Category B Prompt 1
I chose to make an Instagram for Prince Raffin. In Graceling, Prince Raffin is described as a good-humored prince who is nothing like his father and would rather spend his days in the lab coming up with new medicines with his assistant and best friend, Bann. I googled Prince Raffin and selected a fan art picture of him which has his blue hair. At the beginning of the novel, Raffin has blue hair due to a side effect from a head ache potion he had made which turned his hair blue. I also chose to have Bann in his bio with a heart next to it because the novel implies that they are more than friends.When Katsa asks Raffin if he is in love with her after finding out that Giddon is in love with her, Raffin and Bann look at each other and laugh and Raffin comments how Giddon is very handsome. The first post is a picture of the two of them with an implied romantic relationship going on. The second post is a picture of a large potion lab which would be Raffin's dream lab. The last post is another picture of Raffin and Bann with another comment of their implied relationship. In this Instagram, I did not portray Raffin's close relationship with Katsa or how much he cares for others. I chose to focus on Raffin's passion for medicine and his relationship with Bann.
Hi Monica,
ReplyDeleteI support the decision to not have Raffin's page be centered around Katsa. One of the problematic patterns of YA fiction is that opposite-sex characters tend to only be described in terms of their relationship to the protagonist, which is heteronormative and sets up the love triangle predicament. In Raffin, we have someone who has his own life and interests outside of Katsa. He has Bann and his passion for science and medicines, and all of this is reaffirmed by his response with Katsa decides to leave his court. They both are autonomous people with their own courses of action.