Characters Who Aren't "Normal," part 2
Image description: Luna Lovegood, as seen in the Harry Potter film series, being her usual quirky self. Luna's quirkiness is a huge part of her character, but it's also one of her biggest sources of strength. Just like I did in a post last year, today I'm discussing characters who choose not to live "normal" lives and discuss how these iconic characters can be sources of comfort and inspiration to people like me and to all sorts of people as well. Something I have been bothered by for a long time – and have discussed on the blog a great deal – is the way the word “ normal ” is often weaponized to make people of different identities feel like they don’t belong. This is something I imagine affects people of various queer identities in various different ways, but in my experience as an AroAce person, when people discuss “normal life” or “normal relationships,” they’re almost always exclusively referring to things relating to sex, romance, and sometimes even marriag...
