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From: jdnicoll@panix.com (James Nicoll)
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Subject: Re: (review) Super Supportive by Sleyca
Date: Wed, 12 Jun 2024 03:53:21 -0000 (UTC)
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In article <lcsiijFiuo4U1@mid.individual.net>,
Chris Buckley  <alan@sabir.com> wrote:
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>surface view is being gradually devalued as you read carefully more.
>It's even worse than what James said - he was wrong when he said
>superpowers were given to those who volunteered and worked hard. The
>Avowed are not volunteers

If I was not in Dance Season hell I'd go back and reword the review a bit.

The situation about powers is complicated: our hero works towards getting
powers, is repeatedly warned the odds are against him, gets lucky. Kids of
supers have better odds of being selected than do regular people but it's 
still dice rolls. One family in particular has worked out to game the
system but the powers they chase involve luck manipulation. 

(also, people can swap powers if they want... as long as they act 
quickly)  


>The hard questions of worthiness of sacrifice are just beginning to be
>explored now. Sleyca obviously has a well-developed idea of where she
>wants to take her themes, the question is whether she'll be able to
>continue writing at such a high level.

I didn't come across anything that unabigiously IDed the author's 
gender, so I have them down as "unknown". 

>The Patreon readers are pretty clearly worried about burnout and are
>urging her to write less!

Some people have just the one writing speed....
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