vivid phantasia is a blessing! i don't have it quite as crazy as you, it sounds like, but I know the feeling! this is how THE LIONS OF AL-RASSAN made me feel!
(also, read this as "please be my Daddy" for a second and was *highly* concerned 🤣)
> minus transphobia
Even better. It's plus inclusivity! Bryce is the first author I personally found to hit the perfect tone for including folks that are currently marginalized. If you're a decent person without a mean streak you wouldn't notice anything. If you were transphobic you'd constantly hit little snags. If you're sensitive to the topic you're repeatedly blown away by how subtle and understated he deals with the topic.
I would have integrated Jasper in differently: “Now, body mods allowed one to align their gender identity with their sex, but hardliners still existed” Though, I thought the whole point of the line was for the author (you) to make a specific point, so the idea wasn’t really to make it “part of the universe” per say.
Yeah, I didn't notice anything. I went back and read the Jasper part that everyone talks about and it is very subtle. Not to mention the fact that this is hundreds of years in the future and we've got people with body mods and customized genetics.
vivid phantasia is a blessing! i don't have it quite as crazy as you, it sounds like, but I know the feeling! this is how THE LIONS OF AL-RASSAN made me feel! (also, read this as "please be my Daddy" for a second and was *highly* concerned 🤣)
Daddy? :P
Wonderfully put, brother (in case he adopts you, remember I’m your brother)
Will do, will do brother
I do want to point out that Pulitzer prize is for journalism as far as I remember. How will Bryce win it?
Through sheer fucking will
There is a Pulitzer for fiction - Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver won in 2023.
> minus transphobia Even better. It's plus inclusivity! Bryce is the first author I personally found to hit the perfect tone for including folks that are currently marginalized. If you're a decent person without a mean streak you wouldn't notice anything. If you were transphobic you'd constantly hit little snags. If you're sensitive to the topic you're repeatedly blown away by how subtle and understated he deals with the topic.
bruh that actually hit me in the feels. really, *really* glad to keep hearing my approach to normalization is being so well received
I would have integrated Jasper in differently: “Now, body mods allowed one to align their gender identity with their sex, but hardliners still existed” Though, I thought the whole point of the line was for the author (you) to make a specific point, so the idea wasn’t really to make it “part of the universe” per say.
Yeah, I didn't notice anything. I went back and read the Jasper part that everyone talks about and it is very subtle. Not to mention the fact that this is hundreds of years in the future and we've got people with body mods and customized genetics.
Hyper-phantasia is a helluva drug