#author: ransom riggs

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Day 23: JOMPBPC: Book Dedication

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AUTHOR EXTRAORDINAIRE

'I loved the idea of a book of fairytales meant especially for peculiar children, and I love even more the idea of making that fictional book real.'

'As writers, we have to make our own work - as bloggers, writing for video games, whatever we can do. Everyone breaks into the business in a different way.'

'I try to imagine the scenes as I'm writing them as if I were watching them play like a film.'

'Just the textures of things are really important to me as I'm writing; I think atmospherics and visuals can have such emotional impact if you can harness the thematic thread between how scenes look and how your characters feel. I like to tug on that thread.'

'Fairy tales and folk tales are part of the DNA of all stories and great fun to write.'

Author Extraordinaire Ransom Riggs

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Summaries under the cut

The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

It is 1939. Nazi Germany. The country is holding its breath. Death has never been busier, and will be busier still.

By her brother's graveside, Liesel's life is changed when she picks up a single object, partially hidden in the snow. It is The Gravedigger's Handbook, left behind there by accident, and it is her first act of book thievery. So begins a love affair with books and words, as Liesel, with the help of her accordian-playing foster father, learns to read. Soon she is stealing books from Nazi book-burnings, the mayor's wife's library, wherever there are books to be found.

But these are dangerous times. When Liesel's foster family hides a Jew in their basement, Liesel's world is both opened up, and closed down.

The Giver by Lois Lowry

At the age of twelve, Jonas, a young boy from a seemingly utopian, futuristic world, is singled out to receive special training from The Giver, who alone holds the memories of the true joys and pain of life.

Little Women by Louisa May Alcott

Here are talented tomboy and author-to-be Jo, tragically frail Beth, beautiful Meg, and romantic, spoiled Amy, united in their devotion to each other and their struggles to survive in New England during the Civil War.

Charlotte's Web by E. B. White

Some Pig. Humble. Radiant. These are the words in Charlotte's Web, high up in Zuckerman's barn. Charlotte's spiderweb tells of her feelings for a little pig named Wilbur, who simply wants a friend. They also express the love of a girl named Fern, who saved Wilbur's life when he was born the runt of his litter.

The Inheritance Cycle by Christopher Paolini

When Eragon finds a polished blue stone in the forest, he thinks it is the lucky discovery of a poor farm boy; perhaps it will buy his family meat for the winter. But when the stone brings a dragon hatchling, Eragon soon realizes he has stumbled upon a legacy nearly as old as the Empire itself.

Overnight his simple life is shattered, and he is thrust into a perilous new world of destiny, magic, and power. With only an ancient sword and the advice of an old storyteller for guidance, Eragon and the fledgling dragon must navigate the dangerous terrain and dark enemies of an Empire ruled by a king whose evil knows no bounds.

His Dark Materials by Philip Pullman

Lyra is rushing to the cold, far North, where witch clans and armored bears rule. North, where the Gobblers take the children they steal--including her friend Roger. North, where her fearsome uncle Asriel is trying to build a bridge to a parallel world.

Can one small girl make a difference in such great and terrible endeavors? This is Lyra: a savage, a schemer, a liar, and as fierce and true a champion as Roger or Asriel could want--but what Lyra doesn't know is that to help one of them will be to betray the other.

The Maze Runner by James Dashner

If you ain’t scared, you ain’t human.

When Thomas wakes up in the lift, the only thing he can remember is his name. He’s surrounded by strangers—boys whose memories are also gone.

Nice to meet ya, shank. Welcome to the Glade.

Outside the towering stone walls that surround the Glade is a limitless, ever-changing maze. It’s the only way out—and no one’s ever made it through alive.

Everything is going to change.

Then a girl arrives. The first girl ever. And the message she delivers is terrifying.

Remember. Survive. Run.

Where the Sidewalk Ends by Shel Silverstein

You'll meet a boy who turns into a TV set, and a girl who eats a whale. The Unicorn and the Bloath live there, and so does Sarah Cynthia Sylvia Stout who will not take the garbage out. It is a place where you wash your shadow and plant diamond gardens, a place where shoes fly, sisters are auctioned off, and crocodiles go to the dentist.

Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs

A mysterious island. An abandoned orphanage. A strange collection of very curious photographs. It all waits to be discovered in Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children, an unforgettable novel that mixes fiction and photography in a thrilling reading experience. As our story opens, a horrific family tragedy sets sixteen-year-old Jacob journeying to a remote island off the coast of Wales, where he discovers the crumbling ruins of Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children. As Jacob explores its abandoned bedrooms and hallways, it becomes clear that the children were more than just peculiar. They may have been dangerous. They may have been quarantined on a deserted island for good reason. And somehow-impossible though it seems-they may still be alive.

