I really need to see DON'T PANIC in large friendly letters right now.

[puella_nerdii]

Am back on campus, and am looking over my course schedule and wondering what the everliving hell I was thinking. Especially since the university's new system makes it a lot harder to do the last-minute class-shuffle I'm so accustomed to.

...maybe I'm less screwed than I think I am? We'll see.

oh god I am still not ready to be a senior heeeeelp

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[puella_nerdii]

Pern is one of those things that seems like a really good idea when you're a preteen (though even then I remember going "...oh really" at the Skeevy Gender Issues). Sort of like Mercedes Lackey, only more pernicious. *ducks* At least her stuff was generally just outright ridonkulous. Oh Vanyel. I don't recall reading the series you mentioned, but it doesn't sound like much of a keeper, so I will stick to my dragon books where the author clearly does not condone the sexism her characters often display.

Guh indeed, and to me it just smashes my honor-buttons so hard, because Laurence will admit to injustice when he sees it and he will do what he can to correct it, and guh moral conviction, and guh conflict between Laurence's code of honor and the one he's expected to develop and the honor-codes of the people he interacts with and now I am just thinking Julius Caesar and "so are they all, all honorable men" because in this case it is non-ironically true and I think it is fascinating how so many people can have such different kinds of integrity, but they all have it --

-- I am tired and fangirling and should probably remedy at least one of these things but. Yeah.

[vulchu]

Admittedly, a lot of the books I read as a child were sort of hand-me-downs from my older brother and my dad. So I wound up reading a lot of male fantasy authors and. Well. They're not always the best ones at displaying equality in terms of gender roles. I agree with you on Lackey though. XD Definitely something that seems good as a preteen, definitely something you look back on and go "wait...what"

Also I take back everything I said about Laurence's immaturity being a bit hard to swallow because FUCK IF THE MAN IS NOT HILARIOUS WHEN HE'S FLUSTERED. I wanted to laugh forever at the exchange with him and Emily and her mom who is all sorts of badass and kickass and epic rolled into one. Admittedly, I do not have huge honor and loyalty pings (that's more katmaxwell's department) but I love to see tight laced men get flustered. XD