Secret Moon by Siira Gou6/29/2023 ![]() ![]() How does a sophisticated, aloof, and lonely vampire handle a lover whose personality changes in moonlight? How does the lover whose personality keeps changing handle who he has become? What does it mean to the two characters' futures? A vampire and werewolf couple may be standard fare where the book takes off is taking the "given" characteristics to natural, organic conclusions. ![]() Secret Moon by Siira Gou is a great example of building off tropes. A trope-and a character-more forward.Ī stereotype says, "Vampires are sophisticated and aloof therefore, so-and-so is sophisticated and aloof."Ī trope says, "So-and-so is a sophisticated and aloof vampire therefore. ![]() The stereotype works backwards, grounding characteristics in nothing but the audience's assumptions. In many cases, a trope can become a character. Tropes are a great place to begin character development. ![]()
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