Hmmmm...

[chubling.livejournal.com]

So, it's been a while since I read the Merry series, but my Mom and I have started this tradition of giving each other really awful romance books along with our actual Christmas presents. This year, I got her the first Merry book. I was flipping through it at her house the other day and was reminded about the Branwyn's Tears (or something really close to that) plot.

Now, the Tears are this AWFUL thing that the book makes a big deal about. They make you want to have sex with someone and are like a drug. Sound familiar? How is it that it's fine when Anita does that to people (and herself honestly), but in Merry's world, it's seen as the awful rape drug it is.

How did LKH miss that?

Comments

[kelpqueen.livejournal.com]

Well, all the books are a bit rapey, frankly. And up there setting the women's movement back on a regular basis, just like Twilight (the opposite end of the spectrum). And let's not forget LKH's homophobia. I just hope I'm never on a panel with her at a convention. Honest to god, I have no idea what I'd do! : )

[knitterleigh.livejournal.com]

Just pretend like there is a hole in the universe where she is sitting.