S02.02: The Alpha in Romance Novels

Fated Mates - A Romance Novel Podcast

Fated Mates

Society & Culture, Documentary, Books, Arts

4.9 • 889 Ratings

🗓️ 18 September 2019

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Summary

As we lead into Season Two, and consider the fact that some of our faves are definitely going to be problematic, we’re talking about the alpha hero this week — we’re also tackling the beta hero and the cinnamon roll, and why these archetypes largely don’t work for us. We’re talking romance heroes who changed the game for us and the genre, about how hard it is to turn the alphahole around, and how satisfying it is to watch it happen. We’re also talking the female gaze (of course) and the patriarchy (like always).

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0:00.0	Um, interstitial 2.1. Is that what we call them? I don't understand.
0:05.7	We're not doing point anything anymore. No, we're not, no, we're not using points anymore. That's what that we promised our producer that we would never label anything point anything. But like, isn't this? It's like season. It's like 201. I don't know. There's like a TV numbering system.
0:23.0	We're not going to use it.
0:24.0	But it's season two, interstitial one is what it is.
0:27.0	Yeah.
0:28.3	We're no more point five episodes, you guys.
0:31.4	You're going to have to pay attention to the titles now.
0:34.9	I mean, do as we say, not as we do. I mean, obviously you should just listen to everything
0:40.4	and not even worry about it. That would be the ideal thing for all of us. So, welcome to faded mates,
0:49.3	everyone. We are going to be talking this week. Well, are we rage interstitialing, Sarah?
0:55.4	That's what I need to know.
0:57.8	I think we are.
0:59.2	I'm pretty ragey about this.
1:01.3	And I want to have a talk.
1:03.1	I know.
1:04.1	Okay.
1:04.8	It's not, maybe rage is too strong a word.
1:08.4	No, we're unpacking.
1:10.2	Yeah.
1:10.5	I want to, so part of my joy, you guys,
1:14.4	here's where I'm at. Yesterday, I was walking in the park in Brooklyn with my dog and my kid,
1:20.8	and I had this moment where I had a thought that I didn't love about romance and I wanted to unpack it.
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