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The Caine art is amazing! I love to see a little more art for Gone here and there

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what do you think is the controversial stuff in the gone series? obv its problematic in some ways but i'd like to hear your take

Well, I guess I do have to give it some credit; it was written in 2008, and it has pretty awesome gay representation despite it! I think "problematic" is a much better word to describe some of the events in the Gone series rather than my original phrasing of "controversial", so I do apologize for that 😭 And I also want to make it clear that despite its problematic tendencies, I adore this series and I'm beyond happy I started reading it! I have such a love for the characters and storytelling 🫶 I have no problem with anyone who openly enjoys this series, because so do I! Below the cut are a few things that rubbed me the wrong way in the Gone series by Michael Grant (keep in mind I'm only on book 5):

Diana's pregnancy Even the fact that her and Caine had sex to begin with— several times according to the books— made me squirm a bit. Back in 2008 (when the books were written), the age of consent in California (where the story takes place) was 18 years of age, and the characters are significantly younger than that. Then there's the "accelerated pregnancy" bit... I'm not sure why that made me so squeamish. It just seemed... strange? Like, okay— from where I am in the books, we know something is up with Diana's baby, we're just not sure what it is yet. So for all I know, there could be a reason her pregnancy was accelerated, but I can't be sure yet. Honestly though, I don't think anyone reading the books were meant to be comfortable with Diana's pregnancy. I think Michael Grant intended for it to be a bit uncomfortable, because the whole situation between her and Caine was just that; the fact Diana felt that the only way to get Caine to stop being a terrible person was to offer herself up to him sexually is a very unfortunate circumstance. Caine swore that he would stay on the island with her if they did this together, and so she gave in, but then he turned around and left the island despite it. It really drives home the idea that Caine is very much only after power/control. Gosh I have a lot of opinions about this particular bit of Gone, I could go on for a long while 😭 Female characters Don't get me wrong, the female characters in Gone are (for the most part) absolutely incredible. But basically (if not literally) all of them depend on some sort of love interest to drive their story forwards. This bothers me because it reinforces the idea that women can't just be independent. Astrid, Lana, Dekka, Taylor, Penny, Diana, etc. are all victims of this. Excessive ableism To be completely fair, the characters in this series are young and immature, so this makes sense for them. But it still gets to a point where it's just... excessive. The R slur is used in abundance— especially in the first book— primarily against Little Pete due to his autism. Even in 2008 that wasn't an acceptable word to throw around. But, then again, it's a bunch of teenagers trapped inside a dome with no more adults to tell them off.

I'm probably missing some stuff, but this is what I could think of on the fly. Again, I really do love this series, and am actually running it as a D&D campaign with some friends of mine who haven't read the books! Oh god please don't flame me for this Gone Tumblr </3

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when youre drawing and your art program is on its knees, pleading, begging, praying for you to let it rest and youre like "lol time to shade"