Status Updates From The Fantasy of the Middle A...

Immediately going to bed to read a bodhi fic now

But sometimes it really does sound like they're saying, "We can make history what we want!" and I'm, just, no. ;) That might inevitably be what historians do to some extent, but it shouldn't be their intent.

Ultimately, I think the cranks were right. A very beautiful book with an admirable agenda that kind of muddles the overall message. Like I think, and hope, that what they're getting at is we should aim at more inclusive medieval-based fantasies and creations, and we can do this in part by recognizing that the past was more inclusive than longstanding scholarship would have us believe.