In response to this:

So I'm wondering: for those of you who write fic, what's a piece that remains special to you - whether it got a response from your fandom(s) or not - and why? Link us to the fic and tell us … whatever you like! What you were trying to "do" with the writing, how you were motivated to write it, whether it affected your impression ( Read more... )

This is a deeper view into my fic, The Dark of the Stars, after some thought and reflection of what exactly what I had been trying to get across in my story. Please bear with me writing more on my fic because I had a deeper realization of general attitudes towards Star Wars and other action blockbusters because of it.

First of all, it opens with ( Read more... )

So tonight I am very happy to be discussing a new fic. I hesitate to call this a close reading. But it is a reading of Dark of the Stars, by darth_eldritch. The text is action-packed, but I have chosen to focus on the use of tropes and commonplaces to enhance and extend its potential meanings; other readings would surely be possible. My interpretation is ( Read more... )