also i started the audiobook of The Witcher while cleaning and had to turn it off immediately because it opens with a sex scene. The vitriol is entirely because women enjoy the genre, not because men have a problem with smut in fantasy (ASOIF)
In conversation with GQ's @ZachBaron about the final installment of his #Dune trilogy, Denis Villeneuve shared that the forthcoming film is "more emotional than the others," largely thanks to Chani, played by Zendaya, serving as the story's moral compass.
i also think some of the differences between the word choice and style is just the fact that different protagonists have different narrative voices. and that’s a good thing!! the way katniss talks shouldn’t be the same as the way haymitch talks like please
writing at their skill level & expect readers to meet them at their level, i can understand that her intent’s to have the largest possible mass understand the allegories of her stories, as they almost always relate to current events. and so we have this trade-off (3)
@rareandradiant_ wait isnt this the same person that made that post criticizing the writing quality of sotr? like…IF the prose is any simpler in sotr it’s because ppl like them didn’t understand ballad
it doesn’t matter what female character is girlboss or traditional nice girl or shy timid she’ll always get criticized and people call it “overused trope“meanwhile cocky loud guy or aloof smart guy been around for ages and fandom spaces still glorify these tropes