I finally figured out who Rachel Morgan reminds me of ...

[fembuck]

This chick, right here!   VICKI NELSON from Blood Ties, ya'll!!!

1. They both own and operate a private detective firm runner business
2. They both have demon marks that they are ashamed of but earned fighting for truth justice and the goody-goody way
3. They are both spunky tough girls with hearts of gold
4. They both have wacky side-kicks who do leg work for them (Coreen and Jenks)
5. Mike is like a stand in for every one of Rachel's ill-fated boyfriends.  They try so hard but are destined for failure.
5. Rachel had a childhood sickness and Vicki has glasses. It humanizes them, ya'll! They're just like you and me!
7. They both use bravery as an excuse for doing exceedingly stupid things.
8. And they both have brooding vampire love interests who they are clearly meant to be with, but fight for some inexplicable reason! Only, Vicki might be more ridiculous in this case, cause she doesn't even have a vamp-scar or gay!panic to blame.  Then again, Vicki is also far less of a c-tease than Rachel is, so Henry suffers less. 

Feast your eyes on this ...

    

Ah, I feel so much better now that I've figured it out :D

Comments

[idylll.livejournal.com]

I thought he turned Vicki into a vampire, and now they couldn't be together cause vamps are solitary?

[runetraverse.livejournal.com]

*giggle, snort* Is it bad I had the same thought when I first learned about Blood Ties? Though I didn't do the Ivy/Henry comparison, so I had no idea why they clicked in my head until I read your post. xD And yeah, if I remember some of the summaries / stuff I read, he changes her to a vampire to save her life, but vamp-dominance in those books is through the roof, so it's impossible for them to be together for any real length of time without epic fighting/trying to kill each other. They actually manage to work together later on for one book, and everyone even comments how unusual it is that they can do that.

But I must give you love just for the smexy that is Christina Cox. *dies* So gorgeous.

[dollfleshdecay.livejournal.com]

Rachel had a childhood sickness and Vicki has glasses. It humanizes them, ya'll! They're just like you and me!

*snicker*

I've never heard of this show. Is it any good?

[ic1pher.livejournal.com]

Very aptly drawn parallels. I see it. Christina Cox is smokin'. So true. Seems that cockblocking is a core element in writing urban fantasy, who knew, huh? :D

[ex-stanleyt.livejournal.com]

This post made me giggle (it's late, that's my excuse and I'm sticking to it!) :p

[madndizzee.livejournal.com]

LMAO! i love Christina Cox and i love this post. very good conclusions.