same-gender attraction seemed to be a minority situation but not a stigmatized one, which rings true in a really satisfying way for queer former-adolescents
Yes! Me too. :D I love worlds where it's just part of normal everyday life. (Some of Tanya Huff's bard stories struck me the same way.) And even if the two girls don't end up happily ever after in this book, well, Ash and her Huntress did, didn't they? So one does feel that happily ever after is a distinct possibility for queer characters in Lo's writing.
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Date: 2011-09-06 09:45 am (UTC)Yes! Me too. :D I love worlds where it's just part of normal everyday life. (Some of Tanya Huff's bard stories struck me the same way.) And even if the two girls don't end up happily ever after in this book, well, Ash and her Huntress did, didn't they? So one does feel that happily ever after is a distinct possibility for queer characters in Lo's writing.