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Re: All of the issuefic * outs self*

[(Anonymous)]

.... coalie. The Watsons Go To Birmingham is a moralistic children's book. It's a decent moralistic children's book, but it is literally a moralistic children's book. I just double-checked. Penguin has it listed for 8-12 year olds. Is that your standard of sophistication for books about Black people?

Re: All of the issuefic * outs self*

[(Anonymous)]

SC

I mean, like your gift! That's great! I think there's things to recommend about a parable-like approach to telling these stories. But it's weird to praise it for the vividness and specificity of its approach to the setting and it's weird to set up a "first novel for young readers" as the standard of a good story about the period.

Also, what do you think issuefic is?

Re: All of the issuefic * outs self*

[(Anonymous)]

From stories about black people generally? No. That depends entirely on the canon/author and other indicators. . I'd expect something deeper if I'd requested "Lilith's Brood" fic, for example.

But 8-12 is about the level of sophistication I expect from a <2k fic based on a gifset AU of a Disney animated lion Hamlet, so I wasn't disappointed. (Tbh I'd be looking for a different kind of fic from something set in the Ashanti or Mali empire, or from a fic based off the Broadway show as well.)