Leigh Bardugo's Blog, page 516
August 13, 2014
Personally I think the people who whine about this are entitled, and if they really need gay characters in their fiction so bad, they should go ahead and write their own stories. Put your money where your mouth is instead of shitting all over an author who
Everything you’re saying has been said a million times before. And you know what? People DO write those stories. But damned if they don’t have a really really hard time getting them published. People don’t usually embrace something until it becomes popular, or is slipped into something already popular. It’s human nature. Funny thing though. GRRM is much more polite about the issue than some of his fans like you are, and actually acknowledges that he’s older white straight man, and that he probably has been affected by that status without realizing it.
And the idea that it’s only middle-class teenagers on tumblr who care about these issues is pretty silly. I’m not middle-class and I’m far from a teenager. I could say the same about so many of my followers, and people I follow.
You may not care about an issue, but thousands, millions, of others people do. Respect that.
Personally I think the people who whine about this are entitled, and if they really need gay characters in their fiction so bad, they should go ahead and write their own stories. Put your money where your mouth is instead of shitting all over an author who
Everything you’re saying has been said a million times before. And you know what? People DO write those stories. But damned if they don’t have a really really hard time getting them published. People don’t usually embrace something until it becomes popular, or is slipped into something already popular. It’s human nature. Funny thing though. GRRM is much more polite about the issue than some of his fans like you are, and actually acknowledges that he’s older white straight man, and that he probably has been affected by that status without realizing it.
And the idea that it’s only middle-class teenagers on tumblr who care about these issues is pretty silly. I’m not middle-class and I’m far from a teenager. I could say the same about so many of my followers, and people I follow.
You may not care about an issue, but thousands, millions, of others people do. Respect that.
August 12, 2014
"The problem with wanting," he whispered, his mouth trailing...
"The problem with wanting," he whispered, his mouth trailing along my jaw until it hovered over my lips, "is that it makes us weak."
daisycalloway:
Ruin and Rising Collection ⇄ a fanmix dedicated...
Ruin and Rising Collection ⇄ a fanmix dedicated to Alina Starkov (listen)
You will always be one of us.
The girl was different, small and strange, with white hair that she wore loose down her back like an unmarried woman, seemingly oblivious to the glares and disapproving clucking of the teachers and the staff. (listen)
Probably tacky to admit this, but that line always gets me.
August 11, 2014
spells-and-words:
Okay, so I finished the third and final book...
Okay, so I finished the third and final book and I’m kinda dead inside. I enjoyed every second of it. Never have I ever wanted a trilogy to go on more than this. Amazing characters, amazing world and an amazing writer to show us this world. This is a beautiful trilogy, and so a salute to you Leigh Bardugo!
Sincerely,
Spells-and-words
Aw, thank you!! This reminds me of the notebooks I kept full of lyrics and book quotes. (Lots of Depeche Mode and Stephen King.)
I remembered his words from so long ago
M a k e m e y o u r...
I remembered his words from so long ago
M a k e m e y o u r v i l l a i n.
Love this.
insidiousmisandry:
Wanting Makes You Weak (x)
An...
Wanting Makes You Weak (x)
An Alina/Darkling fanmix that alternates between their perspectives with each song, highlighting his obsession with her and her mixed lust/hatred for him.
1. in my veins - andrew belle | 2. obsessions - marina and the diamonds | 3. come here, become - nick thomas | 4. gravity - sara bareilles | 5. no one’s gonna love you - band of horses | 6. poison and wine - the civil wars | 7. yellow - coldplay | 8. thank you for breaking my heart - alexz johnson | 9. special kind - nick thomas | 10. lie to me - sara bareilles | 11. fireside - arctic monkeys | 12. thief - alexz johnson | 13. unstoppable - the calling | 14. seven devils - florence + the machine | 15. clocks - coldplay | 16. the war is over - kelly clarkson
