[ SECRET POST #1572 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #1572 ⌋


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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

Do you also complain that Jane, Catherine and Emily 'token female characters'? That Tharkey, Demane and Sipho are 'token COC'?

[iapetusneume.livejournal.com]

Honestly it's been a really long time since I've read the series so I don't remember much about the cast. I do remember wishing there were more women for sure, but also understanding that it might make it difficult given the time period its being written in.

I guess the point that I was trying to make was that it doesn't work to say to me "there are a lot of awesome ______ characters in it" (male, female, queer, straight, PoC, handicapped, young, old, etc...) to me when trying to get me into a series. I mean, I want them there but it isn't going to be the hook that gets me to pick up the book, watch the TV show, play the video game, etc. The hook is going to be the story. I would be just as interested with "Dragons in the Napoleonic Era" if the lead was a woman. Because of Dragons in the Napoleonic Era.


...I get the feeling that I'm not explaining this well.

[(Anonymous)]

No, I think you're understanding it perfectly, it's just that some people can't seem to grasp the concept that authors are allowed to write stories for purposes other than "fighting for social justice." The fact that it's an awesome story doesn't matter to them, because it doesn't advance their cause and therefore it's no good. To them, the fact that Naomi Novik ever wrote slash means that she's hypocritical every time she writes something where homosexuality isn't at the forefront.

[(Anonymous)]

Oh, for Christ's sake, what kind of a stupid strawman argument is that? No one demands that homosexuality should be 'at the forefront', or that the stories are no good as they are. Just that a gay character would be nice. And as for social justice, she is already doing that when it comes to female characters and racial minorities, quite a bit actually, and rather 'at the forefront,' which makes the silence when it comes to gay characters so odd.