Oh, redemption I more than get. Redemption pretty consistently makes a great story and in one form or another many types of stories hings on redemption.
What I was referring to is domination. There seems to be some form or attraction to either not having control or being dominated in some respect. It happens a lot when fictional alpha heroes are involved. Sometimes, it seems to relate to allowing someone to act the way they want but don't feel free to, but other times... I'm not entirely sure what the attraction might be. But, there is something that shows up from time to time whick makes clear that there's something about domination.
(That's showing up in the Lisa Kleypas novel I exchanged the Pretty Pink Princess novel for. In fact the Pretty Pink Princess novel with its infantalized heroine and its distant authoritarian hero had that domination thing going on (even though there was nothing the least bit rape-like in it.) Similarly, there's nothing rape-y in the Lisa Kleypas novel, but there's quite a bit of very subtle domination going on. (It's not exactly to my taste but it's not to the point where it actually bothers me to the point of disliking the book. It's more of a .... curiosity. )
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Date: 2014-02-07 06:06 pm (UTC)What I was referring to is domination. There seems to be some form or attraction to either not having control or being dominated in some respect. It happens a lot when fictional alpha heroes are involved. Sometimes, it seems to relate to allowing someone to act the way they want but don't feel free to, but other times... I'm not entirely sure what the attraction might be. But, there is something that shows up from time to time whick makes clear that there's something about domination.
(That's showing up in the Lisa Kleypas novel I exchanged the Pretty Pink Princess novel for. In fact the Pretty Pink Princess novel with its infantalized heroine and its distant authoritarian hero had that domination thing going on (even though there was nothing the least bit rape-like in it.) Similarly, there's nothing rape-y in the Lisa Kleypas novel, but there's quite a bit of very subtle domination going on. (It's not exactly to my taste but it's not to the point where it actually bothers me to the point of disliking the book. It's more of a .... curiosity. )