Compilation of Megafire's Wildbow Essays (Imported)
I haven't read all of them myself, but the few I did were always worthwhile and interesting, so I thought I'd index them here for anyone who hasn't heard of them or checked them out. As I recall, these were written by Megafire as the chapters were coming out.
CHARACTERIZATION OF CAROL IN WARD
REDDIT INDEX
Chapter 3.6
The Warden's HQ, or, Playing With Time
Chapter 4.6
Natalie, or, Working Through Proxies
Chapter 5.9
Power Dynamics, or, Why Carol Love(s/d) Mark
Chapter 6.3
Trust, Safety and Control, or, General Opinion
Chapter 7.4
A Glimmer of Hope, or, Victoria and Carol have an Actual Conversation!?
Chapter 8.2
Meeting the Parents, or, Never mind, Carol is Back to Being Carol
Chapter 8.9
Baby Steps, or, Carol Manages to Respect Boundaries for Once
Chapter 9.12-9.13
Bonus Damsel Interlude, or, This Will Pay Off Later, I Promise
Chapter 10.1
The Diner, or, I Yell a Lot
Chapter 10.y
Bonus Chris Interlude, or, This Has Nothing to Do With Carol, I Just Really Like This One
Chapter 12.1
Ruminating on New Wave, or, Why Mark Loves Carol
Chapter 12.2
Carol vs Damsel, or, I Told You It'd Pay Off
Chapter 12.f
Ryan and Cradle, or, What It Means to be Good, and, Competing Access Needs, or, Why the Dream Room is the Worst
Chapter 12.9
The Bubble, or, Making You Feel Even Worse About Carol Getting Hurt
Chapter 14.5
The Greenhouse, or, Carol Brought Low
Chapter 14.6 (Sort of)
Drawing Similarities, or, What's Left for Carol
Chapter 14.7
Chris' Crossroads, or, Screw It, I Guess I'm Talking About Chris Too Now
Chapters 14.9 + 14.10
Her Mother's Daughter, or, What Amy Learned From Carol
Chapter 14.12
Piecing Together Chris, or, What Do Monsters Mean?
Chapter 15.7
Slaves to Fate, or, Predictions and Responsibility
Also Chapter 15.7
Ultimate Agency, or, Who Is Contessa?
Chapter 16.4
Mockeries and Funhouse Mirrors, or, Paths Not Taken
Chapter 16.y
Attempted Therapy, or, Amy Is Not Doing Well
Chapter 17.1
Family Issues, or, Confrontations Vis-a-Vis Parentage
Chapter 19.1
The Curious Case of Sarah Pelham, or, A Basic Overview of the Shit That Happened to Sarah
Chapter 19.9-19.10
The Talk, or, How To Screw Up Your Kids In One Easy Conversation
Chapter 20.e6
Carol: Final, or, What Has Carol Learned? (Hint: Not Much)
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PALE ANALYSIS
REDDIT INDEX
Verona and her Dad, a Transactional analysis
Why Verona's Dad is a Literal Manchild - mostly about Out on a Limb 3.1, but with references to 3.4
Adults, Parents and Children
Lucy is Verona's Only Good Parental Figure (and That's Kind Of Sad) - Leaving a Mark 4.2
Pale: Justice
The Cast Of Law And Order: Kennet - Cutting Class 6.z
Practitioner Supremacy
Boy There Are Some Real World Parallels Here - Gone Ahead 7.1
Practitioner Parenting
Regular Old Bad Parenting - Vanishing Points 8.4
Abuse
Brett is an Absolute Bastard - Shaking Hands 9.9
Avery's Games and Gimmicks
Breaking Patterns Is Hard - Dash to Pieces 11.10
Transgressive Acts
Why the Mussers are like the Spartans - Break 5
Practitioners and Others, a Binary
The Binary is a Lie! - Gone and Done It 17.x
Judging the Judiciary
What About the Judges? - Crossed With Silver 19.z
Hostile Environment
Power Plays for the Future - In Absentia 21.12
