the way collie is often characterized in parkovitch is so disgusting and i hate when people try to use the book as a shield for their blatant racism because collie has literally never been mean. like he’s gruff at most. even in the book he was among the top 3 kindest boys there. the last solid food he ever ended up eating he shared with garraty because he believed he’d hurt his feelings the day before. in addition to that he apologizes when he recognizes he’d done so. he wanted to save the other guys still left. he was scared and homesick and thought that all of them were too far from home land he wanted to be able to get them home. which is why it’s so evil to try to hide behind his book characterization to excuse making him a racist caricature of himself who serves solely as a love interest who’s only somewhat complex feelings go back to that racist blond demon
















