#nina being a pillar of her own morals and values of her patriotic idealism as kaz calls it

[sturmmhond]

the way some people are comparing soc duology to SJM’s books.

SoC is a masterpiece. They are both in different spectrums. I might be a little biased but literally

Kaz loves Inej, wants to keep her in Ketterdam but doesn’t and gives her agency because he doesn’t want to her to feel tied to any one. Even though they love each other, they are willing to let each other go.

Matthias: predicted against Grisha but learned to unhate after realising what he was taught was wrong

Wylan: dyslexic, good at science and mathematics, overall a good person, gay for Jesper and is a good person overall, some typical Councilman’s kid who was raised with more privileges than an average Kerch person and still did not complain after he ran away

Jesper: flirts with no shame but no one shames him for it

Nina: a plus size character, who’s proud of her body and sexuality. Overall, a confident person

I could list more but I don’t want to turn this into a whole ass essay

What LB writes is completely different than what SJM writes. Leigh is not afraid to write about the flaws and imperfections of her characters, she’s not afraid of giving them the ending they deserve, even if that means a certain death. SJM risks nothing, the characters revolve around sex and physical attractiveness, there’s a lack of representation for POC and LGBTQ, even if has written about them, it’s poorly written and all the main characters has to survive...no one dies.