I used to really like alpha heroes, and now I really don't, and I do think for me -- and I don't want to generalize this, I do mean for me -- a lot of the change had to do with my becoming comfortable with wanting and not-wanting things myself, rather than having to have someone make it okay for me to want something.
It's unfortunate, because one of my pushbutton tropes is werewolves, but so many werewolf books with sympathetic werewolf characters are of the 'alpha male pursuing his mate' variety. I wish I could find more werewolf-centric paranormal romances (or, really, paranormal romances period) with female supernaturals, and without alpha heroes.
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Wed, Apr. 2nd, 2008 02:36 am (UTC)It's unfortunate, because one of my pushbutton tropes is werewolves, but so many werewolf books with sympathetic werewolf characters are of the 'alpha male pursuing his mate' variety. I wish I could find more werewolf-centric paranormal romances (or, really, paranormal romances period) with female supernaturals, and without alpha heroes.