abi reviewed Ladycastle by Delilah S. Dawson
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4 stars
Listen, I am totally here for this concept.
I'm kinda sad that it's only a miniseries but I hope that means there's going to be zero filler and I just get to see ladies being badasses.
So, Ladycastle starts in a place called Mancastle, where basically it's super patriarchal and ladies are either locked up until they're married, or they're already married.
That all gets flipped and turned on it's head when the king and all his men die in battle, and a new king needs to be chosen. Of course this gross dude thinks that because he's a man, he's the one who should be the king. Mancastle is cursed, and only the true king can lift it. The true king is also the only one who can lift a sword, and guess what, the true king is not the gross dude.
No, it's Merinor, who has in the …
Listen, I am totally here for this concept.
I'm kinda sad that it's only a miniseries but I hope that means there's going to be zero filler and I just get to see ladies being badasses.
So, Ladycastle starts in a place called Mancastle, where basically it's super patriarchal and ladies are either locked up until they're married, or they're already married.
That all gets flipped and turned on it's head when the king and all his men die in battle, and a new king needs to be chosen. Of course this gross dude thinks that because he's a man, he's the one who should be the king. Mancastle is cursed, and only the true king can lift it. The true king is also the only one who can lift a sword, and guess what, the true king is not the gross dude.
No, it's Merinor, who has in the past just been thought of as the blacksmith's wife.
But no, Merinor is now king. Her husband has died, so she's the sole blacksmith too. And oh yeah, on top of being a woman, she's also black.
Thank goodness.
She changes rules, renames Mancastle to the better suiting Ladycastle, and gives women new rights to do more i.e. lets them cut their hair and have whatever job they want (as long as it contributes positively to Ladycastle) AND lets them train to be knights.
Honestly I can see this comic being a truly great feminist work of the year, and I'm so damn excited for the following issues.