Whole Lotta UF Awesome
A while back, somewhere over the mind-bender rainbow that is my brain, LesleyW of LesleyW’s Book Nook had some fun observations about urban fantasy heroines and I sort of challenged her to write a list. And she did! Anyone who reads urban fantasy is gonna love this. Because we all have a sense of humor about what we read too. Right? *shifty eye*
Behold! 10 Things Every Potential UF Heroine Needs to Know. Tada! Eh….click the pic (which I totally stole from Ms. List Mistress). Now – Tada!!
Was that a stitch or what? I could think of a book for every single point on there while reading through it. Good job, Lesley! You made my dreary Thursday so (mentally) bright and shiny. Honest! It’s raining cats, dogs and their offspring here.
But I think I found another thing every UF heroine could potentially need to know: Tatts or, actually, other such markings on the bod. We’ll concentrate on other such markings for a min.
I wonder why burn marks haven’t been used more. Cuz I burned the Bleepity Bleepityblaps out of my left hand last night (goodbye review I was going to write for today, hello mummy hand). Just imagine…the heroine gets burned really viciously…and it’s transcended all her mental roadblocks and now she’s the most awesomest super powered adrenaline fueled ninja touting sword wielding motorcycle squealing demon hosting bee-otch on the face of any planet! So even though I had a brain burp the size of Texas last night and grabbed a thrice-damned 425 degree pan handle without a pot holder…it’s OK. No biggie. Cuz I’ve got an UF story idea! Burn, baby burn. Or rather, maybe ‘no pain, no gain’ applies more? Wish yall could see it; it looks like I embossed my mitt.
What about yall? Got any other ideas for Lesley to put on her too funny list? Head on over and let ‘er know.
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“Just imagine…the heroine gets burned really viciously…and it’s transcended all her mental roadblocks and now she’s the most awesomest super powered adrenaline fueled ninja touting sword wielding motorcycle squealing demon hosting bee-otch on the face of any planet!”
Haahhahaa. That is hi-larious. Love it.
“Wish yall could see it; it looks like I embossed my mitt.”
Call it self-branding. And, actually, I am surprised we haven’t seen any branding in UF.
LOL – thanks for the pimpage.
There’s quite a bit of tattoing (a word I have dreadful trouble spelling) in UF. So far no branding situations that immediately spring to mind.
“I wonder why burn marks haven’t been used more.”
Dang it, you stole my idea. ^_~
It’s like, why do only heroes have burn scars?
The heroine gets put through **** and not a scar.
Huh, my mind is growing increasingly forgetful. Thought I’d replied here, folks.
Lisa, branding might be cool. Bet we’ll see some in the future!
Lesley, thanks for that list! It was great!
Alice, you’re right! Not many UF heroines are scarred physically. It’s all on the fragile inside.