#this will bias me in favor of melodrama but look. tazmuir's makes SENSE for the story she wants to tell

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WHO is saying prose in tlt is too melodramatic?? It is the perfect amount of melodramatic for what’s happening bffr

I have seen people mock the style of the prose as too homestuck adjacent and clearly written by someone who also writes fic. First of all I'm like...if you hate those things so much, I've got bad news for you about 75% of the queer sff getting written these days! I think it's actually fair not to enjoy that style but I do also notice the lines people usually point to are either silly gideon navisms which you either find endearing or you don't but they're clearly a character choice, not a feature of the basic narration of the series. OR they're melodramatic lines spoken by necromancers and cavaliers about each other which I think sometimes people mistake as the author trying to be straightforwardly romantic versus portraying the dramatic emotions of these young queer people who are genuinely not okay + the ways their society is set up to require this kind of over the top devotion from them. Tazmuir does have fun with the drama and I love that about her writing but it's a more thoughtful choice than it might appear at first glance, imo

#replies #let her cook!! #i guess i am one of those readers who is usually more frustrated when it feels to me like the characters don't have any big emotions #or aren't motivated by anything #i'm like these people aren't making any dumb decisions for love. sounds fake i don't think humans really live their lives this way #this will bias me in favor of melodrama but look. tazmuir's makes SENSE for the story she wants to tell