One of these days I'm going to take the time to write up, with examples, an explanation of why I think the books of Neal Stephenson and Jim Butcher function as fan lit for incels and redpilled men. It took me a while to see it, but that's partly because I was reading these books while those reactionary fascism-adjacent (and pipeline) movements were being built, and as I was developing my own political morality.
But yeah. It's hard to read those anymore, especially Stephenson. Once I saw the patterns, I couldn't unsee them.
Edit: And this has made me sad for a few years, because both of those authors write stories I like, in ways I like. Well, Stephenson can't finish a story to save his life, but he's really good at the beginning and middle parts, and that was plenty for me, for many years.
#sff #IWillTotallyDoThisSomeday #procrastination #nealstephenson #jimbutcher