If You Find Yourself Speaking to God, Address God with the Informal You
4 stars
I read this novelette here: www.uncannymagazine.com/article/if-you-find-yourself-speaking-to-god-address-god-with-the-informal-you/
It takes a lot for me to care about a superhero story, but I quite enjoyed this one in which a Superman-esque character is a queer Asian-American weightlifter. This recasting lets the story reexamine some superhero tropes like monikers, how cops treat superheros, and alter-egos. With this as backdrop, I really enjoyed the foregrounded slow-building relationship, and the superhero/queer closet parallels.
Content warnings: racial slurs, police violence
I read this novelette here: www.uncannymagazine.com/article/if-you-find-yourself-speaking-to-god-address-god-with-the-informal-you/
It takes a lot for me to care about a superhero story, but I quite enjoyed this one in which a Superman-esque character is a queer Asian-American weightlifter. This recasting lets the story reexamine some superhero tropes like monikers, how cops treat superheros, and alter-egos. With this as backdrop, I really enjoyed the foregrounded slow-building relationship, and the superhero/queer closet parallels.
Content warnings: racial slurs, police violence