Adventures embarked upon just because, not because your homophobic parents kicked you out, Lackey, I am looking at you
I was totally thinking of The Last Herald Mage while writing this. I remember the part in the first book where Lackey decided that Vanyel's lover committing suicide over a revenge-murder (was that what it was?) wasn't enough angst -- no, no, he ALSO had to overhear what must have been the only homophobic Herald in existence making some cruel remarks about his relationship. And, of course, when he's captured by the villain, he has to be raped -- god forbid there be any trauma in the guy's life that isn't connected to sex.
Anyway.
The line for LGBTfest is an odd one -- some people want to write about queer ISSUES, which are unfortunately still very much concerned with intolerance, and some people want to celebrate queer CHARACTERS, in which case the focus really should be on their lives and experiences, not the hatred and misery inflicted by others. Ah well.
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I was totally thinking of The Last Herald Mage while writing this. I remember the part in the first book where Lackey decided that Vanyel's lover committing suicide over a revenge-murder (was that what it was?) wasn't enough angst -- no, no, he ALSO had to overhear what must have been the only homophobic Herald in existence making some cruel remarks about his relationship. And, of course, when he's captured by the villain, he has to be raped -- god forbid there be any trauma in the guy's life that isn't connected to sex.
Anyway.
The line for LGBTfest is an odd one -- some people want to write about queer ISSUES, which are unfortunately still very much concerned with intolerance, and some people want to celebrate queer CHARACTERS, in which case the focus really should be on their lives and experiences, not the hatred and misery inflicted by others. Ah well.