The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett

Mary Lennox, a spoiled, ill-tempered, and unhealthy child, comes to live with her reclusive uncle in Misselthwaite Manor on England’s Yorkshire moors after the death of her parents. There she meets a hearty housekeeper and her spirited brother, a dour gardener, a cheerful robin, and her wilful, hysterical, and sickly cousin, Master Colin, whose wails she hears echoing through the house at night.

With the help of the robin, Mary finds the door to a secret garden, neglected and hidden for years. When she decides to restore the garden in secret, the story becomes a charming journey into the places of the heart, where faith restores health, flowers refresh the spirit, and the magic of the garden, coming to life anew, brings health to Colin and happiness to Mary.

[marygih]

Do you think Mr. Riggs will give us any more MPHFPC content?

I really hope so. Mphfpc is a huge and extremely expansive universe, the author can explore so much... He has the past and the present at his disposal.

I would like a book telling the children's origin stories, or telling the story of Miss P and her brothers, and perhaps stories of the children in the present, really getting to know the present.

One of the things that takes the longest to produce a book in this universe are the period photos, this makes it very difficult, so I really wish Ransom would give up the photos in future works. I love the photos, they give the books that special touch, but they are more of an obstacle for the writer than a solution. I would happily continue reading anything in the MPHFPC universe, even without the photos, the photos caught my attention at first, but what made me stay and fall in love with the work was the plot.

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Okay MPHFPC Fandom, I have a question.

What are the fandom's opinion of the latter three books in the series?

My friend and I, who have read them all, have come to the conclusion that we did not care for the second trilogy much and felt it took away from the original story. This is not to bash Ransom Riggs as an author whatsoever, I still love his writing and respect his creative vision, it just wasn't something I overly enjoyed. I felt Library of Souls would have been a fine place to end the story, and that's where I have chosen to stop when I re-read the books.

So I'm curious: What do other fans think of the last three books? The only people I know who have read all 6 don't like the latter half, so I'm curious of other opinions.

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HEY GUYS who wants a

BOOK HAUL?

Got me some books to prepare for spooky season i'm so exited to read them!

Up on the left we have

The Extraordinary Disappointments of Leopold Berry by Ransom Riggs

Seventeen-year-old Leopold Berry is seeing weird things around Los Angeles. A man who pops a tooth into a parking meter. A glowing trapdoor in a parking lot. A half-mechanical raccoon with its tail on fire that just won’t leave him alone. Every hallucinatory moment seems plucked from a cheesy 1990s fantasy TV show called Max's Adventures in Sunderworld—and that’s because they are.

Not a good sign.

In the blurry weeks after his mother’s death, a young Leopold discovered VHS tapes of its one and only season in a box headed for the trash—and soon became obsessed. Losing himself in Sunder was the best way to avoid two things: grieving his mother and being a chronic disappointment to his overbearing father. But when the strange visions return—at the worst possible time on the worst possible day—Leopold turns to his best friend Emmet for help. Together they discover that Sunder is much more than just an old TV show, and that Los Angeles is far stranger than they ever imagined. And soon, he’ll realize that not only is Sunderworld real, but it’s in grave danger.

[I'm a bit Nervous about this one because the author is the same who did " Miss Peregrine's house for Special Children, which i didn't like, but i want to give it a shot. ]

The second book on top, at the center is

Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir

Ryland Grace is the sole survivor on a desperate, last-chance mission—and if he fails, humanity and Earth itself will perish.

Except that right now, he doesn’t know that. He can’t even remember his own name, let alone the nature of his assignment or how to complete it.

All he knows is that he’s been asleep for a very, very long time. And he’s just been awakened to find himself millions of miles from home, with nothing but two corpses for company.

His crewmates dead, his memories fuzzily returning, Ryland realizes that an impossible task now confronts him. Hurtling through space on this tiny ship, it’s up to him to puzzle out an impossible scientific mystery—and conquer an extinction-level threat to our species.

And with the clock ticking down and the nearest human being light-years away, he’s got to do it all alone.

Or does he?

