The Other Boleyn Girl

I was ready to give up on the film. I don't think I have time for royal court power struggles that are the staples of Asian television. But then there was David Morrissey. So I can't leave, can't I?

Gender Swap Fics

It really annoys me that many gender swap fics made the characters who have changed from male to female shorter and have longer hair. If this happens in a film or on a TV show, it would have been criticized by just about everyone but somehow fic writers just seem to get away with it. I don't know why.

Hair and height does not a woman make. There are plenty of tall girls out there and even more girls with short hair. I don't see why the guys should become shorter just because they are girls now. And honestly doesn't a six-foot-plus girl!Sam make for a better story than a girl of average height?

ETA: Apparently teh_no posted a critique on how easily the male characters in gender-switch fics accept their new bodies.