Anghraine

Oh, so late getting to this.... Mea culpa!

Anyway:

You're right: the resistance almost comes from the lack of handling in canon; any handling ends up being resistant on the one hand, but on the other, the lack of its being handled also makes it a necessary part of the conversation that the fic his having with the source.

And YEAH on Vaderkin's denial--- in either iteration of self, he just buries things until they're too much to be buried.

And oh, I'm glad I made you laugh--- but it's so true, because while I respect what Lucas did in terms of making movies a visual medium, the plots and people of the PT in particular would have benefitted from a bit more in the way of a script.

...you know, there is practically a perfect correlation between "fic I love" and "fic the author considers wish-fulfillment". Really, practically every time I see labels like "idfic" or "self-indulgence" or "wish-fulfillment" on a fic, it generally ends up taking me to my happy place right along with the author. So bring on the wish-fulfillment!