Why is Oree Shoth blind? - Epiphany 2.0

A friend asked me this, so I’ve decided to answer here because I think it’s something others might like to know. The question was, why did I decide to make Oree Shoth, protagonist of The Broken Kingdoms, blind? Bear with me; this is gonna be another long one. I have a problem with the question itself, to be honest — though to some degree it’s a fair question. After all, I’m not blind, and there’s been a lot of talk in the SF world lately about the dangers of cultural appropriation. But I’m not biracial either, or American Indian, and […]