To ‘Look Foul and Feel Fair’: Tolkien’s Influence on a Romantic YA Trope – Christian Article
Every other Tuesday in Storied, K. B. Hoyle explores the ways our cultural narratives act on us individually and in society as a whole. On Twitter, I follow an amusing account called @broodingYAhero. As you might guess from the user name, @broodingYAhero tweets in the guise of a typical brooding hero in Young Adult literature. The results are often hilarious. Recently, @broodingYAhero tweeted: This tweet works because it is a trope in Young Adult literature to present the male hero…