@susankayequinn@wandering.shop when I was a baby writer, I drafted a near future thriller that after completing & revising an entire 100,000 word novel, trunked it. Permanently. I realized I had written a story where I 'fridged' 1 sister to propel the other into her role as heroine. I had internalized all the violence & misogyny I was swimming in & regurgitated it in my own story. I made a conscious choice to never do that again. And i haven't. I'm not sure my work can be considered solar or hope punk, but it is earnest, full of characters who work to better their worlds through cooperation & emotional connection.