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Entry tags:
- anitaverse,
- book: mg 09: a shiver of light,
- characters: anita blake,
- characters: asher,
- characters: edward,
- characters: jean-claude,
- characters: nathaniel,
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LKH's Seattle Q&A for A Shiver of Light
Many apologies for not posting this sooner, Lashers:
If the embed doesn't work, the link is HERE. For those who don't want to sit through 90mins of LKH talking or have issues with the audio, mod has done a thorough transcription: DOC and RTF format. It's too long to post to the comm in its entirety but we wanted it to be available.
Highlights of the video include:
● seven minute sexist monologue intro
● 4/24 questions relate to Merry Gentry and one doesn't count because it's a spoiler.
● LKH's opinions on body positivity, polyamory, pregnancy, therapy, Guy Zen, the French, Crocs footwear, and softcore porn. This is in addition to answering questions about the books/characters, writing, research, inspiration, and rejection.
Book/character discussions:
● LKH has notes on Anita going home to her family for Thanksgiving.
● She has no favourite book that she's written, she prefers character arcs and development.
● She has notes for a book about Nathaniel, his traumatic childhood, and giving that some resolution.
● Olaf will probably die. Also LKH does not think Olaf/Anita shipping is cool.
● Apparently Asher has always been a bag of dicks and LKH has no plan on Anita "fixing" his scars. Also he's not ambitious enough to try for a Council position.
● Bernardo Spotted-Horse and Peter will return if/when LKH writes about Edward's wedding.
● Belle Morte may come to America but struggle to adapt there.
● Anita will not willingly get pregnant. If Nathaniel could do it, LKH would go with that.
● There are plans for more books set in Merry's universe; two ideas include stories about Barinthus and Rhys. Merry is "content" so LKH isn't sure where to go with her story.
● The preternatural branch of the US Marshal Service may become its own entity. It has too much power and may go horribly wrong.
● LKH struggles to find myths in order to include more reptillian shapeshifters.
If the embed doesn't work, the link is HERE. For those who don't want to sit through 90mins of LKH talking or have issues with the audio, mod has done a thorough transcription: DOC and RTF format. It's too long to post to the comm in its entirety but we wanted it to be available.
Highlights of the video include:
● seven minute sexist monologue intro
● 4/24 questions relate to Merry Gentry and one doesn't count because it's a spoiler.
● LKH's opinions on body positivity, polyamory, pregnancy, therapy, Guy Zen, the French, Crocs footwear, and softcore porn. This is in addition to answering questions about the books/characters, writing, research, inspiration, and rejection.
Book/character discussions:
● LKH has notes on Anita going home to her family for Thanksgiving.
● She has no favourite book that she's written, she prefers character arcs and development.
● She has notes for a book about Nathaniel, his traumatic childhood, and giving that some resolution.
● Olaf will probably die. Also LKH does not think Olaf/Anita shipping is cool.
● Apparently Asher has always been a bag of dicks and LKH has no plan on Anita "fixing" his scars. Also he's not ambitious enough to try for a Council position.
● Bernardo Spotted-Horse and Peter will return if/when LKH writes about Edward's wedding.
● Belle Morte may come to America but struggle to adapt there.
● Anita will not willingly get pregnant. If Nathaniel could do it, LKH would go with that.
● There are plans for more books set in Merry's universe; two ideas include stories about Barinthus and Rhys. Merry is "content" so LKH isn't sure where to go with her story.
● The preternatural branch of the US Marshal Service may become its own entity. It has too much power and may go horribly wrong.
● LKH struggles to find myths in order to include more reptillian shapeshifters.
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Also I find it weird that *she finds him beautiful so it's okay. If this was a real person, it's be so very, very skeevy.
Couple this with how the entire Q&A just makes it seem that LKH has no idea that as a writer of fiction, this means she's allowed to make things up.
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That is EXACTLY how I read it
If this was a real person, it's be so very, very skeevy.
And since she constantly says they ARE real to her....
LKH has no idea that as a writer of fiction, this means she's allowed to make things up.
Right? It's not like the wererats or the ardeur have any place in folklore that I know of (I mean, I realize she gets the idea of ardeur from the idea that incubi/succubi feed on sex, but the seed of an idea isn't the same thing as "has to be there in full as a pre-existing legend or it just isn't allowed to exist in fiction") so why is she suddenly taking that approach? I think she just doesn't want to write about were-reptiles cuz she doesn't find them sexy.
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I'm still struggling to wrap my mind around A Shiver of Light -- fairies! You can literally do anything you want with them! It's not like you're entirely beholden to folklore. But fairies in a world where they've been out in the open for at least a couple of hundred years, yet modern medical science knows exactly jackshit. And immortal warriors of legend totally hit the gym. Not even to practice sparring (though you'd think they'd have their own fighting styles given they're from a whole other society), just lift weights and running. Also they use human firearms. Where are the fae weaponsmiths. Where are the enchanted McGuffins, like a bow that always aims true or darts that carry enchantments. I don't know if LKH has never considered these things before or what. Mostly it just creates so much wasted potential that frustrates me to no end.