I think my main problem with the virginal!Revan is that when the council gave her memories, presumably they gave her memories of an average woman in her late twenties or early thirties who was not a Jedi.
Well, it depends on how deep their manipulation went. They could give her a bad experience with a would-be lover or boys/girls, which doesn't need to be as bad as rape, but something that may hit her self-esteem (laughed at in high school, spurned by someone she had a crush on, etc.). I'm not sure if my cynical suggestion is better or worse than the thought of men in their sixties and older giving her memories of sex.
Rebel!Revan is the, uh, archetype?, I'm working with. :D Rebel can mean all sorts of things, though, and there are different degrees of rebelling. A white woman in the days of Martin Luther King protesting at a lunch counter, for instance, would be a rebel in some eyes, but she could be a total prude when it comes to sex. Maybe a certain Rebel!Revan was totally anti-authority, but all hot air when it comes to sex. Not that I don't understand what you're saying; a streak of rebelliousness usually touches on all things, from authority to personal sexuality, but not necessarily to the same degree.
However, my main gripe with virginal!Revan is that she tends to be used in a one true love paring with Carth, as if the author is afraid that if Revan had been in a sexual relationship before now, it would somehow soil their love.
Ah, now that I understand. I think this is silly, as can be seen in my fic; Revan's had a string of lovers before she ever left for the Mandalorian Wars.
(Although one true love 'paring' gave me all sorts of amusing images that involved potato peelers. The Grammar Nazi I/O buffer can output some weird shit sometimes.)
I think what annoyed me was the whole idea that because Morgana hadn't bonded with him in battle, there was no possible way that she could understand him the way that Revan did, which is silly since presumably Morgana got to see him in a context that Revan doesn't.
Oh, yeah, I totally agree. I can understand the jealous fangirl phenomenon, though. Who'd want to share Carth with anybody? :D I'll actually touch on this jealousy/resentment feeling in my fic.
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Date: 2005-05-19 11:43 am (UTC)Well, it depends on how deep their manipulation went. They could give her a bad experience with a would-be lover or boys/girls, which doesn't need to be as bad as rape, but something that may hit her self-esteem (laughed at in high school, spurned by someone she had a crush on, etc.). I'm not sure if my cynical suggestion is better or worse than the thought of men in their sixties and older giving her memories of sex.
Rebel!Revan is the, uh, archetype?, I'm working with. :D Rebel can mean all sorts of things, though, and there are different degrees of rebelling. A white woman in the days of Martin Luther King protesting at a lunch counter, for instance, would be a rebel in some eyes, but she could be a total prude when it comes to sex. Maybe a certain Rebel!Revan was totally anti-authority, but all hot air when it comes to sex. Not that I don't understand what you're saying; a streak of rebelliousness usually touches on all things, from authority to personal sexuality, but not necessarily to the same degree.
Ah, now that I understand. I think this is silly, as can be seen in my fic; Revan's had a string of lovers before she ever left for the Mandalorian Wars.
(Although one true love 'paring' gave me all sorts of amusing images that involved potato peelers. The Grammar Nazi I/O buffer can output some weird shit sometimes.)
Oh, yeah, I totally agree. I can understand the jealous fangirl phenomenon, though. Who'd want to share Carth with anybody? :D I'll actually touch on this jealousy/resentment feeling in my fic.