Hannah Armstrong

But something convenient about the Raven Boys is that issue around like the the absent parent so that they can just do whatever they want.

Nobody cares, which is amazing.

Truly a trope.

Yeah.

Yeah, that's so true.

And also, I feel like it was a lot harder.

I know it wasn't that long ago, but it was a lot harder to learn about what was trending and what was popular, especially in the fantasy genre.

So kids today get to have BookTok and everything.

And obviously, I think at that time, BookTube was starting to become a little bit more popular.

So that's how I got a lot of my recommendations.

um but yeah yeah I think I just ended up rereading the things that I liked and I too was like oh I need to read more literary and I need to read things that are a little bit more adult um and but now I mean now I read pretty much in every genre but fantasy is always going to be my favorite yeah me and my nerdy little friends we never felt we had to uh conform to

Let's talk about Bella from Twilight.

I don't think so.

I mean, Bella was written to be every woman, every girl.

Something said.

Like she was a blank slate that people could project themselves onto.

I think you're doing your gender a bit of a disservice.

Is that mean?

Did you just insult everyone?

No, I mean specifically Bella from Twilight.