Pet peeves (beware some RotE spoilers)

[Albertosaurus Rex]

While this discussion about age is mightily interesting, let's try to get back on topic. Following are a few more pet peeves of mine (I didn't know I had so many!), mostly involving children. Thul: that's a nice pic, but... blue skin? Is that what's happening to Thymara, besides the wings?

The child always lives

This happens mostly in films and tv series and (I think) less in books. If there's an epidemic, or a terrorist attack, or a violent hostage situation, or anything else in which lives are in danger... no matter how many adults die, the kid wil allways pull through. Alas, children in real life are not immune to death, so why should fictional children be? It feels like a cop-out, as if viewers can't handle a child dying.

Naming kids after relatives (or friends)

Parents in fiction are the most unimaginative namers ever. They can't just pick a name because it sounds nice, noooo, children have to be named after significant people in their parents' lives.
I don't necessarily hate the idea of naming kids after relatives. In fact, I would like to do that if I ever have children myself... but only as a middle name. I can't imagine calling my children by my parents' names.