http://sonjafoust.com/2009/12/22/in-defense-of-alpha-heroes/ Sonja Foust is an author of contemporary category-length romance novels with smart, funny heroines and the (rich) men who love them. Thu, 29 Jul 2010 04:46:30 -0400 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://sonjafoust.com/2009/12/22/in-defense-of-alpha-heroes/comment-page-1/#comment-1875 Beth C. Wed, 23 Dec 2009 14:23:18 +0000 http://sonjafoust.com/?p=1379#comment-1875 I like Alpha heroes but I wouldn't want to be saddled with one. Reading about the fantasy is fine. But in RL I want a friend, someone who will trust my word and let me have control some of the time. I like Alpha heroes but I wouldn't want to be saddled with one. Reading about the fantasy is fine. But in RL I want a friend, someone who will trust my word and let me have control some of the time.

]]> http://sonjafoust.com/2009/12/22/in-defense-of-alpha-heroes/comment-page-1/#comment-1874 Kimberly @ lectitans Wed, 23 Dec 2009 14:12:42 +0000 http://sonjafoust.com/?p=1379#comment-1874 I think it really depends on how he's written. I can very much enjoy an alpha hero if he's like Mal Reynolds, who treats women and men equally. If he's patronizing, though, I lose interest in the alpha very quickly. (This wasn't always the case. When I went through my Harlequin historical phase in 1997-1998 just about any hero was okay with me.) So. Ideal alpha: Mal. Loyal and protective, keeps you at a distance even when he loves you to death, absolutely the boss of everybody, but entirely without acting as though you're incapable of being the boss of yourself if it comes to that. I think it really depends on how he's written. I can very much enjoy an alpha hero if he's like Mal Reynolds, who treats women and men equally. If he's patronizing, though, I lose interest in the alpha very quickly. (This wasn't always the case. When I went through my Harlequin historical phase in 1997-1998 just about any hero was okay with me.) So. Ideal alpha: Mal. Loyal and protective, keeps you at a distance even when he loves you to death, absolutely the boss of everybody, but entirely without acting as though you're incapable of being the boss of yourself if it comes to that.

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