So. I have squeed in your general direction about this a couple of times. But I should leave more concrete feedback.
I loved how you worked in folks who don't get as much face time- Sveta, Moe, Shea- and some of the cameos (Sister Ruth!). I love how everyone fits (OMG, Caroline is Sue and D's kid... sort of). I liked Katie being her less than social self without being evil, because it's so easy to give in to the temptation to make Detroit players evil. I love your imitation of Jayda's style, and how some passages of the novel are very Mechelle (specifically some of Sue's frustration and the bit at the end of Chapter 4). I love you bringing in Dumerc and the European stuff. I love that you built a base that explains how Sue can be so modern in her views about gender and race without it being anachronistic. I love some of the genderqueer/genderswap stuff that's only touched upon.
What I think I love most is how much the writer's love for the subject comes through- and in a weird, meta way, not just your love, but historian!Jayda's love for her study and novelist!Mechelle's love for her characters.
The only problem I have is my emotional investment in that universe. I want to read the rest of Jayda's book! I want to find out how badly they fucked up the movie! (Because I can't imagine a movie about lesbian pirates being a big commercial success {thanks to the Christian Right}, and yet it's big enough to have a novelization from a major publishing house.) God help me, I want to write fanfic of the novel.
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Date: 2010-10-31 04:51 am (UTC)I loved how you worked in folks who don't get as much face time- Sveta, Moe, Shea- and some of the cameos (Sister Ruth!). I love how everyone fits (OMG, Caroline is Sue and D's kid... sort of). I liked Katie being her less than social self without being evil, because it's so easy to give in to the temptation to make Detroit players evil. I love your imitation of Jayda's style, and how some passages of the novel are very Mechelle (specifically some of Sue's frustration and the bit at the end of Chapter 4). I love you bringing in Dumerc and the European stuff. I love that you built a base that explains how Sue can be so modern in her views about gender and race without it being anachronistic. I love some of the genderqueer/genderswap stuff that's only touched upon.
What I think I love most is how much the writer's love for the subject comes through- and in a weird, meta way, not just your love, but historian!Jayda's love for her study and novelist!Mechelle's love for her characters.
The only problem I have is my emotional investment in that universe. I want to read the rest of Jayda's book! I want to find out how badly they fucked up the movie! (Because I can't imagine a movie about lesbian pirates being a big commercial success {thanks to the Christian Right}, and yet it's big enough to have a novelization from a major publishing house.) God help me, I want to write fanfic of the novel.