Subject: The badfic was deleted?!
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Posted on: 2015-02-15 05:19:00 UTC
I checked back to the original link and holy balls, you're right! I did manage to save around half of the fic on a word document if anyone wants to read what I have; I just put it up on Google Docs with a summary of what else I was able to find and updated the mission accordingly. Lady Palutena, I can't believe how close to a complete disaster that mission was!...
Anyway, based on what I read and what I have on file, V.R. didn't actually do very much in the fic itself. Almost everything that happened to Pit was inflicted upon by himself, and she was actually trying to prevent him from becoming an angsty rebel. If she'd wanted that sort of temperament, why not just hook up with Dark Pit? Also, I was banking on the idea that V.R. was an unreliable narrator, especially given that most of the fic took place from the point of view of different characters. Palutena was not openly antagonistic in any of her appearances, and she genuinely did try to help Pit as much as everyone else involved. I don't really see V.R. as being a problem so much as having a very ingrained misunderstanding of Palutena, but her knowledge of the canon is enough that it wasn't mangled, the made-up backstory notwithstanding.
The interlude after this mission was initially going to be just Sarah meeting Velociripper (from my previous mission) again, with all the irrational violence that it implies. Come to think of it, though, I think having V.R. show up in said interlude, talk to Ripper as well, and have him help her come to terms with her own status as a former Sue (and starting the whole mess in the first place besides) would be really helpful, because I honestly had no idea how the interlude would go down otherwise.
I've promised to hand V.R. off to eatpraylove, but I can talk to her about this and we'll be able to think of something together. We'll see!