Hitching a Ride on the Night Bus

Martha Wells is pretty cool.

I like how she encourages people to just keep on creating. Doesn’t matter if you’re good or bad, what your goal is, what you’re writing. Just write.

Don’t let them take the joy away.

When Life Gives You Corpses is a brilliant YA about a cursed praying mantis who falls for a young witch. Yield Under Great Persuasion is a raunchy, but surprisingly sweet story about two men repairing their relationship. Fabulous Bodies is a horror story about a queer rockstar rising from the dead.

This is Where the Future Bleeds is a fantasy set in a vividly imagined land, where two women (who happen to kiss) are the key to healing the broken sky. You're No Better is a story about a teen struggling in the shadow of his murderous parent. Oil on Canvas is about a woman who finds disturbing paintings in the home of her dead mother.

(Some) Queer Presses:

Lurid Editions are "a publishing project committed to intentional and conscientious acts of archival repair". They are "attentive to how marginalised histories are forgotten and remembered, [and] hungry to rediscover overlooked queer books". They've just received funding from Arts Council England to engage queer readers in a project to contribute to the archive!

Cipher Press "We’re really keen on the idea that queer and minority stories are for everybody, and we want to make our books – and the stories they tell - accessible to all" (what an amazing mission statement!)

Anamot Press "Anamot [Անամոթ] means shameless in Armenian. ⁣⁣Anamot Press publishes poetry and prose on intersecting experiences of gender, sexuality, race, migration, class, belonging and loss - with no shame."

(Some) Queer Bookshops

Queer Lit Oh man, I remember when this was just a tiny little shop, and now they're the biggest LGBT+ bookshop in Europe! They do amazing work in donating books about being trans to schools and parliament! They have a pay-it-forward board that will make you sob with its notes of love and support. (You can tell I wish I still lived nearby)

Lighthouse For Scottish friends - "a queer-owned and woman led independent community bookshop. We are an unapologetically activist, intersectional, feminist, antiracist, lgbtq+ community space"

Gay's The Word The OG Queer bookshop in the UK. One day I will make my pilgrimage!!

She's fat and gets the guy and no one bats an eye.

She's fat and the hottest chick in the sorority and that's normal.

She's fat and an actress and she gets good roles.

She's fat and she's funny and she has character depth and growth.

She's fat and the main character and no one mentions her weight once.

YES. A LOT. -I think the Twinrova see Ganondorf as something of a salvation, similarly to how Hyrule views Zelda and her divine powers. So, they have great expectations of him, and fill his head with visions of grandeur, that he is destined for something greater. -I think Ganondorf in his own way looks up to the Twinrova. They were his first teachers, and his first role models in terms of using magic. Even when he becomes king and they become his subordinates, they hold a special rank where he takes their advice and can trust them to carry out his will in his absence and even take decisions on his behalf.

-All's to say, I think they have a very interesting co-dependent bond. I think the Twinrova are very strict on little Ganondorf. They make him train until he is tired, and then push him further. I think they motivate him to push past his limits by reminding him of how special he is. I think he is subject to a lot of berating when he fails to do a task to perfection, and this in turn feeds his need to live up to this image that he has in his head. -That being said, being little, of course he will get up to mischief, some of which the Twinrova will punish and some which they will let slide. -I do think that, within all the hopes they have of Ganondorf that they do love him in their own way. After all, they did sacrifice their own lives to bring him back to life in the oracle games. And I think Ganondorf also loves them back in his own way, given that he engraves their names on his weapons. -All's to say, I do think, between the harsh training and teachings, they have genuine moments. Celebration when Ganondorf masters a particularly difficult spell. Bringing Ganondorf a treat he likes. Encouraging his love of bugs by letting him keep his bug pets. Little moments like that.

-And I do think they do share hugs. Plenty of hugs.