if u ever find a genie and you’re really craving a dessert that looks like this:
do NOT say “i’d like a lifetime supply of raspberry crowns”
while this is, in fact, the name of the pastry, it’s ALSO the name of a species of wasp for some reason. the genie, being a nasty trickster, will no doubt give you a bunch of wasps.
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I’m having a re-read of Pratchett books, because it’s been too long. About a decade and a half too long, actually.
And so, Men At Arms…
If you recall, the issue is that ‘dwarves don’t really have genders’. Except it’s more like ‘you can be any gender you like as long as it’s male’ and ‘you can do everything the men do as long as you only do what the men do’.
Which, you know, is quite a way to put the Problem with Gender.
So Cheery the dwarf goes to the city, with her male pronouns because all dwarves are men, and is encouraged to embrace her femininity by a coworker who isn’t fooled by the beard. By the way, she helps Cheery be as feminine as she likes without insisting she must shave. Or take off the helmet. They’re important, because she’s a dwarf, yes. Intersectionality explained via fictional humanoid species, hello.
The support is gentle and matter-of-factly. Paraphrasing: ‘when one finally decides to shout out to the world about who they really are, it’s comforting to know they can do it in a whisper’
Because yes thank fuck for allies who just say ‘Okay. How do I help?’ and don’t demand that you prove yourself dramatically.
So I am reading Cheery’s ‘coming out’ as something rather more relevant right now, and very much appreciative of Pterry’s ability to write it that way.
Thing is, I wouldn’t put it past him, but I can’t actually say if he had any trans or similar real life thing in mind when he wrote this. It seems like you could write it TODAY and have it considered a revelation of progressive metaphor.
But it’s even better this way? Because it doesn’t matter, he’s just writing from the idea that Cheery is due respect and acceptance and that’s it. That’s literally all it is.
He’s writing, as always, that a person deserves respect. And people who can’t understand that may, to paraphrase again, ‘have a problem with their heads. they may have them stuck up their bums.’
honestly is there anything more iconically rose lalondian than her in act 1 being all like. Wow John why is there a cake in the toilet, tut tut, ridiculous. Your house just needs a woman’s touch! then just frickin. categorically destroying the bathroom, all while being like ‘Everything’s under control John’ lmao i love her
