I- I found out bad information about David eddings. And Leigh. Idk how to react. Wanna know?
uh oh. yeah, tell me; lmao i’m pretty used to liking things by problematic creators, so i think i can handle it whatever it is
They abused their adoptive children. Specifically their 4 year old adoptive son. So bad they had custody taken away after a year
YIKES
that is... particularly disturbing. that will certainly factor into my interpretation of depictions of parenting in the books on my next readthrough...
i’m really sorry that that is the case; obviously for the real harm that child had to go through, that is unforgivable — but also i’m sorry to you for however that knowledge affects your feelings about a series you care about. i’m used to having to separate my feelings about a work from my feelings about its creator(s), but that’s definitely still a horrible feeling, and i know others sometimes have a harder time with it than i do
Same, definitely will be evaluating the parenting a bit closer.
And thanks to JK Rowling I'm also used to seperating authors from what they write. It was just. Startling. and you're the only belgariad fan outside of my dad that I interact with so wanted to share 💙
ugh, yeah JKR was... a disappointment.
thank you for sharing! i appreciate you thinking of me 💚













