ugh

are we the baddies: SFF subgenre focused on agents of an imperial power realizing that and grappling with what to do next, in contrast to stories focusing on the scrappy rebels resisting said imperial power

I could fix him (the empire): SFF subgenre where the colonized subject being nice and/or sexy enough Ends Colonialism, frequently tied to the John President of Racism problem

librarian bait: books centered on the transformative life-changing power of books and libraries, cousin to books focused on the transformative life-changing power of storytelling and narrative in general

college brochure fiction: stories where the protagonist has an artfully arranged group of diverse friends who are as flat as paper and whose cultural backgrounds never come up meaningfully

It hails from an immortal tumblr post by penultimate-step, except not immortal apparently because I get 'not found' when I try to go back to the original. So here's the text:

like am I taking crazy pills. yes animorphs has a lot to say about war and violence and the impact these things have on people, specifically on children. but it is making these points in a way that is digestible for a 12 year old's brain. I'm not going to tell all the adults I know looking for urban fantasy to read Bruce Coville's magic shop books, no matter how much I loved Jeremy Thatcher Dragon Hatcher when I was 8.

like if someone was like "hey I'm seeking middle grades/ya recs because of x reason" then maybe it's appropriate to recommend percy jackson or warrior cats, but if somebody is like "I'm looking for something dark and unflinching about the price of war, maybe in a vaguely sci fi current day setting" I'm not going to tell them to read animorphs unless they also add they'd like it to be for younger readers.

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