Romantic Relationships – A Speculative Commentary

Last week we discussed love among characters. This ranged from brotherly love (philia), or the affection between friends who are or can be as close as brothers, to romantic love. I was not able to express all my thoughts on romantic pairings last week and thus this post will contain those ideas. Previously, we discussed …

Love Among Characters – A Reflection

“Considering it, he realized that somehow he never worried about Miriam, and that was wrong. He did not worry about her because she seemed so self-sufficient, so strong. She was like their mother had been, only more so, much more so. But he felt it was wrong to think of a girl that way…It was …

Reposted – Current Events: Downstream of Culture

C. Chancy over at Crossover Queen's Creative Chaos had an excellent post on respect and relationships this past week, readers. It got me thinking and, while I won't say you will see the result of those thoughts in a post on this site any time soon, I will probably be linking to this article again …

“The Power of the Father”

One of the nicest – not the best, but the nicest – Disney films of the modern era was The Game Plan*. Starring Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, the movie follows arrogant quarterback Joe Kingman through the adventure of discovering that he has a daughter whom he never met and never knew existed. In a series …

Romance in Fiction: The Six Types of Amorous Subplot

There is a scene in the movie Pay It Forward where the main character’s single mother tells a friend about her relationship with her son’s social studies teacher. She admits to being nervous because their rapport seems to be taking so long to form. This prompts her friend to say, “Haven’t you ever gotten to …