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No hero should leave home without these 10 items in his repertoire:

1. Good Looks - if gazing at him doesn't get your motor running and your engine purring, he's not the hero of your dreams.
   • Synonyms: Casanova, Adonis
2. Skills in the Bedroom - or in the shower, on top of the kitchen table, on the living room floor, against a wall, on the stairs, in the car, ahem... you know where this is going.
   • Synonyms: In SBTB land it frequently goes by the term Heroic Wang of Mighty Loving.
3. Brawn and Brains - nothing kills a hero's heroism faster than stupidity. Intelligence is sexy!
   • Synonyms: Nerd, Geek
4. Charm - if he can't charm his way into your knickers with a smile, something's wrong.
   • Synonyms: Magnetism, Thrall, Charisma, Magic
5. Domestic Skills - if he cooks, cleans, and gives orgasms in sets of three or more, he's never allowed out of the house. His name is slave and he answers to Master.
   • Synonyms: Maid, Chef, Sex God
6. Brooding - all heroes brood, it's built into their genetic makeup. We females simply can't resist a good brood, it's our kryptonite.
   • Synonyms: Sulking, Moping, Pouting
7. Possessiveness - they have it, how often they express it is another matter to be taken up by the subgenre or author.
   • Synonyms: Beast, Alpha Male; Green Eyed Monster, Jealousy
     
8. Wealth - not just money, the hero must also be wealthy in knowledge, social connections, life skills, common sense... hold on the last one until later in the novel, because otherwise there might not be a story.
   • Synonyms: Resources
9. Stubbornness - you didn't read that wrong. They're male, it's one of the few flaws we allow them, but only when it serves our purposes.
   • Synonyms: Persistence, Perseverance; Inflexibility, Pigheadedness
10. Heroine - what's the point of #1-9 if he doesn't have #10?
    • Synonyms: She came, she conquered, and he's forever enslaved to the Magic Hoo-Hoo.

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