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idk why but Chris's final explanation about life made me cry

You have given me a new quest: to empathize with all of the most alien things I can find today: the Concept of Justice

Giant Rock for the win. (I was also fond of The Bunch of Trees)

FWIW, one of my favorite writers is Jim Thompson and I would be afraid of someone who "identified" with any of his protagonists. Hah!

I mean, I’m a grown-ass adult and the words “my battery is low and it’s getting dark” still make me tear up.

is this like how in Radiant Star, the character(s) I identified with were the "you" being spoken to by the narrator? 🤔

ann leckie, author of my favorite series of all time, which has a non-human protagonist, being upset at the assumption that readers would be expected to identify with humans i am *very excited* to see the consequences of this bee

I think a big part of this is a confusion over the broader subject of inclusive and representative media getting blended in with Americans' focus on (obsession with?) individualism. It's critical that there are books, etc. with characters that reflect the diversity of the world, but not each book

On the second point, my 8yo seems to identify with dragons and Murderbot, to judge from their reading choices, so QED I think?

Wow. Especially the part about what if Voyager had stayed home & just sat safely in a building. It would have been sad. It wouldn’t have been able to fulfill its purpose.🥰