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girlscience · 1 year ago

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okay. I read gideon the ninth. i gave in and read the popular book that i had a grudge against reading because it was popular and marketed as lesbian books and it got recommended every time anyone talked about the lack of women as main characters in sci-fi/fantasy. and it was exactly as good as people said it was. also, for those of you who thought i was unbearable over zoro?? you ain't seen nothing yet

#the marketing as lesbian books isn't a bad thing... i just get very tired of like queer book marketing? if that makes sense #yes i want books with queer characters but i don't really want that to be the only reason a book is considered good #i hope i'm making sense #but that's not how it was! there were lesbians and it was central to the characterization of some characters but that was not what the story #was actually about and not once was sexuality ever brought up and no modern words were ever used to describe someone's sexuality #it was literally. normal. it just was the way they were and it wasn't a whole thing #(also gender was treated the same) and it was genuinely nice and good and wonderful (and high key relatable lol)#but anyway. gideon is everything to me. she is The Character #so i am about to spend a stupid amount of money on a larp longsword #and i am going to think about her every day till i die #also i am going to be reading the next books... but in order to avoid book induced insomnia i will try to read them slower lol #(we'll see if i can succeed or not)

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