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Current Talk '03 II / Re:Slipping into Satanism
« on: November 10, 2003, 09:34:10 PM »I imagine that everyone who has read "The Education of Judith Collins" can't help but be disappointed in the Edith Collins presented in these episodes. She has only a hint of the cunnning, foresight, ruthlessness or iron-willed determination that the written Edith has in Luciaphil's extraordinary work.
I certainly understand and can empathize with your POV. Unfortunately I haven't read The Education of Judith Collins, but I have no doubt that it's an extremely well written piece of fan fiction. Everything Luciaphil writes seems to be exceptional. However, perhaps we should keep in mind that Luciaphil's vision of Edith is, of course, her own and may not necessarily reflect that of the DS writers. Perhaps at this point in her life the writers intented Edith to be as vapid as she appears and to be in sharp contrast to the Edith we saw in 1897. Therefore, as complex and full-bodied as Luciaphil's Edith may be, people having read The Education of Judith Collins shouldn't compare the Edith depicted in it to this 1840 Edith and come away disappointed. Any representation of Edith on the series, no matter how insipid, is the actual way Edith was intended to be seen.