Thanks for reminding me about those, I had read them and put the review of Politic X's fics to the side in a txt file and then kind of forgot about posting it. I've read Politic X's fics for the X Files genre and I've rec'ed one of his/her fics before, so the writing feels a little rusty for me...I'm still waiting for that "big bang" where I'm impressed by what's out there. My thoughts on those works are below:
----------- For "Disarming Athena," Andrea's characterization comes off as being a little manic depressive, which is a bit odd for me; not bad, just odd, because little nuggets of "emo" would just pop up--perhaps they could be packaged a little better to cushion their abruptness. The interaction between Andrea and Miranda felt slightly contrived, particularly the aggressive come-on sequence in the elevator, as well as the caressing and undressing--perhaps if the set up for the scenes weren't so brief (the various chapters felt more like vignettes), the pacing would have felt a little less choppy.
The author utilizes several interesting ideas in this piece, one of which was the use of Greek mythological deities as metaphors for the characters. It seems a tad simplistic and the implementation was a bit awkward but hey, it's there! Most authors haven't gone this route. The narrative does come off as a much more polished attempt than the author's previous piece in this genre, "A Mean Piece," where it's clear that the author is still trying to find the right tone for the characters.
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Re: I just want to bring to your attention...
Date: 2011-02-12 01:52 pm (UTC)-----------
For "Disarming Athena," Andrea's characterization comes off as being a little manic depressive, which is a bit odd for me; not bad, just odd, because little nuggets of "emo" would just pop up--perhaps they could be packaged a little better to cushion their abruptness. The interaction between Andrea and Miranda felt slightly contrived, particularly the aggressive come-on sequence in the elevator, as well as the caressing and undressing--perhaps if the set up for the scenes weren't so brief (the various chapters felt more like vignettes), the pacing would have felt a little less choppy.
The author utilizes several interesting ideas in this piece, one of which was the use of Greek mythological deities as metaphors for the characters. It seems a tad simplistic and the implementation was a bit awkward but hey, it's there! Most authors haven't gone this route. The narrative does come off as a much more polished attempt than the author's previous piece in this genre, "A Mean Piece," where it's clear that the author is still trying to find the right tone for the characters.