Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-37611621-20190908185441/@comment-38091275-20190926184054

Cora the Guster wrote: Iggy-and-Mallowmelt wrote: I love you @Cora the Guster!!! You said all of the things that needed to be said. I love reading the series, but I wish there was more representation in the characters. There should be more poc, more people with different sexual and gender orientations, more people with disabilities like autism, etc.

What are our younger generations going to think when they read or watch books that don’t represent them? They’re going to think, “Being gay, etc isn’t normal, since everyone else is straight.” We should expose children to this at a young age, so that they know they’re not alone. And that’s why representation is really important! Technically, Rick Riordan and Marissa Meyer are superior to SM by means of LGBTQ+ representation. RR has included 4 LGBTQ+ characters in ALL of his books (that I know of- haven't read the Kane Chronicles) and MM has included 2 (that I know of- I haven't read the Lunar Chronicles). That's really not a lot...

Agreed, it's not a lot. At all.