I once saw a tumblr post what went something like this: "in my gay incest ships, they’re super different (example: thor x loki) and in my het incest ships they’re super alike (example: cesare x lucrezia)." I wish I could find that post again, and begin this essay with quoting and crediting it, because this is—in effect—an expanded version of that idea.
( Read more... )I finally read Flowers in the Attic (and Petals on the Wind), and wow is there a lot to unpack there.
First in line for discussion, though, is this: Cathy reminds me of Cersei in a few ways that I think are really illuminating of why Flowers in the Attic has been so beloved of adolescence girls, and why I was so enchanted by Cersei in my own teen years. (I'm pretty sure I was 15 when I first came across Cersei, and I've heard 9–14 cited as main age of girls reading the Dollanager series.)
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