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[Jonathan Lighter]

That reminds me: "space" is used in the same way.

JL

On Sun, Oct 18, 2026 at 10:05 AM Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com>
wrote:

>
> 'A source of or resource for imaginary events or circumstances.'
>
> I've read this usage countless times in the past, I don't know, ten years.
> Or more. The definition could probably be tweaked:
>
>
> https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/medieval-romance-overflowed-sexually-active-110001663.html
>  ;
>
> These stories [viz., medieval romances] were a place for women to explore
> their desires, free from the idea that they should be chaste.
>
> From the same article:
>
> "And while there are fairy lovers who are kind, gentle and courteous,
> medieval audiences also thrilled to the idea of a brooding fairy
> shadow-daddy."
>
> Why didn't they tell me in Medieval Lit?:
>
> "A shadow daddy...is a trope that is very popular recently in romance
> fantasy books. A shadow daddy, is OLD like 500 years+ but looks young, has
> scars and tattoos, usually darker skin and dark hair, has shadow powers aka
> [sic] the name, like can control darkness or shadows, is HOT, male an[d]
> morally grey and has *issues* and alway falls in love with the main female
> character."
>
> Kind of like a stud sugar daddy with powers instead of cash. "Aka" is good
> too.  The genre is called "romantasy."
>
> JL
>
> --
> "If the truth is half as bad as I think it is, you can't handle the truth."
>


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