tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4871991104542065373.post4696892935811435582..comments2022-03-24T09:49:49.173-07:00Comments on flowers and blood: Narcissus in Chains Chapter Twenty OneTiger Grayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17314304221425930905noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4871991104542065373.post-71137556083610640972014-06-07T22:45:24.189-07:002014-06-07T22:45:24.189-07:00I think LKH is riffing on the Children of Lir, whi...I think LKH is riffing on the Children of Lir, which is all about a curse that turns them in to swans. It's the most obvious one, the one that pops up first when you google swan mythology, which I guarantee you is what LKH did. Tiger Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17314304221425930905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4871991104542065373.post-62565147926052520042014-06-07T19:42:58.098-07:002014-06-07T19:42:58.098-07:00I think to her "strongly Mexican" means ...I think to her "strongly Mexican" means someone pretty much right off the truck from across the border, a bracero who can barely speak English and if so, does with a thick accent and/or is browner than an almond. You know; stereotypical. (Not that they don't exist, mind, it's almost assured at this point that they do exist and will continue to as long as the US wants cheap Sokudoningyouhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07906756227471145026noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4871991104542065373.post-61527159447093181872014-06-07T14:33:02.918-07:002014-06-07T14:33:02.918-07:00Ha, I love your comments.
I think the born leader...Ha, I love your comments.<br /><br />I think the born leader thing can be used in a legit way, but you can't just have it be like lololol this guy has a special birthmark so he rules everyone and nobody can say boo about it. She has to be aware of the tropes first in order to play with them, which she cleary is not. <br /><br />Also omg that combo of scents is not good. So not good.Tiger Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17314304221425930905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4871991104542065373.post-69128860072121889782014-06-07T14:15:33.156-07:002014-06-07T14:15:33.156-07:00What does strongly Mexican mean? If this was anoth...What does strongly Mexican mean? If this was another series I’d assume she meant a strong cultural identity, but I’m guessing here she means appearance, which makes no sense since there’s no one way that Mexicans look due to the diversity of their population--some look more white, some look more Native, and then there‘s of course populations of other ethnicities as well. It’s like saying someone RFhttp://a-sporking-rat.livejournal.comnoreply@blogger.com