Agree with all this. Given Fritz's penchant for high-handedly keeping people away from SOs who turned out to be no damn good for them, it *is* interesting if Marwitz really does have an STD.
as opposed to being written solely as a victim
Agree. So much of fandom (and human thinking, really) tends to go black-and-white. All my faves are problematic because I like watching them be problematic. I'm still inordinately pleased with this review I got on one of my fics: "One thing that made this story so amazing was the combination of [character]'s conceit and his human decency; most fanfics choose one of his personality traits and play it up far more than it ever was in the actual book."
Re: Toppings of all types, continued - the Curious Case of the Recurring Favourite
as opposed to being written solely as a victim
Agree. So much of fandom (and human thinking, really) tends to go black-and-white. All my faves are problematic because I like watching them be problematic. I'm still inordinately pleased with this review I got on one of my fics: "One thing that made this story so amazing was the combination of [character]'s conceit and his human decency; most fanfics choose one of his personality traits and play it up far more than it ever was in the actual book."