[ I have been needing more sci-fi and i read a lot of good about this one.]

the third book is an italian triller

The Judge of The Damned by Daniele Soffiati

Scott Higs A retired man living in the quiet and unassuming town of Trenton New-jersey get found in his house covered in wasp sting and residuals of sugar water, clearly someone had tortured the man till he died from an allergic reaction to the wasp stings. On the wall is written a quote from Dante's inferno.It is Francesa Martini, the talented FBI agent with a gift that let her see the hidden tracks that would escape to the normal human eye, that falls on the duty of capturing this criminal.

[ The whole "See things through the assassins eyes " gave me strong will gram vibes so i'm curious to see how it's used.]

then we got

STRANGE PICTURES by Uketsu

An exploration of the macabre, where the seemingly mundane takes on a terrifying significance. . . .

A pregnant woman's sketches on a seemingly innocuous blog conceal a chilling warning.

A child's picture of his home contains a dark secret message.

A sketch made by a murder victim in his final moments leads an amateur sleuth down a rabbithole that will reveal a horrifying reality.

[ I am sosososo excited about this one, i am a fan of ARGs and Creepypastas and the format of this book greatly reminds me of that corner of web horror!]

And Lastly

Whalefall by Danil Kraus

Jay Gardiner has given himself a fool's errand—to find the remains of his deceased father in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of California. He knows it's a long shot, but Jay feels it's the only way for him to lift the weight of guilt he has carried since his dad's death the previous year.

The dive begins well enough, but the sudden appearance of a giant squid puts Jay in very real jeopardy, made infinitely worse by the arrival of a sperm whale looking to feed. Suddenly, Jay is caught in the squid's tentacles and drawn into the whale's mouth where he is pulled into the first of its four stomachs. He quickly realizes he has only one hour before his oxygen tanks run out - one hour to defeat his demons and escape the belly of a whale.

[ This one is weird and i love weird books i'm so curious to see what it will be like!]

THAT'S IT FOR THIS TIME BYE!!

[bethanydelleman]

do you have any book recommendations beyond classic lit + Jane Austen? Love your blog by the way!

Thanks! I read/have read a ton of books. My favourite genre as a child was fantasy, but I read almost everything except true crime*, thrillers, murder mysteries, self-help, and biography. But I do sometimes read those, my favourite thriller is Sometimes I Lie by Alice Feeney. I'm going to start with children's books because honestly, I find so much imagination in that genre.

Children's/YA Books: Gail Carson Levine, specifically The Princess Tales 1 & 2, and Ella Enchanted, among others Jean Little/Kit Pearson - these authors have the same vibe to me. Willow and Twig is a favourite from the first one, The Guests of War trilogy and Awake and Dreaming from the other. They both write coming of age novels for girls, both Canadian. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs - I loved the whole trilogy (haven't watched the movie). The story being based around real antique trick photos is my favourite part The Echorium Sequence by Katherine Roberts - a trilogy of books about magical singers with blue hair and their interactions with half-human magical creatures Margaret Peterson Haddix, specifically Running Out of Time, the Shadow Children series, and Double Identity. Margaret Buffie, who writes stories about teenage girls and ghosts. Also Canadian, which I guess isn't that surprising. The Hunger Games series by Suzanne Collins. Re-read it last summer and it's as good as I remembered. Roald Dahl, I really loved Matilda as a child, it's been fun to read some of these novels with my kids. Sideways Stories from Wayside School by Louis Sachar - and it's sequels. Amazingly quirky and funny stories about a class of students in a weird school

Fantasy: Mercedes Lackey, specifically the Five Hundred Kingdoms series and The Obsidian universe. I also loved the Elvenbane series, but due to the death of Andre Norton it may never be finished. I would advise caution if sexual assault is triggering for you, the ones I like are mostly free of it but that can come up in her other works. Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien - obviously. Also loved The Hobbit, have not read further The Broken Earth trilogy by N.K. Jemisin - the book opens with the triggering of an apocalypse. The world contains people who can control earthquakes A Baroque Fable by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro - this book is so hilarious but I don't know if anyone has heard about it Once Upon a Winter's Night by Dennis L. McKiernan - and it's sequels. This is a romance retold fairy tale series

Science Fiction: Michael Crichton - who spans a bunch of genres but I'll put him here. I've read everything he's written and I recommend most of it. State of Fear has not aged well. His books are very fast-paced and Timeline has one of the best enemies to lovers. Orson Scott Card - I am aware, but Ender's Game is a masterpiece. He also has this single novel called Magic Street that is a sequel to A Midsummer Night's Dream. I also loved Memories of Earth but it's been a while since I read it. I, Robot by Issac Asimov - short stories about artificial intelligence and how it might go weird

