After all, 1920s makes for a good studied piece but might be difficult to sustain and has a limited appeal.
Cross-dressing girl; the whole point is that the mask comes off at some point, at which point things get tough unless she's got backbone, a la Monstrous Regiment.
You can also combine psycho assassin girl with any number of other themes (including cross-dressing, naturally); and there's any amount of RL stuff that would have suited the character, not limited to the 18th Century.
e.g. cross-dressing psycho assassin girl in the 1920s; the careers of Middle East 'liaison officers' like Gertrude Bell certainly had their shady sides; it wouldn't be stretching credibility impossibly to suggest a slightly more black-ops version.
(Of course, there's always the risk of writing 'Modesty Blaise in petticoats'; but the MB books do have zing, even when they're crap.)
Tube map: can name all stations.
Since I live in London, it's probably not surprising.
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Date: 2009-09-23 01:00 pm (UTC)After all, 1920s makes for a good studied piece but might be difficult to sustain and has a limited appeal.
Cross-dressing girl; the whole point is that the mask comes off at some point, at which point things get tough unless she's got backbone, a la Monstrous Regiment.
You can also combine psycho assassin girl with any number of other themes (including cross-dressing, naturally); and there's any amount of RL stuff that would have suited the character, not limited to the 18th Century.
e.g. cross-dressing psycho assassin girl in the 1920s; the careers of Middle East 'liaison officers' like Gertrude Bell certainly had their shady sides; it wouldn't be stretching credibility impossibly to suggest a slightly more black-ops version.
(Of course, there's always the risk of writing 'Modesty Blaise in petticoats'; but the MB books do have zing, even when they're crap.)
Tube map: can name all stations.
Since I live in London, it's probably not surprising.