Are You With @mouse-on-a-line134?? It Seems Like It Idk Im Dumb

Are you with @mouse-on-a-line134?? It seems like it… idk I’m dumb

I am!🫶

My partner @mouse-on-a-line134 suggested I draw myself in Richie’s clothing(bc our entire friend group has this thing where we’re basically it characters and I’m Richie) and ofc I loved it soooo!!

😼👌

Bro

I’m working on something and..

The ref😭

WHAT I HAVE AFTER TWO HOURS😭😭😭

This is gonna take forever..

Spicynoodles my beloved

I’m falling in love with Samantha Shannon’s books bc there’s sm lgbt and the best part is that it’s not even in the title so my parents can’t take my books away and all that

Cause yknow

They think I’m ‘confused’ and that lgbt stuff will make me ‘confused’

:/

ANYWAYYY YAYYYYYYYY😍😍😍

A thing I really, really love about The Roots of Chaos series is how Shannon just completely refuses to incorporate internalized homophobia into it, even though, logically, it would make perfect sense to do so.

Shannon made a world dependent on bloodlines, but instead of making heterosexuality a norm, she gracefully avoided it. In any instance when she introduces an LGBT character, she provides a simple, yet very effective explanation as to why this doesn't propose a problem to their heritage at all.

Sabran marries and gets pregnant, but ultimately ends up with Ead and their relationship works out.

Wulfert's parents are two Lords that had children through former marriages, so they have a secured heir.

And probably the most interesting take is the Priory itself, especially with Tunuva and Esbar who are both in love with each other, but have decided to have children with men in order to serve their community. Their relationship is never hindered by their need to lay with a man. There is neither jealousy nor misunderstanding.

Shannon basically doesn't offer a single opening for the reader to question why homosexuality is so normalized in her world because, in the end, it doesn't really matter. LGBT characters are a crucial part of this story and Shannon eradicates any potential opportunity to undermine their existence.

It's refreshing. It's enjoyable. And, most of all, it's satisfying.