Graphic novels: Astro City by Kurt Busiek - superhero, but more focused on how living in that world would affect normal people Y: The Last Man by Brian K. Vaughan and Pia Guerra - every male on earth dies, except for one, and his monkey Fables by Bill Willlingham - after being attacked by an army of wooden soldiers, fairy tale characters and creatures seek refuge in a non-magical world (ours) Nimona by ND Stevenson - a villain gains a shape-shifting sidekick, but she is not what she seems Scurry by Mac Smith - post-apocalyptic earth, the main characters are all surviving mice. Best artwork I've ever seen in a graphic novel American Vampire by Scott Snyder- vampires have different traits depending on their home country, this is about the new, American species. Asterix and Obelix by René Goscinny and Albert Uderzo - a small group of powerful Gauls defend themselves against the Romans using a magical potion

Non Fiction: Stephan Pinker, I've read both of his trilogies on language and the brain. Trying to get through his huge book about violence The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat by Oliver Sacks - writen by a neurologist, fascinating book Doing Harm: The Truth About How Bad Medicine and Lazy Science Leave Women Dismissed, Misdiagnosed, and Sick by Maya Dusenbery - what it says on the tin

Toddler/Young Child Books: The Monster at the End of This Book by Jon Stone - I give you a 100% guarantee that if you read this book aloud, the kids will be fascinated. It is literally always a hit Robert Munsch - most of his books are amazing, but if you don't want to cry, DO NOT read the backstory of Love You Forever. The Paper Bag Princess was one of my favourites as a child. Little Critter - only the older ones, the new ones are religious for some reason. Just for You and I Was So Mad were favourites for my kids. Early lesson in unreliable narrators. Phoebe Gilman - Something From Nothing, the Jillian Jiggs series, The Balloon Tree... so many good ones! Really good illustrations too Little Pea by Amy Krouse Rosenthal - a book about a pea who hates eating candy. This book is fun to read and my kids loved it (I have the box set) The Book with No Pictures by B.J. Novak - kids love when adults have to do weird things I Want My Hat Back by Jon Klassen - perfect opportunity to do a lot of funny voices The Mitten by Jan Brett - a whole bunch of animals squeeze into a mitten. That's the whole thing. It's great. The Very Cranky Bear by Nick Bland - and the rest of the series. These are fun to read because they rhyme. Jonathan Stutzman - my kids LOVE Tiny T. Rex and the Llama series. We haven't read the others An Elephant & Piggie by Mo Willems - we have this entire series, they are a delight. An elephant and pig are very silly friends. Good drawings Dr. Seuss - be careful with him though, his books are quite long and can be hard to read, so I recommend waiting until your kids are a bit older. But The Lorax slaps and my personal favourite as a kid was The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins

Other: Still Alice by Lisa Genova - or any of her books really. She is a neuroscientist and her books are really interesting explorations of different disorders. Book is better than the movie Warm Bodies by Issac Marion - zombie Romeo and Juliet Sophie's World by Jostein Gaarder - a novel that is also an intro to philosophy course Calvin and Hobbes - I own all of them, so excited for when my kids can understand them. I also love The Far Side, Zits, and the earlier Dilbert comics The Women in Black by Madeleine St. John - this book is absolutely charming. I saw the Netflix movie and then bought it right away.

*I avoid true crime because I have heard that the genre causes harassment to victim's families

General Note: I am aware that some of these authors are now considered controversial, some for more serious reasons than others. Sometimes flawed people make really good art. I mean, flawed people make all art because nobody on earth is perfect.

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I have no idea what kind of books you like bc most of the ones you talk about I’ve never read, but I really really recommend the miss peregrine’s home for peculiar children series!!! I love it so much. ransom riggs is an amazing author and the books have a sort of eerie vibe.

I’m gonna be so honest I refuse to read a book if there’s not even a hint of romance in it 😣😣 I’ve seen the movie though, it was really good lol

[jokerislandgirl32]

Favorite books??

(I mean everyone in your little family + you) 😇😇

Helloooo! Thank you for this ask! We have decided to list favorite books by ages for everyone below the cut! So, all of our favorite books as children, our favorite books as tweens, and our favorite books teens and adults!

And yes, each family member is responding to this ask!

Please note there is mention of Harry Potter, I (JIG) know the author/books are triggering to some, so please do not take offense to this, I just feel like the books would have been some read by one family member in particular wayyyyy before all the unsavory details came out.

