[ SECRET POST #2419 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2419 ⌋

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Notes:

Way early because taking dog to the vet. :c

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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

I'm not a particular fan of Gaiman, and haven't read a great deal of his work, but some things do bother me. I read Stardust as a teenager and remember being disappointed and bored by it, but remember no details whatsoever.

American Gods, on the other hand, bothered me because the sex worker and the homosexual character (one of each) existed only long enough to be introduced, have sex, and then get killed, having contributed nothing to the story whatsoever. And the death of the sex worker (a goddess whose name I cannot remember) read as overly detailed and gratuitous to me.

Of course, there aren't that many works out there that don't have problematic aspects to them; I don't begrudge people the right to enjoy them on their merits.

[(Anonymous)]

American Gods, on the other hand, bothered me because the sex worker and the homosexual character (one of each) existed only long enough to be introduced, have sex, and then get killed, having contributed nothing to the story whatsoever. And the death of the sex worker (a goddess whose name I cannot remember) read as overly detailed and gratuitous to me.

That's how I felt about the way those characters were written.

Reading Neverwhere and Stardust right after each other bothered me a little because in both novels women who are presented as "adults" are rejected in favour of ones who are presented as waif-like girls.

[(Anonymous)]

Oh god, this. I never finished Neverwhere because it was just awful. I read spoilers, and eh, it always creeped me out that Richard went with the teenage-like girl instead of his adult fiancée.

[(Anonymous)]

It's been a while since I read Neverwhere, but I didn't get the impression that he went with Door specifically (or especially as a romantic interest), so much as he went with London Below as the place he would rather be part of. I don't actually recall a romance between them, though I haven't read the book for some time.

[(Anonymous)]

I kind of recall it being at least implied? But it's also been a really long time since I've read it, so who knows. And I do agree that London Below was definitely a bigger part of it than Door.