Never Even Crossed My Mind

[bloodyrosemccoy]

In other news, I was cruisin’ the intersocks today and discovered that KEL/JOREN SHIPPING EXISTS OH GOD WHY.

I suppose I should have known. To be honest, though, even after years listening to teenage girls sigh over Draco Malfoy, Edward Cullen, Raistlin Majere,* etc., it never would have occurred to me. Possibly this is because I require a nano-scintilla of subtext for a hero/douchebag pairing, and there is none here. As far as I can tell, Joren’s main qualification for fancrushery is that he looks like a manga prettyboy. THIS IS NOT ENOUGH.

Fortunately, then I found some great art of Numair, Daine, Kel, and even Kylaia al Jmaa**, as well as the funniest Lioness Rampant cover ever,*** and everything was okay again.


*Yes, unlike the other two there I love Raistlin as a character, but he is not exactly a Romantical Lead.

**Speaking of fancrushes.

***"She's conquered evil--but can she conquer her deepest desires?" OH MAN PRICELESS.

Comments

[kadharonon.livejournal.com]

I am pretty sure that cover has featured in a panel called "Bad covers for good books." Along with the Alanna on Mars cover that graced an early edition of "The Woman Who Rides Like a Man". (I believe the image I'm thinking of is attached to this particular amazon.com listing? Yeah.)

[padparadscha.livejournal.com]

From here it looks like those two covers are from the same set of Knopf paperbacks ... and judging by the blurbs across the tops of all four books, Knopf had a copy editor with a knack for getting things totally right and totally wrong at the same time. I cannot stop laughing at the entire set.

I feel that my own sets of Immortals, Protector of the Small, and Trickster, sets where every single book features Serious Monochrome Photo Of Girl With Blanket by Joyce Tenneson, are pretty bad covers for good books, too. I much prefer illustrations that actually say something about the character, story, etc..