The shadow daddy trope is ubiquitous in romantasy, but some brooding baddies stand out far more than others. It's a common trope that a romantic shadow daddy has to put on a dark, menacing front to hide his caring nature, or to survive a brutal world. A proper romantasy shadow daddy is unrealistic: unrealistically competent, unrealistically skilled, able to be soft and romantic, but ruthless enough to defeat his foes in battle, but also smart and strategic enough to lead armies and kingdoms. In other words, the quintessential romantasy shadow daddy is an impossibility.
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