R.L. White > Recent Status Updates

words butcher is no longer allowed to use: sensuous. feminine. (pray tell what is 'feminine sort of willingness' during kissing? by that logic, is there 'masculine almost refusal'?)

And now the French Revolution, was this written for me?!

Hey, Emperor Norton! I knew about that guy!

need to distract cops: send someone to ask for help? knock them out? Nah! Get a naked lady werewolf to do a sexy dance in the rain! No, really: 'primal sort of intensity to her motions, raw sexuality, feminine power coursing through her movements. Her back arched as she spun and whirled, offering out her breasts to the chill rain' NO. REALLY. WTF BUTCHER I AM LAUGHING. NO ONE THINKS THAT'S A NECESSARY ACTION.

You know when Dresden's talking about magic or just with other men you can see why Butcher's a solid writer it's good, the worldbuilding and magic is good! It's just that one thing about women

meets susan again, her lips- so present!, her shirt- so crisp! author fixations are weird once they become obvious!

Dresden's POV constantly sexualises women and then he's like "I'm old-fashioned! I buy women flowers and hold open doors! Ladies in distress!" like that makes up for his...issues. (also I hold open doors for everyone. that's just polite. learn some damn manners Dresden)

Okay but why didn't he tell her about Linda in the first place?

About three more women. All dead sexy. All had their lips described. (also crisp shirts/pantsuits/skirts everywhere. so crisp! the crispiest!)

What is it with Butcher and describing mouths as feminine? Do men not have lips in this world?

Lyra's great but everyone else in charge so far has been a man. And the only women wet nurses or mothers or servants. Boring.

hmm, lots of info-dumping here i'm afraid

I like how Lyra is such a– real little girl. She's rude and savage and a bit of a bully, but worried about her friends and likes exploring.

It's not that I haven't read this, it's that it was so long ago I can't actually remember doing it