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Okay, you know the trope about the war-hardened soldier who just wants to grow peas/smuggle/drink and get old and definitely doesn't want to go save the world, right? Think Han Solo, or even the Wizard in the new, not-great Oz movie. Or Madmartigan.
That's the trope. Where are the women? I can think of one example (kinda) in a Patricia C. Wrede book (Caught in Crystal, where the main character is sought out because she went on a pretty interesting trip when she was young that seems to have some ramifications in the present.). I'm actually pretty sure there are more, but I'm drawing a blank.
I also looked on TV Tropes, but I don't think I have the right name for the trope--and I'm definitely NOT talking about the Lovable Rogue or The Lancer, although those could be combined with this one.
Halp.
That's the trope. Where are the women? I can think of one example (kinda) in a Patricia C. Wrede book (Caught in Crystal, where the main character is sought out because she went on a pretty interesting trip when she was young that seems to have some ramifications in the present.). I'm actually pretty sure there are more, but I'm drawing a blank.
I also looked on TV Tropes, but I don't think I have the right name for the trope--and I'm definitely NOT talking about the Lovable Rogue or The Lancer, although those could be combined with this one.
Halp.
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Date: 2013-05-01 02:13 pm (UTC)From:*ponders*
Or maybe defending home.
Was Alice in Wonderland trying to get home?
Dorothy in Oz?
Or are you talking more about someone who doesn't want to get called out of a well-earned retirement?
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Date: 2013-05-01 09:59 pm (UTC)From:no subject
Date: 2013-05-01 10:06 pm (UTC)From:Awful how few mentor type women there are in Hollywood, eh....
Another character I thought of was Paul Newman's in The Color of Money.
Guys in that role, I can think of lots!
But women! Much rarer. But I'll keep thinking. Thank you for the fascinating idea.