Reading some of the fics in Beyond at TFN is an eye-opener (in so many ways, in some instances): I never realised how much dislike there is for Jaina around the place. I went through some bad patches with her character, mostly in the petulant teenage stage of her development, but I never experienced this black loathing some seem to have for her. My ( Read more... )

If there's one thing that guaranteed to make me squirm, it's infantisation of adult characters in fic. Luke and Han friendship fics feature this all too often. If I read one more where Luke cries, whimpers, tells Han he's scared, or otherwise behaves with OOC levels of childlike neediness, I will... probably cringe and hit the back button. (Fear my ( Read more... )

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