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Critic's Foreward: This is disorganized as hell, because I'm working on it in between several other projects.
Of Eideann's MotU fanfics, I actually like Revelations and Regrets better than Highest Bidder. Note that I had to think about it in depth to reach that conclusion! As I theorized years ago, one of the main undercurrents in Highest Bidder seems to be the ways in which a single, very powerful event can catalyze character growth in some very distinct personalities. Characters on the "Good Guy supporting side" become stronger, more emotionally versatile people, while characters on the villainous side of the divide are at least becoming more *interesting*.
Nonetheless, I like R&R a little better, and I think it's in part because some of the key contrasting personalities *don't* grow so far out of their old selves, with a few critical exceptions: the unevenness highlights those exceptions, while adding comparative depth to those who remain unchanged.
( I coulda swore I cut this once already. )
Of Eideann's MotU fanfics, I actually like Revelations and Regrets better than Highest Bidder. Note that I had to think about it in depth to reach that conclusion! As I theorized years ago, one of the main undercurrents in Highest Bidder seems to be the ways in which a single, very powerful event can catalyze character growth in some very distinct personalities. Characters on the "Good Guy supporting side" become stronger, more emotionally versatile people, while characters on the villainous side of the divide are at least becoming more *interesting*.
Nonetheless, I like R&R a little better, and I think it's in part because some of the key contrasting personalities *don't* grow so far out of their old selves, with a few critical exceptions: the unevenness highlights those exceptions, while adding comparative depth to those who remain unchanged.
( I coulda swore I cut this once already. )