Also, a lot of these books are my personal favorites, or they are books I actually dislike immensely…so my selfship kids liking them makes me laugh 😂.

Zach: As a child I was always partial to The Velveteen Rabbit by Margery Williams and the Peter Rabbit books by Beatrix Potter. I also loved How The Grinch Stole Christmas by Dr. Seuss. As a tween/teenager, I liked the Harry Potter series by JK Rowling, the Lord of the Rings series by J.R.R. Tolkien, and the Ender’s Game Saga by Orson Scott Card. Now that I’m an adult, I’d have to say The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald and 1984 by George Orwell are probably my favorite novels. 

Violet/JIG: As a little girl my favorite book was The Foot Book by Dr. Seuss, there was just something about the “here comes pig feet” line that cracked me up, I also adored Thunder Cake by Patricia Polacco. As a tween I loved Grandpa’s Mountain by Carolyn Reeder and the American Girls Books. As a teen and adult I’d say my favorite books were/are Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls, The Education of Little Tree by Forrest Carter (the best nonfiction book I’ve ever read), Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson, The Fear Street Series by RL Stine, and anything by Mary Downing Hahn.

Varina: As a child my favorite books were Winnie-the-Pooh stories, my mom had an entire collection her parents collected for her and she read them to me and all my siblings! I also loved A Bad Case of Stripes by David Shannon, the Mr. Putter and Tabby books by Cynthia Rylant, and the Amelia Bedelia books by Peggy Parish. As a tween I enjoyed The Tale of Despereaux and the American Girls books. As an adult/teen my favorite books were/are Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck, The Magic of Ordinary Days by Ann Howard Creel, and I adore any romance novel by Nicholas Sparks. 

Vera: When I was a little girl I loved the Fancy Nancy books by Jane O'Connor, any and all princess books, the Biscuit books by Alyssa Satin Capucilli, and the Junie B. Jones Books by Barbara Park. As a tween I read the American Girl books, but only I enjoyed a few of the series, Samantha was my absolute favorite! I also loved The Secret Garden and A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett, and The Wish by Gail Carsen Levine. My favorite books during my teenage years, and as an adult, are The Glass Castle by Jeanette Walls, any of William Shakespeare’s plays (Romeo and Juliet is my favorite), and Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte. 

Victor: When I was little my favorite book was Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. Seuss, my favorite book series was Curious George by Margret and H. A. Rey. During my tween years I read any Goosebumps book by RL Stein I could get my hands on, I also read all The Chronicles of Narnia books by C.S. Lewis, and A Series of Unfortunate Events books by Lemony Snicket.  My favorite book as a teenager was The Outsiders by S. E. Hinton, and my favorite book series as a teenager were Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs and the Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien. My all time favorite book as an adult is Into The Wild by Jon Krakauer.

Vallen: The Wonky Donkey by Craig Smith was my favorite book as a kid, it was freaking hilarious, and the sequel was almost as good. I also loved the Clifford books by Norman Bridwell as a kid, and the No David books by David Shannon. As a tween I read a bunch of the Goosebumps books by RL Stine. Victor and I were in competition to see who could read the most, he won of course, the dedicated bookworm. In my teenage years and into adulthood my favorites have become The Lord of the Flies by William Golding, The Giver Quartet by Lois Lowry, and The Wayward Pines Trilogy by Blake Crouch.

Victoria: When I was a little girl I loved all of the Eric Carle books, The Very Hungry Caterpillar being my favorite! I also loved all the Little Golden Books, I think my favorite one was My Little Golden Book About God by Jane Werner Watson. Charlotte’s Web by E.B. White, Each Little Bird that Sings by Deborah Wiles, and the Little House on the Prairie Series by Laura Ingalls Wilder were my favorite books during my tween years. As a teenager I enjoyed reading the Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children book series by Ransom Riggs and To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee. As an adult I’d say my favorite books are Wish You Well by David Baldacci or Go Down the Mountain by Meredith Battle. 

