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Elizabeth Barrette
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lb_lee

lb_lee

February 15 2014, 18:29:08 UTC 7 years ago

Eeeuuuuurrrgh, Spell for Chameleon. Sent a note to it questioning whether it belonged on that list, since the main character isn't even magically disabled... he's actually EVEN MORE POWERFUL than everyone else.

Plus there's a huge heaping helping of creepy rape shit in it.

--Rogan
ysabetwordsmith

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ysabetwordsmith

February 15 2014, 19:43:03 UTC 7 years ago

I agree that A Spell for Chameleon has creepy aspects (common in that author's work). However, regardless of the main character's actual abilities, he is perceived and treated as disabled by everyone around him until he succeeds in proving his personhood by demonstrating his true power. So that is a story about disability, and the rights of disabled people; it just says shitty things about how Xanth treats them.