Yuletide Wash-up

[alby_mangroves]

Happy New Year, everyone!

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[brunettepet]

Three fandoms I have never, ever read in! Thank you for opening up new worlds. Do I need to start the Winnetou books from the beginning (if I can even find them)?

[alby_mangroves]

I honestly have no idea whether you could easily find them, and certainly not in English. To be perfectly honest, they don't hold up these days, they were certainly written with many period-typical attitudes towards race and gender that I find hard to read now and have worked very hard to remove from my interpretation. One thing definitely stands up though, and that is the undying love between the main characters. Charlie spends most of the book praising Winnetou's beauty (yes, really), from his hair to his thighs to his prowess as a warrior, while Winnetou goes about grabbing and holding Charlie's hand all the time and inviting him on long rides in the countryside so they may sit alone and talk while gazing at sunsets, so at least there is that!!

[alby_mangroves]

I should add that if you'd like a primer without reading the books, I'd be happy to provide one! <3

[brunettepet]

I'd love a primer even though I'm still on the look for at least one book. I especially want to read Charlie waxing on about Winnetou's beauty now!