Queerness isn't just a threat, it's a promise in He Who Drowned the World, the sequel to She Who Became the Sun.
Their books might be in conversation with history, but there’s another, very present history that books that focus on queer people have to contend with. One of the themes that Parker-Chan exploresin the book that’s along the lines of “If you’re a minority, then no one’s going to change the world for you.
”“I don’t think my characters necessarily succeed in banding together in a wholesome way. They are very broken, but hopefully what I portray is the necessity for that solidarity,” Parker-Chan said. “You know, they might not have succeeded, but we can say, ‘Oh, they had a moment where they acknowledged they’re not the only people like themselves in the world.’ They see other people who understand their perspective.” Sure, they could have worked together, but that’s not how it shook out.focuses almost exclusively on people who have been marginalized by either their gender or their sexuality. While there are forces in society that want to push people into boxes, Parker Chan says that they treat the ability to move outside of those boundaries as “a kind of superpower.” It’s defying these expectations that gives their characters power to move through society in a way that people who are constrained do not. “They can take this force that crushes other people and turn it into a weapon that they can use to further their own ends, or they can resist its shaping power and make themselves into whatever they want to be.” They continue, “We do have characters who are crushed and we have characters who free themselves… I wanted to play with a performative element as well. So what I think I did more in this new book as opposed to the last book was have characters who are very aware of how their performance of gender makes them perceived.”Ultimately, Parker-Chan says that they wrote these books because they could not find any Asian fantasy books written in English. They credit for really breaking open the floodgates and showing that there’s a market for these sorts of stories about Asian characters and—with resonant Chinese history and themes. “Previously, publishers did not believe the market existed. And now I’m very excited because we have so many Asian fantasies. Every time I kind of look at the bookstore, I’m see all these Asian fantasies from different perspectives; diaspora perspective, Southeast Asian, East Asians… it’s very exciting, which is why I’m not going to be writing any more Chinese books.” Parker-Chan didn’t specify what their next book was going to be, but teased that it takes place in a very “contained” and politicized environment. It might be similar to the palace dramas that Parker-Chan loves , but no more details were forthcoming.he Radiant Emperor series,looks at queer people and attempts to force them to be something they’re not. And now, in
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