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⌈ Secret Post #2473 ⌋

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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

I do sympathize, because I re-read the Blue Sword a couple of years ago and found problems with it as well. (The ones you mention and others.)

I think you also need to consider why she was writing.

From her blog: http://robinmckinley.com/faq/faq.php?q_id=11, but summarized as the fact she partly wrote The Blue Sword in reaction to the Sheikh movie, because she thought the women characters were being treated so poorly, and that she wanted to portray the native culture as being as good as or better than the Homelanders.

What I find interesting is how it is the women who bring the magic back, specifically the mothers of Aerin and Harry. Like magic is more powerful through the matriarchy or something. Also, unlike current YA fiction, there is much less focus on the romance, and there is no romance triangle, which was sort of nice to revisit.

About the white thing and Aerin: If memory serves, Aerin is considered a bit odd because she is pale, compared to her relatives.