Erin and Unfortunate Implications

[aerielpembroke]

Like most people who read Gathering of Gargoyles and Pearl of the Soul of the World, I loved Erin and her friendship with Aeriel. But when I got older, in retrospect some things started to seem a bit... off. I recalled Erin always being mistaken for Aeriel's servant even though they both used to be slaves, and Erin putting herself in a supplicating position rather than as an equal, which started to make me uncomfortable as someone born and raised in the US who was also reading a book written by an American with a shared history of characters with dark skin serving characters with light skin. And skin is something mentioned quite a lot in the series.

What do you think? Did the relationship read this way to you? Have you found fics that dealt with the problem, if you saw one?

The Darkangel Re-Reading

[aerielpembroke]

Does the first week of May work for everyone to put up a discussion post of The Darkangel?

Also, anyone can feel free to post reaction posts/discussion topics pertaining to chapters of The Darkangel that catch their eye if something comes up before then, since I figure there's no point in having a spoiler policy. :)