#akkarin

the one thing that annoys me about the black magician trilogy it the derth of female povs and characters. Sonea is the only woman from whose perspective the books are written, everyone else is male. and the number of named female characters that actually have some relevance to the plot can be counted on one hand. anyway, that's why Akkarin should have been female and also have had a torrid lesbian affair with Bel Arralade during her travels around Elyne.

My favourite book series has been the Magician Guild / the Black Magicians trilogy by Trudi Canavan for a while now (ever since I first read it). And after frantic fanart and fanfic search when I first ended the third book, I almost gave up, I thought the fandom was very dead... but now I found that there are actually more people loving it on here because I searched the hashtag on a whim. I'm nearly crying. This is one of the best surprises of my life. It still doesn't bring that alternative ending fic that I long for, I'm gonna have to write it myself, but still, even if the fandom is very much almost dead, I am so so so so happy to no longer feel alone with my love for this fandom and the author. *happy tears*