I either want a lot more trauma over the revelation, or a Buffy-style "actually, that explains a lot" reaction.
Exactly.
my Elizabethan faerie novel
Is that With Fate Conspire? That's an interesting reaction (re: the protagonist)--I look forward to reading it. :o)
by the sense that the author thinks what they're writing is genuinely romantic,
Oh yes, I have that feeling too. What's so interesting about it is I don't care about authorial intent, not really, and yet--to use your example--the feeling you get when reading Twilight, that the author intends it all to be romantic, is repulsive to me (well, and also highly amusing and really really sad and possibly symptomatic of what's wrong with society today). I guess maybe intent doesn't matter, but our perceptions of it matter to us? Or something. I may be talking about the uber!SPN again; I just never know.
"my family doesn't understand me, but a magical friend will come and SAVE ME and stand by me through HORRIBLE ANGST"
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Exactly.
my Elizabethan faerie novel
Is that With Fate Conspire? That's an interesting reaction (re: the protagonist)--I look forward to reading it. :o)
by the sense that the author thinks what they're writing is genuinely romantic,
Oh yes, I have that feeling too. What's so interesting about it is I don't care about authorial intent, not really, and yet--to use your example--the feeling you get when reading Twilight, that the author intends it all to be romantic, is repulsive to me (well, and also highly amusing and really really sad and possibly symptomatic of what's wrong with society today). I guess maybe intent doesn't matter, but our perceptions of it matter to us? Or something. I may be talking about the uber!SPN again; I just never know.
"my family doesn't understand me, but a magical friend will come and SAVE ME and stand by me through HORRIBLE ANGST"
That sounds perfect. I'm so cheap.