![]() ![]() ![]() As the magical war rushes toward a seemingly destined track, both boys must react or risk the destruction of everything they love.Īs a response to the heteronormativity of Harry Potter, Carry On offers readers another choice to consider in the world-risking, wizard-school genre, crafted as fanfiction, one of the leading access points for LGBTQIA+ readers to recreate media to see reflections of themselves. ![]() He did not choose to be a Chosen One, though, just as Baz did not choose to be positioned against Simon. Set in the meta environment of an alternate universe character writing fanfiction about her universe’s Harry Potter, the screw-subtext versions of canonically straight characters, Carry On launches immediately into a rewrite of the final book in the series, relying on readers to fill in the rest.Ĭentered around the “worst Chosen One,” Simon and his suspected vampire of a roommate Baz, the book opens with a world plagued by a powerful magic thief which Simon is destined to defeat. ![]() Whether it’s choosing a family or being the “worst Chosen One to ever live,” the question of choice in the face of “destiny” constantly claws its way to the surface throughout Rainbow Rowell’s Carry On (2013). ![]()
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