Oren, Chris, and Mike rant and rave about romance stories in speculative fiction. They discuss the problems with one-offs, love at first sight, and characters written only as love interests. They gush about couples that are unconventional, and cringe over romances that are creepy or inappropriate.
Correction: Gentlemen Bastards is by Scott Lynch, not John Scalzi.
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Opening and closing theme: The Princess Who Saved Herself by Jonathan Coulton. Used with permission.
Show Notes:
Removing the Creeps from Romance
Lessons from Star Trek: The Next Generation
Lady of the Lake from Merlin
Mara Jade from the Stars Expanded Universe
The Truce at Bakura in the Stars Expanded Universe
Gentlemen Bastards Series by Scott Lynch
Old Man’s War by John Scalzi
Tara MaClay from Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Kennedy from Buffy the Vampire Slayer
I Only Have Eyes for You, from Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Morticia and Gomez in the Addams Family TV Series
Wash and Zoe from Firefly
No mention of Anakin and Padme?
Yeah that one’s a bit rough, like sand…
And at Mythcreants, we hate sand.
Pity no mention of Crichton and Aeryn from Farscape…