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23 Feb, 13 tweets, 4 min read
TO FURTHER CONVINCE YOU TO READ A DARK AND HOLLOW STAR I WILL NOW POST A THREAD OF MY FAVORITE EXCHANGES FROM IT

First up: exiled sword lesbian Nausicaä Kraken, forged from fire, vs local flower girl Arlo Jarsdel, born of a royal fae mother and a nerdy human dad
2. local flower girl Arlo tries to fight monster
3. exiled immortal Nausicaä, ex-Fury, very badass, very good with swords (have i mentioned this), succumbs to fashion choices
4. Did I mention the High King of the faeries is based in Toronto? Nevada local Vehan Lysterne, fae prince of a side court, is mystified by what they have up there in "Canada"
5. Nausicaa orders a unicorn frapp
6. A realistic depiction of what it's like in a major city during con season
7. High Prince Celadon, a major highlight of the book, trolls a wicked queen with Pokemon the Trading Card Game
8. It is canon that a Celadon fandom exists and I am also a card-carrying member now
9. Nausicaa with the LOTR discourse
10. Nausicaa with the joke continuity
11. Nausicaa Kraken is not kidding around
12. The internal dynamics of the LGBT community
ANYWAY I don't wanna give away too much so these are all for now. If you liked the vibes here, you know what to do 👀👀

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24 Feb
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19 Feb
this is too cool for people to not know about so THREAD on a hidden worldbuilding detail in ATLA - the Avatar calendar

Because it has a fully fleshed-out one based on ancient East Asian calendars!!

From in to out, the rings go Month > Day > Era Name > Chinese Zodiac Year 1/? screenshot of the calendar wheel in Avatar
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11 Feb
White people - when you ask POC questions, I wish you'd ask less "Is it okay if I do [certain thing]?" and more "What are your thoughts on [certain thing]?"

The first makes me uncomfortable bc you're demanding a clear Yes/No that no single POC has the right to give - 1/?
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9 Feb
so a few other POC authors and I have made threads on this recently and I've seen us get accused of promoting "nazi-level racial purity" in books and being ABLEIST for not telling white authors EXACTLY what to do besides this

those are examples of failing the challenge.
White writers, you really wanna know what to do?

- Preorder and promote POC-authored books
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- Understand the frustration of white-authored POC stories getting more favored than #ownvoices ones bc they will inherently appeal more to the white gatekeepers

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17 Jan
what if I wrote one of those culturally-inspired YA fantasies except the culture was Canadian culture
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16 Jan
Wish I could use these Chinese emojis from QQ and WeChat everywhere else cause damn this is another dimension of emotions that can be expressed Chinese emojis from QQ and WeChat
More of them:
My personally top used is the nose picking one

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