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Date Posted: Tuesday, June 27, 04:57:48pm
Author: Nell
Subject: Re: One more thing
In reply to: JayBee 's message, "Re: One more thing" on Tuesday, June 27, 01:40:11pm

Well...I was careful to say "almost all" the criticism of Nikita came from a motivation entirely separate from genuine approval of Paul. You've zeroed in here on probably the most significant exception.

True enough - but (now that you've read the post that started me down this track!) - I think what I'm trying to get at is that I *experienced* this particular story as the end point and culmination of years of reading various complaints about Nikita, in part because - especially the opening - it is so vividly written. Also, and as you say, this particular story appeared after the settled consensus that "lfn fandom" had reached (which I obviously don't share) was pretty decisive that Nikita would not be able to run section on her own due to her inherent character flaws and weaknesses (as opposed to inexperience - which either kills you, or doesn't!).

I think the Nikita vs. Madeline thing doesn't do anything but interest me because they are quite different from each other, without being limited to sets of oppositional pairs (for example - their mommy issues are in many ways almost identical....) - and that is, well, canon! It isn't at all difficult to posit that each would run Section differently - and quite likely to different successes and failures.

Whereas, Paul and Nikita aren't all that different, in terms of their characters and attitudes (you once said you'd hate to have Nikita as a subordinate -- Paul would be (and was) equally awful - up to bumping off *his* superior!), so I think the combined weight of fannish comparisons between the two of them, showing him as effective and her as a failure, is the one that got under my skin.

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