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Ngl i also thought agatha was lesbian,, :0000c

Reacting to 1 Star SGE Reviews

Note: All of these are from different people! 

Okay, so I’ve personally never seen any gay characteristics in Agatha?? Does goth = gay ? Maybe it was because Agatha was bullied and outcasted? 

please reblog with “gay” traits that Agatha apparently has because that went completely over my head

Also since when did Soman Chainani make award-winning gay pride films?? I NEED TO SEE THEM NOW. 

And girl… I feel so bad for you. Wait till you find out they’re sisters. 

I do kind of understand the criticism of fat-shaming? But it didn’t really stand out to me. Soman was probably trying to throw in some satire/commentary, I don’t know. 

First of all:

Tedros raised some red flags but it was rounded out by TLEA anyway so it wasn’t a problem for me. 

Second:

WHERE DO PEOPLE KEEP INTERPRETING AGATHA AS A LESBIAN?? 

W H E R E. 

Seriously, I have no idea, someone enlighten me. 

Third: 

The whole point was that Agatha changes her mindset and accepts herself. I shouldn’t even need to explain this part. 

LMAOOO Fantasy Mean Girls. 

I think the “changing motivations” issue was with the Coven, because first they made fun of Sophie, then helped her win Tedros over, and at the end they were on Agatha’s side. I don’t exactly remember the reasons why, but it made sense to me because 1. they were just trying to get Sophie out of Evil and 2. they understood the bigger picture of defeating Sophie. 

This is so funny because I’m imagining this guy ranting and spitting in my face. He is Extremely Pressed. The rest of his review was something about stereotypes and wrong messages and confusion of the plot. 

My Review of These Reviews:

There were a lot of other… opprobrium that I didn’t include just because they went on and on for so long. Here were the points I found interesting:

Sophie is stupid, annoying character and Agatha should’ve left her when she had the chance. 

I can 100% see why many readers would hate Sophie. But she was my favorite character and still is! 

Agatha did a 180 on her personality. There was no good reason for her to date Tedros when she hated boys for a majority of the book. 

I think that whole “Agatha blushes and gets nervous around Tedros” scene was unnecessary. And her hypocrisy killed me the first time I read SGE, but I knew that was the lesson Soman was going for. I wish she kept her witchy side though, Agatha’s character is getting worse and worse with every book (in the Camelot Years). 

Someone said that it rubbed them the wrong way when the wolf captured Sophie, undressed her, then clothed her again? Something like that? 

Was it the Beast in the Doom Room (who was supposed to punish and humiliate her… god I see the implication). PLUS, Sophie described Stefan with a wolf mask?? That is very… uh. Are they thinking what I’m thinking? Not to mention that Hort, known simp, is a man-wolf. Jesus. 

This is not appropriate for ages 8 and up. 

I agree with this. I’m pretty sure Soman forgot that they were 12 years old, because picturing CHILDREN in romantic relationships is uncomfortable, especially when they’re acting AT LEAST 16. The amount of dark themes are pretty surprising, but I’d read much darker books before so I didn’t care. If Soman simply aged them up (and made it even darker, though that’s a personal preference) parents wouldn’t feel so misled and angry.