Also, let's not pretend like the lines between "absolutely ripped off this other book's version of x fantasy creature", "it's a common trope", and "no, that's folklore" are clear even to people who drown in fantasy and romantasy. I've seen y'all's internet fights.

Yep. We know this because "parental rights" are thoroughly used and cited whenever some asshole wants to insist their child get prayed over instead of a dose of antibiotics, but somehow the "parental rights" of people who are fighting for their trans kid to live a safe, healthy life just don't exist

Those "fans" also refuse to believe that a lot of this is additionally a NEEDED rebalancing - iirc prior to 2003 there was only a single woman on the list (Andre Norton), and not one single author of color until *2014* when Delany got a nod.

I'm honestly really depressed about it... I finally found something I could share with my husband and it's just fake slop. Everything is fake. I keep running up against "why bother making art when not only can people not tell the difference if it's any good but they also can't tell if it's real"

I've been enjoying the cosmic crisps, which I think are a honeycrisp hybrid that WSU developed.

My kingdom for a gravenstein, though.