It's not just the same-sex pairings that make me skip with joy when I get a new Mercedes Lackey book, it's all the female characters as well that aren't.. useless. Kerowyn is a prime example of why I love Lackey's writing so much. She's honest about the hardships women face becoming Heralds and mercenaries as well as the hardships they face staying a farmer's wife or influential guild member's wife. Avoiding the pointy end of a sword can be, and is, just as difficult as raising a family and playing Healer to a village when there isn't a green robe nearby.
An added bonus, for me, is that in the Arrow's trilogy, Talia had to help pair together a pair of lesbians when one's partner died and she commented that they could have been a trio that worked out had time and fate given them the chance. Not only is she working with queer characters in an awesome way, but she just acknowledged and tackled polyamory too. Pretty awesome in my opinion.
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Date: 2009-05-02 12:16 am (UTC)It's not just the same-sex pairings that make me skip with joy when I get a new Mercedes Lackey book, it's all the female characters as well that aren't.. useless. Kerowyn is a prime example of why I love Lackey's writing so much. She's honest about the hardships women face becoming Heralds and mercenaries as well as the hardships they face staying a farmer's wife or influential guild member's wife. Avoiding the pointy end of a sword can be, and is, just as difficult as raising a family and playing Healer to a village when there isn't a green robe nearby.
An added bonus, for me, is that in the Arrow's trilogy, Talia had to help pair together a pair of lesbians when one's partner died and she commented that they could have been a trio that worked out had time and fate given them the chance. Not only is she working with queer characters in an awesome way, but she just acknowledged and tackled polyamory too. Pretty awesome in my opinion.