2012-01-22

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2012-01-22 09:22 pm

Open Review: Guide Me Home by Qwi-Xux (1 of 2)

There's an old saying in Korea, "It's the widower who understands the widow." In many ways, this seems an apt way to describe the Hakoda/Ursa pairing. Who would understand each other better than two people who lost spouses under traumatic (if very different) circumstances, and who know the complications of dating after the end of a prior marriage? Done poorly, this can be a "pair the spares" situation where an attractive widower and divorcee find Twu Wuv simply by virtue of being single.

And then there is Guide Me Home by Qwi-Xux. )

Links
- Fanfiction.net profile: Qwi-Xux
- Guide Me Home
- Tropes Page

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2012-01-22 09:27 pm

Open Review: Guide Me Home by Qwi-Xux (2 of 2)

As discussed in Part 1 of this review, Guide Me Home by Qwi-Xux is an inspiring and well-plotted story that gives much-needed depth to the character of Ursa. Now I will discuss what I see as the flaws in that story.

On the fierce warriors of suburbia and other complaints )