My ears are full (pleasantly) of audiobooks
My youngest (now 12, soon to be 13) is a girl who talks - a lot. This post, however, deals with the audio books I've been listening to of late.
On the whole, I enjoy hearing what she's thinking, but there are times when she wants to talk that I don't want to listen - say when I'm engaged in reading or writing. There are other occasions when I'm ( Read more... )
On the whole, I enjoy hearing what she's thinking, but there are times when she wants to talk that I don't want to listen - say when I'm engaged in reading or writing. There are other occasions when I'm ( Read more... )
The Prince - she's the prince's Squire, he's her Knight. Hey Prince, ever hear of the notion that you don't schtup the hired help? Given the inequality of power between them, I thought it was a bad idea - then there's the whole motivation issue - Alana's having sex because she's worried about whether or not she's attractive enough to hold the prince's attention. Not a message I want to teach to my daughters.
The Rogue - she's schtupping the Rogue to stick it to the Prince, who called into doubt her femininity. Again, not a message I want to teach to my daughters.
The Dragon - she's schtupping the Dragon, who she knows is here today and gone tomorrow, principally because she's alone on the road and feels a tingle when he's around. Yeah, right.
I teach my children that sex has two aspects - the procreative aspect (making babies) and the uniative aspect - making two people into one flesh. This teaching is drawn from the scriptures, so if you don't buy them, you don't buy the teaching either, but that's how I was raised, and how I raise my children.
When we write, we bring our world-view with us, and we teach things, whether we intend it or not. I'd like for my daughters to be able to have a role model like Alana, but her choices about love, sex and purity run counter to what I live and teach.
Now, on to Pratchett - like many witty stories, there's not much romance, but issues of sex are discussed, just in the droll Pratchett manner - on many occasions he refers to girls who "aren't good at counting" and the implication is that they are getting pregnant as the result.
Moist and Spike are still an item in "Making Money" and I assume that if Pratchett lives long enough with his faculties intact that he'll be continuing that story arc in the next book concerning Moist running the Discworld equivalent of the IRS.
Thanks for the recommendations - while I'm sure that we agree on very few things concerning politics or religion, I do admire your taste.
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