It's Lit: The Byronic Hero

I went to YouTube to comment (I figure that Lindsey's co-host doesn't see these comments) but realized there were already hundreds of comments... it is funny how social media creates the "illusion of access". As in: "Wow! I can direct-message Tom Cruise!" Well... yes and no.......

Tim Hammack

JD Robb’s In Death heroine, Eve Dallas, is a Byronic hero who manages to have a happily ever present (it’s a series, so we don’t know her ending) with a hot as fuck billionaire husband (also a hard scrabble backstory) who is madly in love with her and is her rock of emotional stability when her tragic backstory comes back to the fore. In each of the books, Eve exhibits many Byronic characteristics and is kind of an asshole yet always saves the damsel (or lad), gets the bad guys, and shows emotional growth and psychological healing. It’s awesome. JD Robb is a pseudonym for one of the romance genre’s most prolific and legendary authors, Nora Roberts. SOOOOO many Byronic heroes in current romance literature of ALL sub-genres. Mobster, biker gang, alien abduction, high school, sports, etc. If you like this dynamic, check out the romance novel section in your library!

Dude same. I've been binging her videos for 2 days. Came for It's Lit, stayed for She-ra lol

Lovely video, really enjoyed it 👍

VW

Is the beast in beauty and the beast a byronic hero? He predates Byron by about half a century. I wonder what examples there are of this romantic anti-hero before Byron. Is it simply named after him because he was such a prominent brooding bad boy? I'm not sure its fair to say he was the first or the start of the trope. Was he?

Ginny

Watching this I started thinking that Olivia Benson has quite a few Byronic characteristics. And then I figured Eliot Stabler has his own Byronic shit going on... and that these two characters complete each other as a full Byronic hero. My mind is blown.

Tamar Yarkony

Was it "bad" when Charlie Chaplin played a dictator? I think he used the role as vox anima to causes he cared about. I think it depends on the tone and framing. Are there Byronic traits shown as desirable and correct, or worthy of consequence?

JtheFool

So... does having a Byronic hero as main character == bad writing?

In my opinion, this is why channels like Linday's excel and ones like Tamara's Never Seen seem to sputter around the same numbers and reach month after month. It's not enough to just have some pleasant face and moving pictures. Telling us whether or not you thought some piece of fiction was "good" or you personally enjoyed it is only a step from a Reaction Video, and I am much more enriched by someone's Reasoning than by their mere Reacts. There are reviewers whose work contains the style and structure of analysis, but with no actual breakdown and analysis.

JtheFool

That was so interesting!! The part about women going from dying to being "happy" with their captors was pretty gross.

bewitchedfencer

"Isn't it Byronic 🎶"

Johneeyah goodboy

"I'm losing to a bird" makes a comeback!

Maria Tostado

How did Lindsay resist jumping into The Phantom of the Opera segment?

Mister CPU

this video finally got me to follow Princess's channel and like... damn how did I let myself miss out on her for so long. she's great.

Shiny Skunk

I'm so happy you mentioned Ada Lovelace in your video! :D

Maciej Żywioł

My favorite Byronic hero: Loki!

Lin Kibblemom

Princess rocking that cameo. It's interesting because this means Byron was twice depicted as a vampiric figure in works of fiction written by probably jilted lovers; a fact I only know because I had Elisa to do the reading for me.

De

We need a Lord Byron biopic. Look at his first GIS result and tell me Theo James wouldn't be PERFECT.

Jess Morgan