OT? A Fistful of Stus

[typhonblue.livejournal.com]

Since someone else introduced a question that was bugging them, I thought it might be okay to say something that's been bugging me for awhile.

I've been reading Backwards and I just have to get this off my chest.

Ace Rimmer is the Stu to end all Stus.

Thank you. *slinks away.*

Comments

[cyber-moggy.livejournal.com]

Hell, yeah! Actually, I think that's why I find him so damned irritating.

[erinptah]

Isn't that sort of the point of Ace?

I never liked him, but he's not a Stu because of author ineptitude or arrogance; he's a Stu because it's deliberate.

Of course, I haven't read Backwards, so I don't know if his Stu-ness is actually bad for the plot there.

[roadstergal.livejournal.com]

He was an over-the-top-intentional Stu in Dimension Jump.

I feel that Rob Grant tried to humanize him in Backwards. That was a problem, as it impeded the over-the-top-ness that made his Stuishness work in the show. IMO. But it still made for lovely slashiness with Spanners.

That being said, Backwards is one of the few books that has made me laugh out loud at multiple points. If you want a good Rob Grant book, read Colony. I think he was a little burnt out on RD when he wrote Backwards.