Comments on: What Makes a Heroine Appealing? http://jauntyquills.com/2009/10/26/what-makes-a-heroine-appealing/ Sat, 11 Feb 2012 16:44:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Katherine Garbera http://jauntyquills.com/2009/10/26/what-makes-a-heroine-appealing/comment-page-1/#comment-261881 Katherine Garbera Mon, 26 Oct 2009 13:08:23 +0000 http://jauntyquills.com/?p=1798#comment-261881 I like a heroine I can relate too. I think confidence is important but also a little bit of self-deprecating humor. Without humor I don't think I'd make it through most days. I like the heroine to be someone who I'd probably be friends with. I think she should know who she is when she's not in love and that finding the right guy and falling in love just makes enhances who she already is. Katherine :) I like a heroine I can relate too. I think confidence is important but also a little bit of self-deprecating humor. Without humor I don’t think I’d make it through most days. I like the heroine to be someone who I’d probably be friends with. I think she should know who she is when she’s not in love and that finding the right guy and falling in love just makes enhances who she already is.

Katherine :)

]]> By: Margo Maguire http://jauntyquills.com/2009/10/26/what-makes-a-heroine-appealing/comment-page-1/#comment-261875 Margo Maguire Mon, 26 Oct 2009 12:29:46 +0000 http://jauntyquills.com/?p=1798#comment-261875 I like a heroine who has her own "momentum" in a story. She's got her own things going on, and - as Kristan said - the hero is the icing on the cake... not the cake itself, but the icing. I like a heroine who has her own “momentum” in a story. She’s got her own things going on, and – as Kristan said – the hero is the icing on the cake… not the cake itself, but the icing.

]]> By: Lynz http://jauntyquills.com/2009/10/26/what-makes-a-heroine-appealing/comment-page-1/#comment-261872 Lynz Mon, 26 Oct 2009 11:25:26 +0000 http://jauntyquills.com/?p=1798#comment-261872 I agree with those three and with Kristan's confidence, too. They're all important, and I need all four of those factors (in varying degrees, depending on the heroine in question) in order to enjoy reading about her. But the most important thing? She has to be the hero's equal. (Of course, the same goes for him.) She has to be able to stand up to him, to support him, and to relax with him. She has to make him question himself and she has to make him unsure of her affections. She has to prove that she's attracted to him for more than just his pretty face and his confidence. She has to make me feel that she'll take on the responsibilities, and the joys, that being in a relationship with the hero will bring. That, to me, is what matters most. I agree with those three and with Kristan’s confidence, too. They’re all important, and I need all four of those factors (in varying degrees, depending on the heroine in question) in order to enjoy reading about her. But the most important thing?

She has to be the hero’s equal. (Of course, the same goes for him.) She has to be able to stand up to him, to support him, and to relax with him. She has to make him question himself and she has to make him unsure of her affections. She has to prove that she’s attracted to him for more than just his pretty face and his confidence. She has to make me feel that she’ll take on the responsibilities, and the joys, that being in a relationship with the hero will bring.

That, to me, is what matters most.

]]> By: kristan higgins http://jauntyquills.com/2009/10/26/what-makes-a-heroine-appealing/comment-page-1/#comment-261871 kristan higgins Mon, 26 Oct 2009 11:10:21 +0000 http://jauntyquills.com/?p=1798#comment-261871 You're right on all counts, I think, Shana...but I'd have to list confidence, too. Nothing less appealing than a heroine who needs the hero's affections to make her feel worthy. I always like the sense that he's the icing on the cake of life; not the cake itself. You’re right on all counts, I think, Shana…but I’d have to list confidence, too. Nothing less appealing than a heroine who needs the hero’s affections to make her feel worthy. I always like the sense that he’s the icing on the cake of life; not the cake itself.

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