OK. Been there. Done this.

DD and IF were good friends. Both wrote a series of books with an Anti-Hero.

Lymond and James Bond

Both of their heroes were #Cold #Unemotional #DidTheirDuty #SurvivedEVERYTHING.

But…BUT.

DD wrote Lymond through some of the very worst things that can happen to a man. And ended the series with Lymond FINALLY falling in love with the girl who’d been to Hell & Back again to save him.

IF wrote James Bond through some of the very worst things that can happen to a man. And ended the series with Bond STILL a COLD, Unemotional, Did his duty, Survived Everything, LONELY, loveless, empty man.

And Cue : Carly from The Spy (Stalker) Who Loved Me

P.S. And even TODAY, we are programmed to worship and adore the EMPTY, Heartless, Loveless, Womanising, Gun-Toting, Love ME ME ME…ME man with the STD and lifetime of porn movies and easy lays behind him…that have Taught HIM exactly how to pleasure a woman ? ? ?

OK.

I beg to differ. As per :o)