this was acutally the name of an earlier c/n story of mine where i really let the meta run wild, and it was a lot of fun. did you ever read it? you might like it. it's slighty more disney!assassins but only very slight. in fact, it wouldn't take much squinting to see that story with a cronenburg bent now that i think about it.
i think with dark, complicated female characters who don't emote there's this tendency to want to "fix" them-- to make them get in touch with the feeeeeeelings and get psycholanalyzed and therapy through their shit until they're OKAY (whatever the hell that means.) and frankly, it bothers me. i've also seen it manifest itself as a temptation to break down the character emotionally until they put themselves back together in a way that's more socially acceptable (read 'normal with normal emotions') and that's equally problematic. also problematic is the need to write such a character as a mass of psychological trauma just waiting to break through at the first sign of trouble. in my mind, someone this smart and this tough and who has seen this much shit has her coping mechanisms pretty well in place; i don't really second-guess the character's ability to deal with shit--I just assume they can. and of course trauma is going to come out, and of course emotional journeys are going to happen (otherwise why do we even bother?), but GAWD it needs to be handled delicately.
idk, this probably ceased to make sense long ago. :)
Re: Fic: my skin is not my own (rated PG-13 for implications of sexin')
(not least b/c i am a massive theology dork.)
this was acutally the name of an earlier c/n story of mine where i really let the meta run wild, and it was a lot of fun. did you ever read it? you might like it. it's slighty more disney!assassins but only very slight. in fact, it wouldn't take much squinting to see that story with a cronenburg bent now that i think about it.
i think with dark, complicated female characters who don't emote there's this tendency to want to "fix" them-- to make them get in touch with the feeeeeeelings and get psycholanalyzed and therapy through their shit until they're OKAY (whatever the hell that means.) and frankly, it bothers me. i've also seen it manifest itself as a temptation to break down the character emotionally until they put themselves back together in a way that's more socially acceptable (read 'normal with normal emotions') and that's equally problematic. also problematic is the need to write such a character as a mass of psychological trauma just waiting to break through at the first sign of trouble. in my mind, someone this smart and this tough and who has seen this much shit has her coping mechanisms pretty well in place; i don't really second-guess the character's ability to deal with shit--I just assume they can. and of course trauma is going to come out, and of course emotional journeys are going to happen (otherwise why do we even bother?), but GAWD it needs to be handled delicately.
idk, this probably ceased to make sense long ago. :)