Not offended; you're absolutely right. Writing fantasy is not an excuse to stop thinking or to erase the hard stuff. I think it's fair sometimes to pare down the accompanying issues that would also happen in the real world as an artificial means to focus on something, but it can get really hard to do that paring down. Clearly.
And since I would hope that fantasy does matter, a lot, thinking is important.
Gah. This is like realizing that Robin McKinley is endorsing colonialism. Normally I like these authors because they think (hmm, actually, Wrede not so much; I read her for the sugar hit). It's always a little icky when you realize what the thinking implies.
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Date: 2009-05-16 01:30 pm (UTC)And since I would hope that fantasy does matter, a lot, thinking is important.
Gah. This is like realizing that Robin McKinley is endorsing colonialism. Normally I like these authors because they think (hmm, actually, Wrede not so much; I read her for the sugar hit). It's always a little icky when you realize what the thinking implies.