[ SECRET POST #3775 ]

[case]

⌈ Secret Post #3775 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

01.



__________________________________________________



02.


__________________________________________________



03.


__________________________________________________



04.


__________________________________________________



05.


__________________________________________________



06.


__________________________________________________



07.


__________________________________________________



08. [SPOILERS for Mass Effect Andromeda]



__________________________________________________


09. [SPOILERS for Zeroes #2/Swarm]



__________________________________________________


10. [SPOILERS for Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress]



__________________________________________________


11. [SPOILERS for The Empress of China]



__________________________________________________


12. [SPOILERS for Batman: Arkham Knight]



__________________________________________________







13. [SPOILERS for 13 Reasons Why]
[WARNING for Suicide, Self Harm]





















Notes:

Secrets Left to Post: 00 pages, 00 secrets from Secret Submission Post #540.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 0 - broken links ], [ 0 - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 0 - too big ], [ 0 - repeat ].
Current Secret Submissions Post: here.
Suggestions, comments, and concerns should go here.

Comments

[(Anonymous)]

When else has Westerfeld written queer ladies? I haven't read his whole corpus, mostly the other stuff because life got busy lately, but I only remember Rana/h_rd in Succession, and I'd honestly like to read more.

That said, I never felt like Rana/h_rd was written in a tropey way, it seemed like it was on a really similar footing to the straight romance. I mean, I'd love it if straight guys were willing to write m/m but honestly, I don't think a discomfort with going there means they shouldn't write f/f or that it will automatically be done badly. I appreciate people doing as much representation as they can, you know?

OP

[(Anonymous)]

1. The Leviathan trilogy: a supporting female character in the second book kisses one of the main characters, a girl disguised as a boy, but drops hints that she's seen through the disguise and tells her she's the "most brilliant boy" she's ever met. She comes back at the end when the girl is no longer disguised and insists she only kissed her out of "curiosity" in a very "doth protest too much" fashion.

2. His short story in the Zombies vs. Unicorns anthology. The female main character's crush and eventual relationship with another girl drives the plot.

3. Afterworlds, again with the female main character and another girl as a major plot element.

None of them are badly written or creepy by themselves, but I do find the pattern of always making it the female characters when he's had plenty of opportunities to write a romance between male characters... suspect, if not creepy. The book in the secret especially had what I thought was a perfect opportunity for something between two of the guys (in fact I was holding my breath for it) but then-- nope, they were both totally straight after all.