Open Review: "The Boy from Babel" by Lavanya Six

This Open Review is on The Boy from Babel by lavanyasix (fanfiction.net profile, though this particular story is not in her ff.n archive plus ff.n link. Thanks somariel!). Written in response to the "Language Barrier" prompt at the Avatar Spirit forum, it takes off of what many fans might have thought of--namely, the different Nations and in some cases, regions having different languages.

( The entire globe speaks the same language? Really? )

Stories like this is one of the many reasons I love fan fiction, because fanfic makes possible kinds of storytelling that are simply not possible in original fiction. The Boy from Babel is another example in a long line of examples why fanfic, far from being an inferior reflection of original fiction, opens up innovative avenues for new kinds of stories and expression.

Long story short, I highly, highly recommend this story just in case you can't tell from my ramblings so far. If you haven't read it, go read it! If you have, go read it again! That is all.