for Flandry of Terra by Poul Anderson, Michael Whelan
Clear and cold here so I noticed this. I was noticing my thoughts interacting with this and whether or not I wanted to be associated with putting it up on my Mastodon page. Like, they seem like they're on the same side, a good team, she isn't a damsel in distress, she has a gun and is ready to fight. He seems older than she is, why is the man always older, why shouldn't she be older? Well, maybe she dyes her hair. Maybe she's had "work done". At least they seem to be equals. Maybe it's his daughter. Maybe she's a witch or an alien. Well, what if they're happy together? Why shouldn't he be older and she younger? Who am I to judge? Who are you to judge me for appreciating this art? Seems like he's got his gun up as a signal. A signal to whom? Hey, we're over here! We've got meanies on our six! At least the floating orb monsters are clearly bad guys, they aren't "savages" or some other sort of veiled reference to some kind of European superiority (other than the fact that both of them seem to be of European descent) (but then, if one of them were black or brown, would that be better? Would that be a virtue signaling thing?). Why does it always have to be war? Why are they fighting? Why can't they try to make peace? What if the aliens are defending their homeland from human greed or toxic cultural influence?
So yeah, that's what happens in my head. I am either woke or neurotic or both. 🤣 I read books and I think about things. But it's cold and clear here today. lol ✨ ✨ ✨
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