appearance and likability in The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet
write-up of a rant i did in discord about implicit and explicit value judgements in-text about various sentients in Becky Chambers' A Long Way to a Small Angry Planet
it seems that the sympathy that The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet extends to sentients correlates strongly with their fit to (present-day, western) Human aesthetic standards.
( TLWtaSAP Sentient Aesthetic/Sympathy Ranking )
this ties in very nicely with the central theme of "we should all get along with each other despite our differences, everyone has value no matter where they come from :)"
it seems that the sympathy that The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet extends to sentients correlates strongly with their fit to (present-day, western) Human aesthetic standards.
( TLWtaSAP Sentient Aesthetic/Sympathy Ranking )
this ties in very nicely with the central theme of "we should all get along with each other despite our differences, everyone has value no matter where they come from :)"