#more in danger than it ever was. bc she is with her ka-tet and they instantly love and accept her and never resent her mobility issues or
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The way susanna is so horrifically (racistly) abused and neglected by the narrative and by king himself… and yet she’s the only one who gets a happy ending…. Its so lame and too little too late and yet…. I crey every time
#i had to go to the bathroom at work to cry when i got to that part of the audiobook. she deserves it#i PRAY the series treats her better. the way king never seems to consider that she might actually care about civil rights movement despite#being apparently a noted figure. like how we never observe her caring about or missing ANYONE from her life in america… in contrast w eddie#and jake. you have to do a lot of work in your imagination to bring susanna to life. for instance i think a lot about the emotional#exhaustion and burnout she must have experienced as a disabled black woman in the 60s. working and protesting and getting arrested and still#not feeling safe and accepted in most places. like i imagine her time in midworld is sort of a vacation for her even though her life is much#more in danger than it ever was. bc she is with her ka-tet and they instantly love and accept her and never resent her mobility issues or#make an issue of her race or gender AND she finds out she’s extremely good at guns and violence and she has REAL POWER#anyways you have to be kinda delusional and like download a lot of mental mods to make the dark tower series really good#mental gymnastics. backflip over a lot of the detta stuff.#stevie k LOVES having smart black characters talk in like… fake slave patois he does it in mr mercedes too. he sucks#but the version of susanna who lives in my heart rules. and eddie dean is a he/him lesbian
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