First, there's the nasty undertone of "she was victimized, now she MUST learn to fight, then she won't be a victim" that the books push, which implies that if she'd known how to fight before she'd have been fine.
Ugh, yeah. I hate that.
I think I would have liked the whole thing better had Kel offered to teach Lalasa and explain why it might help her. Although, to be fair, Kel is what 10? 11? So I'm not surprised she goes about it badly--but the narrative shouldn't give her a pass for it.
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Date: 13 Jan 2011 12:48 am (UTC)From:Ugh, yeah. I hate that.
I think I would have liked the whole thing better had Kel offered to teach Lalasa and explain why it might help her. Although, to be fair, Kel is what 10? 11? So I'm not surprised she goes about it badly--but the narrative shouldn't give her a pass for it.
Anyway, I certainly agree on the overall message.