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Eight Author's Tag

thanks for the tag @elkieselkiewrites

Rules: List eight of some of your favourite authors (if you like, you can list your favourite book by them as well)

well this is tough. i tend to stick a bit too much to my comfort zone in reading, and if i find an author i like i tend to stick with them for a while. or i read just one book i really like and then nothing ever again. which results in me having only so many authors that i remember and can quote, but let's give this a try. have a mish-mash of authors i read in english or italian from a variety of genres and styles

Giovanni Verga — Rosso Malpelo

Ransom Riggs — Library of Souls

Benedetta Bonfiglioli — Tutto il cielo possibile (this one was written with also Luigi Ballerini tho)

Leigh Bardugo — Crooked Kingdom

Susanna Tamaro — Il Cerchio Magico

Frances H. Burnett — The Secret Garden

Valerio Massimo Manfredi — Idi di Marzo (The Ides of March in english)

Dan Brown — Angels and Demons

(be warned that if you get me rambling about any of these books then i will drop paragraphs) (i dare anyone passing by to go read the translation of Rosso Malpelo, it's so good)

i'm tagging @aalinaaaaaa @write-with-will @lizardperson @nandawrites and @houndsofcorduff, plus open tag!

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Day 7: JOMPBPC: Tearjerker

The end of this beautiful book made me cry! 💛

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Eva Green as Miss Alma Lefay Peregrine

Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (2016)

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Title: Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children | Author: Ransom Riggs | Publisher: Quirk Books (2011)

[marygih]

“Julius seems to me like a plot device to imply that Horace is gay, but not allow the fandom to ship them. This is the most morally easy way to prevent a ship from existing, but it usually backfires.”

Can we talk about this too!! What is with Riggs writing a series about a group of people who are excluded from “normal” society for being too different, so form their own community and groups of found-families in order to protect against persecution- only for Riggs to seem surprised at his largely queer fan base? He seems very against Horace and Enoch being shipped together, and (almost reluctantly, in the very last book) allows Horace to be implied as queer but only through an unrequited crush on an adult character who does not care about him and is so pointless to the story that we don’t even find out if he lives or dies.

And this may be my own interpretation but Horace and Enoch seemed to have a noticeably greater than usual amount of animosity/hostility towards each other in the last book, which makes even a friendship between them seem strained at best.

It’s like Riggs is saying- fine, here, have your gay character, but you can’t ship him with any of my other characters.

Idk these are just my thoughts, apologies for the rant haha

I agree with you so much that months ago I made a post about Julius and how Ransom made him with precisely this intention: this post.

Again I agree that mphfpc is an allegory, this is practically a consensus and I've seen the fandom talking about it before (this is one of the posts that proves my point.)

I remember someone theorizing that Ransom hates Enorace and that's why he did it in the last book, and that's probably also why he put in the recurring "joke" of Enoch falling in love with ymbrynes. He had never demonstrated this, and suddenly in the second collection in every book Enoch flirts with a different ymbryne.

If there's one thing this fandom is professional at (and I'm not proud of it) it's making the author's life hell, I lived through the "where's Fiona" era and, my goodness, this fandom went way beyond the limits of what's acceptable. Enorace fans are a powerhouse, Ransom definitely knows about this ship, just as he resurrected Fiona probably with the intention of having peace, He also "canonized" Horace as gay to have peace, it's as if he were saying: you want this? Take it, but it will be on my terms.

If you notice, it seems that the author, in each book, tries harder to prove that Enoch only falls in love with women (only with figures of power, totally inaccessible and older), With Horace, he allows Horace to fall in love with a boy and prove what everyone already knew, but he creates a barrier so that Horace cannot be shipped.

I know narrative devices and when the author is using one. Showing that wights can be abusers is a device to make a character hateful and impossible to forgive because he crosses all limits. Making a pre-teen make inappropriate jokes is a resource to generate humor, and making a pre-teen fall in love with an adult is a resource to prevent a ship and leave something implicit (As the sexuality of the minor in this case)

Ransom knows how to use writing resources to achieve his goals, but that doesn't stop the fandom from doing anything. Enorace continues to be shipped, and unfortunately it backfired and some ship Julius and Horace. (I don't blame all the people who ship because there was a time when the Wiki said that Julius had 13/14 ages, There are people who don't even know that the ship is completely wrong, and because of the Wiki this has already become an unpleasant problem last year)

I don't ship Enorace (I don't ship minors in any media, it makes me uncomfortable) but I definitely think the author took the worst path in terms of what to do with this ship.

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Have you read either of Andrew Joseph White's books? Who are your favourite authors?

Gosh, I haven't read either of his books but one quick google search later makes me really, really want to try. That's coming from someone who is terrified of trying new things.

As for authors.. It's a hard tie between Terry Pratchet, Ransom Riggs or J.R.R Tolkein (I'm a die hard fantasy man) BUT i'm staying the hell away from Game of Thrones