#scholomamce

[definitelynot3hippos]

On top of The Scholomance series being a great analogy for capitalism and climate change, romance contains some of the best tropes

Making a list of tropes El and Orion cover

• nerd/jock

• grumpy/sunshine

• optimist/pessimist

•heroine/hero

•misjudged/oblivious

•oblivious/idiot

•black cat/golden retriever

•outcast/golden boy

[kaninchenzero]

i'm choosing to believe that naomi novik intended for the disused space in major cities being used by magic capitalists to steal enough reality to build fortified enclaves in the scholomamce books to be read as allegory for the way real world capitalists launder money through disused space in major cities