I guess I have it in my head that lots of portrayals of the gunmen make them seem cute. Here they seem sharper, in wit and with each other.
It's not just in your head. The Gunmen are comic relief in most fic.
Kel always creates excellent original characters and here, she applies her talent to making the Gunmen three-dimensional. They seem real because she makes them real through the quality of her writing.
It's much harder than she makes it look. There are a few other writers who bring them to life. OneMillionandNine, Martha, and ML are three writers who come quickly to mind. M Sebasky, I think has written a good short story featuring Frohike, but I am blanking on the title. The post-col series, Life During Wartime, has great portrayals of individual Gunmen. M. Luder: King of "Seti Troopers" Fanfic by Livia Balaban has great Gunmen character voices. (Link is to our discussion but the fic link is working.)
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Date: 2016-10-10 07:02 pm (UTC)It's not just in your head. The Gunmen are comic relief in most fic.
Kel always creates excellent original characters and here, she applies her talent to making the Gunmen three-dimensional. They seem real because she makes them real through the quality of her writing.
It's much harder than she makes it look. There are a few other writers who bring them to life. OneMillionandNine, Martha, and ML are three writers who come quickly to mind. M Sebasky, I think has written a good short story featuring Frohike, but I am blanking on the title. The post-col series, Life During Wartime, has great portrayals of individual Gunmen. M. Luder: King of "Seti Troopers" Fanfic by Livia Balaban has great Gunmen character voices. (Link is to our discussion but the fic link is working.)
If you decide to make a journal, go ahead and request membership, comment here and I'll gladly admit you. Anon comments and non-members continue to be screened due to a recurring bot problem at LJ.