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The Fantasy Heroine Series by Jill Bearup: A #shorts series in which all your favourite and least favourite tropes are (affectionately) prodded at. There are 51 one-minute episodes arranged in a playlist.
It's a tongue in cheeks series that lampshades fantasy romance tropes. The writer Caroline is looking for a generic fantasy white girl heroine. Instead she gets Rosamund, a 36-year-old widowed mother of two, who can handle a sword only when it's proportional to her weight.
Caroline really wants to set Rosamund up with Hot Enemy Leo, while Rosamund is busy defending her children's inheritance after the murder of her husband. Therefore Catherine keeps throwing tropes (only one bed, fake marriage, etc) at Rosamund, who often surprises Caroline with her choices.
Caroline and Rosamund's back and forth are fun to watch. I really like the fourth wall breaking humour, and the writer clearly knows the tropes enough to make an affectionate parody.
There are currently 35 fics on AO3: link. The main ship is Rosamund/Leo, the canon couple. It's also requested in past Yuletide.
It's a tongue in cheeks series that lampshades fantasy romance tropes. The writer Caroline is looking for a generic fantasy white girl heroine. Instead she gets Rosamund, a 36-year-old widowed mother of two, who can handle a sword only when it's proportional to her weight.
Caroline really wants to set Rosamund up with Hot Enemy Leo, while Rosamund is busy defending her children's inheritance after the murder of her husband. Therefore Catherine keeps throwing tropes (only one bed, fake marriage, etc) at Rosamund, who often surprises Caroline with her choices.
Caroline and Rosamund's back and forth are fun to watch. I really like the fourth wall breaking humour, and the writer clearly knows the tropes enough to make an affectionate parody.
There are currently 35 fics on AO3: link. The main ship is Rosamund/Leo, the canon couple. It's also requested in past Yuletide.
