re Kushiel’s Dart and gratuitous toplessness: i always think to myself "oh, there must have been a bunch of meetings", or whatever the author equivalent is of an actor or director "taking notes" from some executive. At the meeting there will be a pivot table projecting revenue based on certain marketing hooks or promotional tie-ins. "Women missing critical articles of clothing" is a popular option. It's on the drop-down menu. I suspect Kushiel is an IP franchise like Jason Bourne's Identity, Supremacy, Alacrity etc. btw, at the meeting one of the notes was "focus on the fact that the protagonist is DTF". <g>.
Have you ever noticed that the pilot episodes of TV shows—it used to be just on HBO but now it seems like it's everywhere—frequently involve at least one topless woman? I've always found this both enraging and insulting. "Surely," the showrunners say to themselves, "the only thing that can ensure our success and future viewership* is the promise of more titties."
Seems like the Kushiel's Dart cover designers may have all had the same idea.
re Kushiel’s Dart and gratuitous toplessness: i always think to myself "oh, there must have been a bunch of meetings", or whatever the author equivalent is of an actor or director "taking notes" from some executive. At the meeting there will be a pivot table projecting revenue based on certain marketing hooks or promotional tie-ins. "Women missing critical articles of clothing" is a popular option. It's on the drop-down menu. I suspect Kushiel is an IP franchise like Jason Bourne's Identity, Supremacy, Alacrity etc. btw, at the meeting one of the notes was "focus on the fact that the protagonist is DTF". <g>.
Have you ever noticed that the pilot episodes of TV shows—it used to be just on HBO but now it seems like it's everywhere—frequently involve at least one topless woman? I've always found this both enraging and insulting. "Surely," the showrunners say to themselves, "the only thing that can ensure our success and future viewership* is the promise of more titties."
Seems like the Kushiel's Dart cover designers may have all had the same idea.
*Men. They mean men. Straight white men.
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