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Princeless Volume 1: Save Yourself
by Jeremy Whitley
Oh my GOD.
This is brilliant. Absolutely brilliant. You know who would probably love this? Hermione Granger (esp racebent Hermione Granger, who is probably my favorite version of Hermione Granger).
The story starts with the typical princess story, about a white girl who needs to be rescued by a white guy. This story is being read to a young black girl by her mother, and the girl immediately calls it "hogwash" and says it's "full of plot holes." The mom tries to argue with her daughter while also trying to brush her hair so she can wrap it before bed---which is amazing because you know what we rarely see? The process women of color go through in order to look acceptable to white people (Viola Davis removing her wig on HTGAWM may be the only other example I can think of right now). The story then flashes forward ten(?) years, and the girl, Adrienne, has been locked in a tower by her family. And she's pissed. There's a dragon guarding the tower, and the dragon keeps eating princes, and we see Adrienne yell at the current prince who is trying to save her ("Do you know what fair MEANS?" "Um...beautiful?" "Wrong-o, Prince Chuckles. It means WHITE." YES YES THANK YOU). The dragon chases the prince away, Adrienne finds a sword under her bed, and then she decides she can save herself and that she should also save her sisters, who are also locked in towers. BAM.
Other characters include: her twin brother, who is basically emotionally abused by their father because he's not "manly" enough--he sucks at fighting, he likes poetry, and we see him cry; a blacksmith's daughter named Bedelia, who runs her father's store because he's kind of a drunk, and there's a whole conversation about how girls who fight should have normal armor and not that flimsy bullshit most female superheroes have to deal with. Oh, and the dragon is also a female.
I love everything about this.
This is brilliant. Absolutely brilliant. You know who would probably love this? Hermione Granger (esp racebent Hermione Granger, who is probably my favorite version of Hermione Granger).
The story starts with the typical princess story, about a white girl who needs to be rescued by a white guy. This story is being read to a young black girl by her mother, and the girl immediately calls it "hogwash" and says it's "full of plot holes." The mom tries to argue with her daughter while also trying to brush her hair so she can wrap it before bed---which is amazing because you know what we rarely see? The process women of color go through in order to look acceptable to white people (Viola Davis removing her wig on HTGAWM may be the only other example I can think of right now). The story then flashes forward ten(?) years, and the girl, Adrienne, has been locked in a tower by her family. And she's pissed. There's a dragon guarding the tower, and the dragon keeps eating princes, and we see Adrienne yell at the current prince who is trying to save her ("Do you know what fair MEANS?" "Um...beautiful?" "Wrong-o, Prince Chuckles. It means WHITE." YES YES THANK YOU). The dragon chases the prince away, Adrienne finds a sword under her bed, and then she decides she can save herself and that she should also save her sisters, who are also locked in towers. BAM.
Other characters include: her twin brother, who is basically emotionally abused by their father because he's not "manly" enough--he sucks at fighting, he likes poetry, and we see him cry; a blacksmith's daughter named Bedelia, who runs her father's store because he's kind of a drunk, and there's a whole conversation about how girls who fight should have normal armor and not that flimsy bullshit most female superheroes have to deal with. Oh, and the dragon is also a female.
I love everything about this.