A lush, dark graphic novel that has:
-a matriarchal society
-different magical races and conflict between them
-normalized f/f romance (mc does not have romance)
-powerful women
-CATS!!!
-monsters and demons

Check out my music video inspired by this book here: Monster (Original Song)

Merged review:

A lush, dark graphic novel that has:
-a matriarchal society
-different magical races and conflict between them
-normalized f/f romance (mc does not have romance)
-powerful women
-CATS!!!
-monsters and demons

Check out my music video inspired by this book here: Monster (Original Song)

the writing style was a big no for me, but I do love the story

For those of you who have never thought of the rare pairing Sam Wilson/Steve Rogers...check this out--or any of Astolat's Captain America works, really. Cute and with a hint of sexiness, this one shot brings out the potential of love and something more between the two Caps.

definitely some great insight into how john thought about his kids, his wide gap in understanding his youngest, and a great resource book for supernatural fanfiction writers who wish to use canon lore for casefics. could have had more about the family dynamics--it seems that john only writes a lot on certain days of the year, and I would have loved to see more of his day to day observations on sam and dean.

a fascinating poem that can be read as a coming of age story, perhaps a metaphor for sexual violence from the goblins given the way that the goblin fruit is heavily sexualized. this reading would be particularly notable due to the way that laura & lizzie's relationship is--

Spoiler

in offering her sister the goblin fruit to cure Laura of her ailment, lizzie turns their relationship sexual, so incest here, while still a taboo ("forbidden fruit") is the beautiful softness that comes after laura's assault.

another potent reading of this story is an examination of antisemitism in european literature/poetry. why is it these two young christian girls whose innocence are stolen by the jewish-coded goblins? interesting musings, and something i've started working on critiquing/commenting on by writing an adaptation of the story...anyways i digress. good poem.