Came across your post while looking for Iron Widow opinions, and glad to see someone else got the same impression I did. I often wonder why people bother to use these specific settings if they're going to ignore them entirely in the actual bodies of their novels.
I'm also growing increasingly impatient with published fiction that prides itself on being reminiscent of fanfic; I have nothing against fanfic, and a lot of it is well-written, but published fiction for me is about bringing the author's new, unique voice to something they want to explore creatively, and you can't really realise that freshness if you're promoting your work based on how well it apes established tropes. I dunno.
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Date: 2022-05-04 11:03 am (UTC)Came across your post while looking for Iron Widow opinions, and glad to see someone else got the same impression I did. I often wonder why people bother to use these specific settings if they're going to ignore them entirely in the actual bodies of their novels.
I'm also growing increasingly impatient with published fiction that prides itself on being reminiscent of fanfic; I have nothing against fanfic, and a lot of it is well-written, but published fiction for me is about bringing the author's new, unique voice to something they want to explore creatively, and you can't really realise that freshness if you're promoting your work based on how well it apes established tropes. I dunno.