Now, part of MadYak's objection is not just that Alex is reckless, but that she's reckless and then gets away with it, seemingly with the benefit of too much luck. Well, if Alexandra seems to get away with being stupid by virtue of being lucky, that's definitely a failure on my part; writing your heroine out of a corner by fiat is bad writing.
Though I realize I then went on to talk about how she gets punished at the end of each book, which wasn't quite on-point.
As for your self-hatred theory, I have never commented on it because if I confirmed or denied it I'd probably be giving too much away, right? But it brings up an interesting question: can that theory be evaluated independently of author intent? ;)
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Date: 2012-09-08 04:41 am (UTC)Though I realize I then went on to talk about how she gets punished at the end of each book, which wasn't quite on-point.
As for your self-hatred theory, I have never commented on it because if I confirmed or denied it I'd probably be giving too much away, right? But it brings up an interesting question: can that theory be evaluated independently of author intent? ;)