Sarah Elkins at
I can't seem to post this as a reply to @brainwane's article http://geekfeminism.org/2015/10/28/book-club-sorcerer-to-the-crown-microaggressions-and-diaspora/ about Zen Cho's *Sorceror To The Crown*, so
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Re ugly ducklings: I remember in the novel Flicker (https://www.librarything.com/work/217143 but not for everyone), the narrator has seen a woman, Clare, with greasy hair and non-glamorous clothes for weeks and weeks, and only until he runs into a crowd of women with the same sort of look (beatnik?) that he realizes this IS a look, and she's rocking it.
Re YOU LOVE EACH OTHER, I figured she grew up in an almost-convent, and he had that issue of being eaten alive, and both of them were regarded by everyone around them as Icky Other (with but-we-love-you-anyway parents for him), so yeah it would take a while for them to realize anyone could be attracted to them, much less love them romantically.
here
are
SPOILERS
.
.
.
Re ugly ducklings: I remember in the novel Flicker (https://www.librarything.com/work/217143 but not for everyone), the narrator has seen a woman, Clare, with greasy hair and non-glamorous clothes for weeks and weeks, and only until he runs into a crowd of women with the same sort of look (beatnik?) that he realizes this IS a look, and she's rocking it.
Re YOU LOVE EACH OTHER, I figured she grew up in an almost-convent, and he had that issue of being eaten alive, and both of them were regarded by everyone around them as Icky Other (with but-we-love-you-anyway parents for him), so yeah it would take a while for them to realize anyone could be attracted to them, much less love them romantically.
Oops, Sorcerer to the Crown, that is.
Thank you!