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You know what I’d like?
I’d like more ya fantasy genre fiction that features homeless kids where they aren’t homeless due to the consequences of the fantasy universe...
Like- Growing up it was just cool to see kids in books I liked who had similar experiences to me
But I’m tired of the only examples being things like
“My super powers got out of control and now I’m forced to live on my own on the run”
“I’m the solitary leader of a child rebellion due to the circumstances of my dystopian society”
And even
“You aren’t able to tell what the normal age to move out is in my universe- but there are just plenty of teenagers living on their own or living on the run- and no one ever fucking questions it”
One the one hand- it was cool seeing characters like me with these cool destinies and powers
But at the end of the day it made it that much harder to have to go- “I’m not in this situation because I’m important, I’m here because my mother’s a deadbeat”
I wanna see more homeless kids in ya fantasies that live that way cause sometimes shit happens- not because they’re special- but cause that’s life...