Patch remain the exact same, he isn't given the most important part of the bad boy, the redemption
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Exactly. You see her the most basic romance couple in the world. (Romero could be seen as a bad boy, with his hot headed temper and his family) But it's done in all the WRONG ways.
Patch being an utter ass would be fine if Nora stood up to him until he acted like a human being. OR Patch stays relatively the same but has ALWAYS has the strong sense of honor running through him that makes him protect Nora and even "stand up for her honor". So he smokes, plays pool, swears, sleeps around but at the end of the day is a sweetheart with Nora.
Both of those would be fine but...no, he has to be an ass who brings Nora to this disgusting place. It makes you, the reader, feel crept out and disgusted by it all. You really want it to end.
So I don't understand the escapism here EXCEPT among "good" girls who want to "go bad". Or stupid 13 year olds. (And I can't hate on them too much, NORMALLY, they grow out of it. We've all had our Sue writing days.)
"If you compare that to Nora and Patch here, you see Patch is completely unchanged. He, like Edward, is considered 'perfect' as is, so why change him? Despite the fact that the bad boy appeal comes COMPLETELY with change. You want a bad boy so you can change him. By having Patch remain the exact same, he isn't given the most important part of the bad boy, the redemption. Even though that is the most GENERIC change you can have your heroine bestow on the hero."
The bizarre thing is, Fitzpatrick seems to think that he DID change. She said in an interview how he "softened", and Nora comments in an "extra" story written how Patch has become calmer and sweeter after the events of book 1, but most people just weren't paying attention enough to notice it.
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I think you said it beautifully. And I really want to read your novel, BTW. :)
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Patch being an utter ass would be fine if Nora stood up to him until he acted like a human being. OR Patch stays relatively the same but has ALWAYS has the strong sense of honor running through him that makes him protect Nora and even "stand up for her honor". So he smokes, plays pool, swears, sleeps around but at the end of the day is a sweetheart with Nora.
Both of those would be fine but...no, he has to be an ass who brings Nora to this disgusting place. It makes you, the reader, feel crept out and disgusted by it all. You really want it to end.
So I don't understand the escapism here EXCEPT among "good" girls who want to "go bad". Or stupid 13 year olds. (And I can't hate on them too much, NORMALLY, they grow out of it. We've all had our Sue writing days.)
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The bizarre thing is, Fitzpatrick seems to think that he DID change. She said in an interview how he "softened", and Nora comments in an "extra" story written how Patch has become calmer and sweeter after the events of book 1, but most people just weren't paying attention enough to notice it.
Yes, I realize that this makes no sense.
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