Recently I saw Suicide Squad. There are many, many things wrong with it, but I think one of the things that bothered me most was the relationship between Harley Quinn and The Joker, portraying them as a cutesy, albeit psychotic, …
Month: May 2017
Grand Gestures
One of the tropes I hate most in fiction is the romantic ‘grand gesture’, and here I shall endeavour to explain why. A dating website identifies a grand gesture thusly: An act that is uncharacteristically demonstrative or spectacular, made in …
You write like Agatha Christie – I Write Like
You write like Agatha Christie – I Write Like coutelier: Evidently I write like Agatha Christie. I’ve not actually read a lot of Agatha Christie so I couldn’t tell you if this is accurate or not. I’ve seen apps and …