Ashara Posted July 6, 2006 Share Posted July 6, 2006 I guess, I should add Elves to the tall, dark and slender ranger-type fetish; or include it in it. Feanor and Kivan... *sigh* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shortstark Posted July 6, 2006 Share Posted July 6, 2006 archers, sentient wolves ala Nighteyes, warging.... Edited to say i dont know if sentient is the right word.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alarich Posted July 6, 2006 Share Posted July 6, 2006 Engineers? Engineers as in clever people who build cool siege engines and other cool prae-industrial machinery that generally blows up or kicks ass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazzlebane Posted July 6, 2006 Share Posted July 6, 2006 I like brooding warrior types. From Aragorn on down, they work for me every time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Wolf Maid Posted July 6, 2006 Share Posted July 6, 2006 The dark, brooding, angsty hero. And the really crafty, evil guy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nyarlathotep Posted July 6, 2006 Share Posted July 6, 2006 Genocide. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Werthead Posted July 6, 2006 Share Posted July 6, 2006 When the person you think is going to be the hero of the novel is unexpectedly killed about fifty pages into the book, making you wonder if the author has gone batshit insane on the spot. This effect is heightened the longer the author holds off on doing it. Vast armies, generals plotting strategies, unexpected screw-ups on the battlefield. Ninja-wizard hybrid assassins, preferably when they're undercover as pirates. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wade1066 Posted July 6, 2006 Share Posted July 6, 2006 Witches and all other sorts of dangerous women. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HimOfTwoFaces Posted July 7, 2006 Share Posted July 7, 2006 Witty dialogue. I can like just about any character so long as they have that going for them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Marquis de Leech Posted July 7, 2006 Share Posted July 7, 2006 Tragedy (of the classical variety, not of the mopey woe-is-me variety). Anti-heroes. Unhappy endings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kuwa Slayne Posted July 7, 2006 Share Posted July 7, 2006 Vintage American sleaze. "The $1,000,000 Broad" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaxom 1974 Posted July 7, 2006 Share Posted July 7, 2006 I like it when the blond pre-historic chick gets all sexified and she goes on whirlwhind sexy adventures about the glacial covered Euro-Asian continent... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kat Posted July 7, 2006 Share Posted July 7, 2006 Travelogues. The more rugged the territory, the better. If it involves a desert that isn't complete crap (as if the author has never been to a desert), even better. If the rocks are described at all, that's the stuff. I dig the naturalist boys in the stories. It's the closest thing I have to a literary crush. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr_Leo Posted July 7, 2006 Share Posted July 7, 2006 I love it when Good Guys turn bad/evil, and visa versa. I'm still looking for a book that starts out with a clearly defined Hero and Villian, and switches them both halfway. Also, when two groups who have been fighting join forces to beat a common enemy. Both painfully cliche, but I usually love it anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elrostar Posted July 7, 2006 Share Posted July 7, 2006 Vintage American sleaze. "The $1,000,000 Broad" I'm a bit of a sucker for classic pulp myself Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ealasaid Posted July 7, 2006 Share Posted July 7, 2006 Chandleresque mysteries...British sleuths (with the exception of Elizabeth George)...expanded fairy tales...and serial killer whodunits (with the exception of Kay Scarpetta) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brienne the Beauty Posted July 7, 2006 Share Posted July 7, 2006 Doomed, heroic last stands. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slick Mongoose Posted July 7, 2006 Share Posted July 7, 2006 Training, magic schools, etc (I know, I know...). I'm really looking forward to the Bran and Arya chapters in ADWD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hereward Posted July 7, 2006 Share Posted July 7, 2006 Largely amoral Machiavellian types, preferrably ones who aren't completely useless in a fight (I'm looking at you Littlefinger). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wade1066 Posted July 7, 2006 Share Posted July 7, 2006 Coming of age, i.e. Ender Wiggin. Though, I don't know of any others besides Ender's Game. Anyone got a rec? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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