#and yes his queer rep is so far not great (although he gave us ace jasnah so he's already won in my mind)

[starryarchitect]

If you ask I will rant about this forever because I have OPINIONS

#like first of all. most importantly. Ender's Game is probably the only reason I survived seventh grade #I love that book. find something new to love in it every time I read it #it is my soul. my guidebook. my worst fears. my greatest desires. everything #but OSC on the other hand . . . I have complaints #and I hate that everyone blames all his problematic traits (sexism and homophobia namely) on his religion #because look. look at Branderson. same religion but none of the same issues #like Brandon Sanderson doesn't have a single character who plays into gender stereotypes. female OR male #and yes his queer rep is so far not great (although he gave us ace jasnah so he's already won in my mind) #but renarin is canonically gay and that will be explored. he has gaydar and it has picked up on shallan's and adolin's bisexuality #he is so careful and caring in how he writes his queer character he's trying so hard I beg you to read all the WoBs on this subject #because they make me cry #also brando sando is just a better writer #maybe not necessarily his prose (although maybe. osc ain't exactly a poet either) but certainly his characters and pacing #like . . . his philosophical ethical monologues are well-placed and justified thematically. unlike card's #also his monologues aren't kind of unsettling and yikes #also? minor point but sanderson romances are so much better imo #card seems to consider the peak of romance to be ''I can stand being around you and am physically attracted to you'' #whereas branderson puts actual respect and communication and affection and LOVE into his love stories #no his romance isn't perfect but I'm never going to marry someone I ''love'' in a card way. In a sanderson way however? yes I think I will #but back to their female characters #the only osc character I've ever seen myself in was technically written by johnston not card #whereas I see myself in like every brando sando female character #osc's women are just . . . eh #and his traditional views on marriage and family (yay) kind of leak into all the women he writes. and literally everything else he writes. #anyway I could write a dissertation about this but I gotta sleep so that's all for now #brandon sanderson #orson scott card #my rambles #homophobia #sexism