Oh man. Lark and Rosethorn being confirmed as not only wlw, but also polyamorous wlw, on top of Daja being confirmed gay, really vindicated my deep and abiding love for that series.
The thing with Circle of Magic, I think, was that while Lark/Rosethorn being confirmed retroactively fit perfectly into the existing story, there wasn't really anything in the 8 books prior that read to me as "queerbaiting." Lark's love for Rosethorn was most obvious in Briar's Book during the Blue Pox epidemic, but even now I'm not sure I could read any of their behavior as notably romantic in nature. Maybe that was because I was like 13 or whatever when I read it the first time, but you know what I mean, right?
I think it's okay if kids want to just read stuff that's explicitly queer from start to finish. It's how I feel about not reading old dead white guy fiction or watching Louis C.K. standup. Yes, the stuff those people produced was high-quality and insightful and everything, but there's SO MUCH STUFF in the world. We don't have time to consume all of it. Maybe she just doesn't read Tammy's stuff until someone explicitly recommends it; much as I love the series, I think it's fine if she reads something else good in its place.
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Date: 2018-12-18 10:50 pm (UTC)The thing with Circle of Magic, I think, was that while Lark/Rosethorn being confirmed retroactively fit perfectly into the existing story, there wasn't really anything in the 8 books prior that read to me as "queerbaiting." Lark's love for Rosethorn was most obvious in Briar's Book during the Blue Pox epidemic, but even now I'm not sure I could read any of their behavior as notably romantic in nature. Maybe that was because I was like 13 or whatever when I read it the first time, but you know what I mean, right?
I think it's okay if kids want to just read stuff that's explicitly queer from start to finish. It's how I feel about not reading old dead white guy fiction or watching Louis C.K. standup. Yes, the stuff those people produced was high-quality and insightful and everything, but there's SO MUCH STUFF in the world. We don't have time to consume all of it. Maybe she just doesn't read Tammy's stuff until someone explicitly recommends it; much as I love the series, I think it's fine if she reads something else good in its place.