I love that the happy ending can be summed up as: Tom has Empires and TAI have Chiz
it's really interesting that you chalk it up to age - because I think part of my "theory" is that Mike in skippy fic is a bad-boy with a heart of gold - but more often than not in highschool - so maybe his characterization reflects his more mature self, but that's placed in a younger character (of course the necessity of AU for getting Mike & Kevin to meet must be responsible for some of this trend)
hmm...I'm not sure that made sense. But basically it seems like in TAI fic he is a bad guy (or maybe just an complicated asshole) while in skippy fic he's not an asshole, everyone just thinks he is! (seriously - the number of fic that start with Kevin being scared of him is kinda a lot)
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Date: 22 Oct 2010 03:46 (UTC)I love that the happy ending can be summed up as: Tom has Empires and TAI have Chiz
it's really interesting that you chalk it up to age - because I think part of my "theory" is that Mike in skippy fic is a bad-boy with a heart of gold - but more often than not in highschool - so maybe his characterization reflects his more mature self, but that's placed in a younger character (of course the necessity of AU for getting Mike & Kevin to meet must be responsible for some of this trend)
hmm...I'm not sure that made sense. But basically it seems like in TAI fic he is a bad guy (or maybe just an complicated asshole) while in skippy fic he's not an asshole, everyone just thinks he is! (seriously - the number of fic that start with Kevin being scared of him is kinda a lot)