Myeh. Penalties of starting the post at 1 am. You said "not Betans" and I had to think and look because my instinctive response was "I know that, what are you talking about?"
Your comments about Miles are similar to my thoughts about Ramses in Elizabeth Peters's Amelia Peabody books. I'm fond of him (could never get into his romance after the Big Misunderstanding, though-it was handled so terribly that this is one of the cases where it's actually the female I put up with for the male, instead of my usual reverse) but don't think he's anywhere near as fun and interesting as his parents and uncle are. With Miles, I get the impression he's so popular because he's a romantic figure who's short and hunchbacked and has brittle bones, but compensates with cleverness. (Impression...still on Barrayar.) Which? Isn't really new. I'll be more impressed by that trope when it starts showing up with female characters.
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Date: 2008-08-28 05:05 pm (UTC)Your comments about Miles are similar to my thoughts about Ramses in Elizabeth Peters's Amelia Peabody books. I'm fond of him (could never get into his romance after the Big Misunderstanding, though-it was handled so terribly that this is one of the cases where it's actually the female I put up with for the male, instead of my usual reverse) but don't think he's anywhere near as fun and interesting as his parents and uncle are. With Miles, I get the impression he's so popular because he's a romantic figure who's short and hunchbacked and has brittle bones, but compensates with cleverness. (Impression...still on Barrayar.) Which? Isn't really new. I'll be more impressed by that trope when it starts showing up with female characters.