/"supernormal--which sounded better than psychic, or witch."/
Wait, isn’t the term “supernormal” an oxymoron? If anything, it could describe the average person who had no magical, spiritual, or supernatural ability at all. I certainly wouldn’t think “psychic” or “witch” when hearing it.
/the Preternatural Branch marshals never have partners/
Um, why? Wouldn’t it make more sense to have backup when dealing with supernatural creatures?
/I was living in sin with both of them/
Anita, nobody says ‘living in sin’ these days unless they’re A) being sarcastic or B) old and old-fashioned. Good grief, she reminds me of Anastasia Steele from Fifty Shades of Grey who also said “living in sin” with a straight face, even though she lives in the 21st century and is supposed to be in her early 20’s.
/NO ONE THESE DAYS EVER LIVES WITH A SIGNIFICANT OTHER THEY'RE NOT MARRIED TO/
In fairness, maybe it wasn’t the fact that she wasn’t married to them, maybe it was the fact that she was dating both of them at the same time. Polyamory is still usually considered weird and ‘edgy.’
/yay rules when they say she can shoot people, boo when they say she can't/
Yep, exactly. Anita doesn’t really care about rules or laws; she just cares about getting her way.
/JUST CALL HIM A 'TEACHER'S PET' WHY DON'T YOU!/
Pfft, now I’m imagining an AU fanfic where the cast of Anita Blake is all in high school and Anita is the jealous loser who skulks in the corner by herself, rags on all of the (blonde) cheerleaders, tries to steal their boyfriends, and spends practically every day in detention because she constantly talks back to her teachers and tries to attack her classmates.
/She's constantly sold to us as beyond experienced and competent, and she *chose* to come be a cop while dressed like that, regardless of whether Nathaniel picked the outfit or not. She could have just said no and put on something sensible because BEING A COP MEANS NEVER KNOWING WHEN YOU MIGHT GET CALLED INTO THE FIELD AND SHE SURE AS HELL MUST KNOW THAT BY NOW./
Anita can protest about being “forced” to dress that way all she wants, but at the end of the day, she’s a lying hypocrite. She likes having men stare at her, she likes being the center of attention, and THAT’S why she has the gall to get on her high horse when other women dress similarly. Who cares if her clothes aren’t practical for work, they put her in the spotlight! And Anita wonders why her coworkers don’t take her seriously.
/Anita talks about how even the monsters are afraid of her/
Okay, Ms. Hamilton? If even the literal blood-sucking monsters are afraid of your so-called heroine and it’s not because of her ABILITY to kill them, but her eager WILLINGNESS to do so? Then your heroine comes off looking like a bigger monster than they are.
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Wait, isn’t the term “supernormal” an oxymoron? If anything, it could describe the average person who had no magical, spiritual, or supernatural ability at all. I certainly wouldn’t think “psychic” or “witch” when hearing it.
/the Preternatural Branch marshals never have partners/
Um, why? Wouldn’t it make more sense to have backup when dealing with supernatural creatures?
/I was living in sin with both of them/
Anita, nobody says ‘living in sin’ these days unless they’re A) being sarcastic or B) old and old-fashioned. Good grief, she reminds me of Anastasia Steele from Fifty Shades of Grey who also said “living in sin” with a straight face, even though she lives in the 21st century and is supposed to be in her early 20’s.
/NO ONE THESE DAYS EVER LIVES WITH A SIGNIFICANT OTHER THEY'RE NOT MARRIED TO/
In fairness, maybe it wasn’t the fact that she wasn’t married to them, maybe it was the fact that she was dating both of them at the same time. Polyamory is still usually considered weird and ‘edgy.’
/yay rules when they say she can shoot people, boo when they say she can't/
Yep, exactly. Anita doesn’t really care about rules or laws; she just cares about getting her way.
/JUST CALL HIM A 'TEACHER'S PET' WHY DON'T YOU!/
Pfft, now I’m imagining an AU fanfic where the cast of Anita Blake is all in high school and Anita is the jealous loser who skulks in the corner by herself, rags on all of the (blonde) cheerleaders, tries to steal their boyfriends, and spends practically every day in detention because she constantly talks back to her teachers and tries to attack her classmates.
/She's constantly sold to us as beyond experienced and competent, and she *chose* to come be a cop while dressed like that, regardless of whether Nathaniel picked the outfit or not. She could have just said no and put on something sensible because BEING A COP MEANS NEVER KNOWING WHEN YOU MIGHT GET CALLED INTO THE FIELD AND SHE SURE AS HELL MUST KNOW THAT BY NOW./
Anita can protest about being “forced” to dress that way all she wants, but at the end of the day, she’s a lying hypocrite. She likes having men stare at her, she likes being the center of attention, and THAT’S why she has the gall to get on her high horse when other women dress similarly. Who cares if her clothes aren’t practical for work, they put her in the spotlight! And Anita wonders why her coworkers don’t take her seriously.
/Anita talks about how even the monsters are afraid of her/
Okay, Ms. Hamilton? If even the literal blood-sucking monsters are afraid of your so-called heroine and it’s not because of her ABILITY to kill them, but her eager WILLINGNESS to do so? Then your heroine comes off looking like a bigger monster than they are.