Welcome to the Shadow Daddy Bracket: Final Four, where our pleasures are interrogated and pitted against one another. Our contenders? Rochester brooding in his attic-bound domestic gothic, Rhysand a fae High Lord wielding sovereignty and seduction, a couple of aristocrats flexing thier authority, and Buffy’s Angel/Spike—vampiric embodiments of tortured desire and ethical ambiguity.But the bracket isn’t just about who wins a romance face-off. We’re also asking: why now? At a moment of resurgent authoritarianism, and renewed assaults on feminist gains, the cultural magnetism of shadow daddies feels especially charged. Join us as we illuminate the shadows and the allure, tackling the familiar pleasures and the deeply unsettling things it may reveal about us.#shadowdaddy #bracket #romance #romantasy #acotar Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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The Shadow Daddy Bracket
Shadow Daddy's abound. But how do you pick the best one? what would the best even mean? How do you quantify or categorize the shadows and the daddies?Morgan and Isabeau developed a tournament style bracket ranking the shadow daddies of the past, present, and super natural--follow along and make your own! Who will take the crown? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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195.2 A Kingdom of Cocks and Shadows: Quicksilver Part 2: by Callie Hart
Morgan and Isabeau return to the back half of Quicksilver—and yes, the vampires have arrived. With plenty of biting insights, they unpack what makes for a strong first-person narrative (and what can throw it completely off kilter). Then it’s on to the heart of romantasy: shadow daddies and fated mates. Why do some bonds feel electric while others fall flat? She's just the most beautiful mortal in two realms with magical abilities and a seemingly bottomless anxiety spiral. He's a prince, a lord and a tortured big brother just trying to make things right. All the ingredients are on the page but this pound town cake is giving yr grls trouble.Maybe it takes more than magic tattoos and a surly disposition to make the romance in romantasy? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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195.1 Shadow Daddy: The Sum of His Parts: QuickSilver By Callie Hart
This week we’re diving deep into the shadowy (haha) corners of QuickSilver—where Saeris Fane finds herself escaping a burning kingdom in the arms of a shadow daddy by the name of Kingfisher. Badass tattoos and appellation aside what makes a shadow daddy? Is it literally just commanding shadows and six pack? Is it the brooding and the martyr complex? Kingfisher checks all the boxes, and with a winning backstory and clear motivation so does Saeris--so what's the hold up?Follow along in this two parter where we unpack what we are really attracted to when our heroines get tangled in the fantasy of female subjugation. We're ready to do the work on this 1800 year old manchild--but is he? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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194. Kit is the whole caboodle: A Shore Thing by Joanna Lowell
Doff your strawiest cap, we're on a summer holiday to Cornwall with "A Shore Thing" by Joanna Lowell.Muriel has been pigeon-holed into presenting on seaweed instead of her preferred botany interests. Thankfully, the English seaside is not only home to many kelps but also one Kit, a painter who Muriel initially admires as an illustrator of flora and later as an igniter of her more...fauna instincts. Kit is finally living as himself (though not out as trans, this is 1888) and doesn't want to...rock the boat. But that's what falling in love is all about! There's a bicycle race as well. When it comes to character development, what's the difference between personal history and personality? What can cozy romances show us about the unique pacing challenges in romance, broadly? And, in this day and age, what does it mean to be tender with the lads? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Acerca de Whoa!mance: Romance, Feminism, and Ourselves
Listen romance novels are bonkers and we love them, love reading about them, love talking about them and love critically engaging with genre--it can handle the scrutiny. Here at Whoa!mance we tackle everything from the classics (looking at you Woodiwiss) to the current moment; all tropes, all subgenres, all comers. Romance deserves critical inquiry and you deserve a no-bullshit space where actual reviews are given. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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