Alas, this does not surprise me. It's been a while since I actually read Discworld; I've been wondering how they'd hold up re: race and gender. (I'm inclined to feel a lot more positive about his feminism, since he's written female protagonists I really love -- but I can't think of any CoC comparable to the witches, and only a few protagonists at all.)
There hasn't been a century of colonialism and attempted genocide
*nods* Which could be very interesting if it was intentional -- and explored -- in a less . . . analogy-full series, but erasing it in Discworld doesn't work.
Angua gets fleshed out some in The Fifth Element, but I'm not sure what to make of her actual role in it. (Or of the way it deals with race and class, though IIRC I don't think it's different from what you've read so far, except in setting.)
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Wed, Oct. 24th, 2007 01:12 am (UTC)There hasn't been a century of colonialism and attempted genocide
*nods* Which could be very interesting if it was intentional -- and explored -- in a less . . . analogy-full series, but erasing it in Discworld doesn't work.
Angua gets fleshed out some in The Fifth Element, but I'm not sure what to make of her actual role in it. (Or of the way it deals with race and class, though IIRC I don't think it's different from what you've read so far, except in setting.)