Green Eyes
Aug. 14th, 2005 01:53 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
raefinlayI've been reading the new(ish) Luna line to get a feel for that particular market. Read one that was pretty decent. (C.E. Murphy's Urban Shaman.) Read another that was abysmal. The abysmal one contains the typical hero/heroine in a love/hate relationship. They torment each other verbally while being undeniably drawn together by flaming passion, blah, blah. *has headache from rolling eyes so much* If I read another "sparks" or "moth to flame" metaphor I will spork this book.
Also, the heroine has green eyes. Not only are they green, they are oft-noted whenever the reader is forced to wallow in the hero's POV.
Dude(s). In one of my WIPs, my heroine has green eyes. I didn't do this because it was a cliche. I did it because *I* have green eyes, so I know how to write about them. Color-crayon green. Green that makes people look twice and say, DUDE, you have GREEN eyes. My sister has green eyes. My cousin has the kind of sea-green eyes that make you think about tropical beaches. Green eyes are just...normal. To me.
But reading the abysmal book, I'm getting it. I see why people are so irritated by the green eye thing. Why do so many authors choose this color for attractive heroines? I guess Hitler ruined us for blue. (Unless, of course, the blue eyes are accompanied by dark hair.) And brown is just so...I dunno. Why not brown? Do we still have subconsious, residual issues with brown?
*repaints all characters with brown eyes*
Also, the heroine has green eyes. Not only are they green, they are oft-noted whenever the reader is forced to wallow in the hero's POV.
Dude(s). In one of my WIPs, my heroine has green eyes. I didn't do this because it was a cliche. I did it because *I* have green eyes, so I know how to write about them. Color-crayon green. Green that makes people look twice and say, DUDE, you have GREEN eyes. My sister has green eyes. My cousin has the kind of sea-green eyes that make you think about tropical beaches. Green eyes are just...normal. To me.
But reading the abysmal book, I'm getting it. I see why people are so irritated by the green eye thing. Why do so many authors choose this color for attractive heroines? I guess Hitler ruined us for blue. (Unless, of course, the blue eyes are accompanied by dark hair.) And brown is just so...I dunno. Why not brown? Do we still have subconsious, residual issues with brown?
*repaints all characters with brown eyes*
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Date: 2005-08-15 01:54 am (UTC)And *I* have brown eyes.
One thing I've noticed about people with non-brown eyes ("colored eyes", as they are referred to in Pakistan :D) is that it's hard to determine what exact color they really are. They tend to be a mix of grey and blue, or green and blue, or blue and grey, or all three. My husband, frex, has chameleon eyes--when he wears blue, they look blue, when he wears green, they look green; when he wears red, er... ;).
And I agree with Jodes, a lot of the time you don't even notice eye color, really, unless you make a point to look. I'm thinking of people I see pretty regularly and I can't remembder what colors eyes most of them have.
*goes away, musing that eye color is definitely overrated as a descriptor in novels*
~Rabia
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Date: 2005-08-15 02:08 am (UTC)I don't consider romantic fantasy and fantasy romance the same thing. To me, these are different types of novels.