That is not a hair color term, nor a way you should use it

[sashocirrione]

"Raven" is kind of iffy as a hair color term. It's not wrong, it's just sort of in the realm of purple prose.

Calling a person "the raven" in the same way you'd call a person "the blonde" or "the brunette" makes me want to scream.

Calling a male person "the ravenette" makes me want to stab my eyes out.

Unfortunately, I think that calling a male "the

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[serious_mccoy]

I kind of wish people would stop describing characters as nothing but a hair color in general, actually.

Ravenette is just especially dumb.

[ran_mouri82]

Bet they think it sounds fancier, when in reality, it comes across like they're trying too hard.

[cheryl_bites]

...Is that a durian in your icon? I wish I could throw one at the Suethors. (IE spellcheck doesn't think "durian"'s a word, wtf... Oh, it doesn't think "spellcheck"'s a word either. XD)

[sashocirrione]

Yes, it's a durian.

[mprice]

Leave it to bad!fic authors to ruin a perfectly good descriptor. I will never read "raven-haired beauty" the same way again.

[alchemistpotion]

What? What? Revenette? All I can think of is a candy I really liked as a child called raisinettes. This is the most utterly, baffling, bizarre term I've ever seen come out of badfics.

[lilafilly2]

*see cheryl_bites' comment above for more ridiculous terms*

[jackbotsattack]

Well, I guess it's like, what else do you call them? I mean, black-haired sounds stupid.

I usually go with "dark-haired."

...Or they could, ya know, USE SOMETHING OTHER THAN HAIR COLOR. Just sayin'. XP