Subject: Okay, this is an interesting one. [Warning: Lux]
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Posted on: 2022-03-21 16:25:45 UTC

Looking at the formatting, I'm pretty confident this is a three-way co-write between Jay, Acy, and Lux. Lux and Sean's actions are separated out a bit too nearly in the intro for it to just be J&A (but equally, they tend to share lines, so I don't think they were two authors).

This is definitely the story that establishes Lux's reputation as an airhead nympho. And, er, what is up with this sequence?

Luxury came strolling out of the woods, riding on Sean's shoulders.

I've always assumed it's a moderately dirty scene, but this readthrough I've noticed two things:

1/ Lux is wearing a skirt later, oh lawks, but,

2/ Lux is strolling? What? Are her feet somehow on the ground?

Still on the subject of Lux: she reads the Words of the mission, which Acacia doesn't know how to do (and describes it as 'reading minds'). If we accept the notion that Lux is from the Shipverse, can she do that because the PPC isn't her world, so she can perceive its Words while its 'natives' can't?

The Department of Bad Slash as a concept is fleshed out slightly in ways that... really didn't stick. The Slashers don't wear disguises, and Acy implies that they might operate by seducing canons away from their uncanonical relationships. Which might be quite funny to read, actually, provided Rule of Funny was solidly in place.

Is this the mission that introduces the torture ban? I don't remember it coming up before.

And we have the mention of the spinoffs! Archi, KazraGirl, and Black Katana get mentioned; it looks like Acacia missed mulberry. It must have been a real thrill to start your spinoff and have the Original Assassins mention you in an A/N. :)

hS

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