Episode 62: Tropes & Cliches: Dead Parents

Dirty Old Ladies: The Podcast by Amanda Lafrenais

Dec 5, 201901:16:59Arts

Where are your parents?! Spike, Kel, and Amanda talk about the trope so common in YA stories and Anime, dead or missing parents. Why are these children left to their own devices and what does that do for the story?

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