well behaved women

Wow I actually cannot believe Joss Whedon ever had the sheer gall to call himself a feminist. GUESS WHAT. YOU'RE NOT. END OF STORY.

Spoilers within, but they're warned for before they're reached.


I was remembering Nalini Singh's novella in her Angel's Blood series, one about Ashwini and the vampire she hunts on and off. In this, the angel--who is pretty much a carbon copy of Raphael--is treated the way a sane person would treat them. She's creeped out by his come-on, spooked, and hopes to interact with him as little as possible. At the time I didn't put much thought into it, but the only difference I can really come up with between the angel and archangel is that one--the one acknowledged as negative--is black.

Mm. Well.

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I just got Angels' Blood, by Nalini Singh, from Third Place Books. I was looking forward to it so much I called over the weekend to special order a copy, and I got it the day it came out.

And I just--

EEEEEEEEE

It goes so beyond my farthest, dearest hopes and expectations! And I'd been building it up in my head, trust me. So much lovely, lovely fun. This isn't even a guilty pleasure, it's just a pleasure.