Dec 9, 2023
Seeing as the big high point of Dragonflight is the relationship between Lessa and Mardra, itâs a bit of a shame that the conflict in Dragonquest doesnât actually center around the collapse of that relationship
#as opposed to the relationship between Fâlar and Târon#which I donât have a problem with but it has less emotional weight because we never get to see their relationship being good#whereas with lessa and mardra itâs like this is the first woman lessa has met who is in the same position as her#and can be a friend and a mentor#theyâve formed a connection literally across centuries#and the fact that they formed that relationship saves the entire planet#and then eight years later theyâre bitter enemies#so it would be way weightier for the conflict with the oldtimers to be framed around THAT#donât mind me Iâm just adding complex female relationships to books with very few women again#pern#dragonriders of pern#anne mccaffery#dragonflight#dragonquest#mardra#lessa#fâlar#târon#stubbornly tagging pern characters names#dragonflight reread#character analysis
