Collie's Bestiary

I have a few other issues with this so-called Hero’s Journey, at least as laid out by Campbell. First of all, it stipulates a very…

Conclusion In the process of writing this incredibly rambling Firestarter I was asked: why does this matter? Why have I spent all this time considering…

I found at least one of these female villains curiously unsatisfying for a slightly different reason, oddly enough. She was depicted as a goddess of…

I guess what I enjoyed most about the humor that worked for me was when it wasn’t strained, nor about humiliating and belittling others. Humor…

Mercy has two other elements in her story which I’m looking forward to seeing explored. First, she has at least one other person who is…

Before we go on to discussion of my favorite heroine, here’s an example of a heroine where I wasn’t terribly impressed with the story’s sexual…

In the end, it is true there may be folks associated with the allies of these female heroines who want these women dead. It’s also…

This collecting of unlikely allies into community — often in ways the various factions had never before envisioned — is nicely done in the Cassandra…

I should note clearly here I’m not trying to show how Harry is “bad” and everyone else is “good” — because I think all four…

Another curious case in point: the shadow of Lasciel the Temptress (an ancient and evil Fallen angel) seemed to succumb surprisingly quickly to Harry’s sometimes,…