Subject: Oh, god, this fic.
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Posted on: 2010-04-14 19:22:00 UTC

I have been part of a group of people that have been doing an IRC MST of this fic. It's extremely disturbing. It starts with ten pages of "DO NOT READ THIS IF YOU ARE OFFENDED BY ANYTHING" and "I DON'T LIKE PEOPLE SAYING BAD THINGS ABOUT MY FIC" and then a preface and a preface to a preface. I love it because it communicates what a history the fic must already have, with people vehemently criticizing it already.

I mentioned in the essay discussion about some Mary Sues being conformist to traditional gender roles and from what I've seen, 'Jenna' fits this to a T. Her existence is at first empowered, as a travelling salesman (at the age of 14?!), but then her true happy life only begins once she finds a man she can marry and do lots of naughty business with.

PS. the wedding scene is hilarious. It reminds me of the weddings some fans have in real life. IRL it's just cute and a bit dorky, but in this fic and this context, it's disturbing. I forget but was the CAKE shaped like the frakking Tri-Force?

PPS. If you wanted to do an analysis of the sexual symbology (besides the obvious, painful sex scenes), you'd have a field day with the horses and the mounting and the everything. Well, they ARE dreams...

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