"Pink is a good colour. And it deserves more respect."
Song W Eretson is an American writer, artist, YouTuber and podcaster.She is best known for writing the epic fantasy Callatis Chronicles
, which was first released serially via her Ko-Fi page, before being published as a novel in 2023, and also for co-hosting the Two Women Talking podcast with Liana K.
Callatis Chronicles Volume 2 is currently in the works, and she also has her own channel.
Tropes associated with her work:
- Action Girl: She actually doesn't mind this trope, citing Astrid from How to Train Your Dragon as one of her favourite examples, but does feel it's currently overused in modern media.
- Author Appeal: She's very fond of very powerful feminine women using social tactics to manoeuvre throughout life, appropriately enough as a Jane Austen fan.
- Berserk Button:
- As a huge fan of the original Conan the Barbarian, she is not too pleased at how the Arnold Scharzenegger films are what most people think of.
- In an episode of Two Women Talking, Little Women (2019) and its infamous inaccuracies with the costumes are mentioned by someone else, and she voices her displeasure with the film itself and the book as well.
"They didn't even have a single bonnet! And one of the girls wears Ugg boots!"- She devoted a video to ranting about overzealous fans saying "don't like, don't watch" to dismiss any criticism of anything - particularly as it pertains to Taylor Swift.
- But Not Too White: As a pale-skinned redhead, she likes to call attention to the discrimination towards pale skin, particularly in how makeup brands often don't have options for paler complexions.
- Celebrity Resemblance: She's been told she looks like Nicola Coughlan of Derry Girls and Bridgerton fame, especially in the latter, when she has red hair.
- Costume Porn: Callatis Chronicles devotes lots of time to describing the ladies' finery whenever there's a ball. By contrast, her artwork shows costumes that are Simple, yet Opulent.
- Critical Dissonance: She's stepped out of line with the responses to Brave big time, pointing out that the story has a lot of value that's often dismissed because of its focus on the power the queen wields in society, and its focus on political intrigue as opposed to more typical adventure themes.
- D-Cup Distress: She took the time to call out a meme comparing a thin, flat-chested drawing of a woman bearing the caption 'normal woman' with a larger breasted woman reading 'objectified woman', pointing out that large-breasted women do exist.
- Damsel in Distress: She's quite fond of the trope, saying that it's an example of Tropes Are Tools, and the appeal of it for a Rescue Romance is quite compelling.
- Early-Bird Cameo: Before providing a voiceover and section for a Better With Bob video on the fashion of Charmed (1998), she also fact checked the costumes for a video on the episode "Pardon My Past".
- Earn Your Happy Ending: She prefers happy endings and talks about how her kneejerk reaction to Barbie (2023) was to root for Barbie and Ken to get together, while still acknowledging that the actual ending was what was best for the story.
- Eating the Eye Candy: She happily details an experience where she went to see the first Thor and a friend had to remind her to breathe during Chris Hemsworth's Shirtless Scene.
- Fan Fiction: She got her start writing fan fiction for Brave, How to Train Your Dragon and Tangled.
- The Fashionista: She sews her own dresses, and is very knowledgeable about historical clothes, and can often point out inaccuracies in films.
- Genre Throwback: Her artwork is heavily influenced by the Pulp Magazine covers, and pin-up art of the 1940s.
- Irony: When providing a voiceover for a Better With Bob video, she notes the irony that she was quoting Alyssa Milano after having previously spent time in Anti-SJW circles.
- Lighter and Softer: She's not a fan of Dark Fantasy and thinks the market needs more fantasy worlds that are brighter and more colourful.
- Madonna-Whore Complex: Very fond of shooting this completely to hell, posting sensual artwork of attractive women as well as men, and highlighting how Jessica Rabbit is one of her idols for how she completely subverts the trope.
- Of Corsets Sexy: She's happy to debunk the other trope by pointing out that a corset custom made for the wearer and applied correctly is perfectly fine to wear, and she herself likes wearing one to work.
- One of the Boys: Although very traditionally feminine, she admits to having mostly male friends.
- Pink Means Feminine: She likes pink and recalls watching Barbie (2023), where her mother noted her enthusiasm during the Barbie Land sequences because of the sheer amount of pink on display.
- Refitted for Sequel: She recorded an interview for a planned podcast with Bobby Calloway, who then decided to drop the project altogether. A clip from the interview, where she debunks some myths about corsets, later was used in a video.
- Take a Third Option:
- She's quite outspoken about criticising Taylor Swift, and of the school that isn't just about her overuse of breakup songs, but lots of content in the songs that suggests she hasn't learned from her mistakes, appears to fall for people too fast ("I'm glad you think twelve days counts as a long time") and disturbing narratives indicating emotional abuse on her part.
- She dislikes the female characters of the Disney Era Star Wars because they ignored the Expanded Universe, which had some characters she found far more interesting and compelling.
"It's like they took away my steak dinner, gave me gruel, and told me I should like this better because it was made for me." - Tomboy and Girly Girl: In Two Women Talking, she is the Girly Girl to Liana's Tomboy, as a fan of romance novels, Chick Flicks, pop music etc. She is however a Girly Girl with a Tomboy Streak.
