Talk:Seddie/@comment-14284535-20160510225127/@comment-14284535-20160511202425

@3cooldog92 - Thank you for the look back from before I ever became aware of DS, aside from the short time he knew of me from mid-late 1980's ST fandom.

@Purple255225:D - Thanks.

In 1990, I went to the Clarion Writers' Workshop at Michigan State University. One of the points hammered home was a point from Damon Knight - writers should love their characters; respect who they are; and trust their behaviour when it is not in line with our expectations as writers.

When I asked about writing for TV series and such (I do have 1 official rejection from BBC for a Doctor Who story I submitted in 1988 and was hoping to try again because it wasn't rejected out of hand with a form letter), they said that if other writers take the characters where we would not have, but they appear to others to be OK (e.g., Seddie), then I should respect them and maintain that continuity in my stories for the same characters. (Oversights that lead to continuity gaffes are one thing; deliberate ignornace is another.)

Based on this criterion (and others from Damon Knight, Kate Wilhelm, et al.), DS fails because he clearly only loves Carly, Sam, and Freddie when they are making Freddie look good or are furthering Creddie. He also clearly failed in the respect department for all the Seddieness in the series prior to iOMG.