I'm reading the Battleforged series now, it reminds me of reading Eragon. I really wouldn't recommend it unless you are ready to either reread the same things over and over again, aren't tired of every fantasy trope ever, and like deus ex machina.
Trying to pretend that it is woke just shows how little understanding people have of racism and racists. Basically it's pretending that liberal beliefs define what racists think. Racists will hate a movie about a positive black homogenous culture! A racist wouldnt care that Wakanda existed...
How was Black Panther woke? An isolated homogenous community protected by a wall had few issues until they decided to open things up to the world. They quickly fell into conflict and war came to them.
Watching snake tits, so both of the children are cross dressers? I suppose that leans into how wrong everything is on the mountain but it also makes no character relatable. If the parents were cursed or something it might make sense I suppose. It's a shame, I'd be significantly better...
You bring up a really good secondary point. Since the people doing the interviews are generally hard core geneologists, even in some other people's family ones I have seen the questions revolve more around who was what and what did they do than anything actually interesting. I brought this...
Don't worry, once you get 2 generations past your death the only person that will care what you looked or sounded like will be the one freak that is nearly unrelated to you but happens to be into genealogy. My oldest brother is that guy. He did individual interviews with all of the old...
It's weird looking at reviews, independent or critics. It's like they are more worried about what other reviewers are going to think of what they say than actually saying anything.