[ SECRET POST #1436 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #1436 ⌋

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

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Notes:

Secrets Left to Post: 03 pages, 055 secrets from Secret Submission Post #205.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 1 2 - broken links ], [ 1 - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 1 - too big ], [ 1 - repeat ].
Current Secret Submissions Post: here.
Suggestions, comments, and concerns should go here.

Comments

[(Anonymous)]

Haha I re-read these after Coville showed up on FSecret last time (for a diff series though, the My Teacher is an Alien ones). Go go remind me of my childhood!

Anyway, regarding your post, that's one of my favorite things about them though. The protagonists are seriously flawed too. The captain is an antisocial hardass. The diplomatic officer is a liar and somewhat insubordinate. The mechanic is disdainful and kinda racist. Snout's not usually too douchey but he's got a real holier-than-thou streak at times. Tar Gibbons is probably the only one who never pulls a total jerk move. It's nice though because normally kid's books aren't willing to show realistic personalities. These characters were more fun because they had more depth.

[ankeelv2.livejournal.com]

THIS. I loooved that they weren't this perfect alien cast, swooping in to criticize the protagonist. Bruce is actually usually really good about that; all his books have characters that have interesting and in-depth personalities.

[shinshokuinsane.livejournal.com]

Jumping in to say that I agree as well. It's so annoying when books have the faultless "others" (be they alien or not) show up to explain to our culture how horrible and primitive we are, versus how *~*advanced*~* and *-~-*noble*-~-* they are. Truthfulness aside, it's revoltingly condescending, and kids can pick up on that (as well as adults).

Coville made sure that the books had valuable lessons, but they weren't a result of characters lecturing the Bad Ol' Humans. Instead, they came about naturally in how the book portrayed problem-solving. Even when the aliens got their jabs in, the point was usually "think before you speak." ("Do you come from a swamp planet?")

[(Anonymous)]

Was that the secret about anon still waiting for the sequels?