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Brandon Sanderson Defends LGBTQ Agenda In The Stormlight Archives: "It's A Bigger Statement Not To Include Queer Characters Than To Include Them"

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Jan 02, 2025
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Brandon Sanderson has been criticized by epic fantasy fans of The Stormlight Archives with book 5, Wind And Truth, having a heavy focus on modernism and an LGBTQ agenda that doesn’t fit within the medieval fantasy genre. He’s admitted he’s “worried” about fan reaction and that his career may “crash and burn” as a result.

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