TVTropes.org lists 13 different types of Triangle relationships. The possibilities, when those relationships get used in tandem with additional characters and sub-triangles, are seemingly endless.… Read More »Relationships founded in Delusion
I’m not going to say that the Love Triangle is a hallmark of sloppy storytelling, per se, but lately it’s been the Hamburger Helper of… Read More »The Love Triangle: Choose Wisely, or Else
This comic closes the Hot Guy series, though we certainly haven’t seen the last of him. As I’ve already ranted said my piece regarding this particular… Read More »To Blush or Not To Blush
This is one of those scenarios I can smell from a mile away: the smart, put-together heroine taken off-guard by her potential love interest. Awkward… Read More »Career in the Rearview Mirror
Why? Why, why, WHY? Oh, why is this trope so pervasive, especially in chick-lit? Do we delight in watching fictional women reduce to babbling incoherence… Read More »The Hot Guy: A Trope to Set a Girl’s Teeth on Edge
I’ll admit it. I went through obsessive periods of reading when I was a teenager. I had my Montgomery phase, my Christie phase, my Austen… Read More »Obsession Ad Absurdum
The quirky, boy-crazy best friend makes an appearance! Only for reality to squelch those made-up quirks! I’ll admit, I had a boy-crazy friend once. She… Read More »The Quirks of Writing Side Characters
When I was somewhere in the range of 7-9 years old, I opened my bedroom window and pulled the tab on the screen, curious about… Read More »On Window Screens and Other Things
The Narrator says feminist like it’s a bad thing. Silly Narrator. As I said at the beginning, this comic series mainly serves as a light-hearted… Read More »The Lesser-Known Fifth Horseman
“Girls who love themselves don’t seek validation from everyone around them.” I’ve pondered this statement long before I ever wrote it into this little strip.… Read More »The Girl with Low Self-Esteem, Part 2