[FFML] Review of Drunkard's Walk II

[William Lathan]

With all the talk about Drunkard's Walk V going around, I decided to
take a peek at the whole series.  Naturally, I started at the very
beginning, DW2.

Read it.  Now.


Why are you still here?  You're wasting valuable time that could be
spent reading DW2.


OK, I guess you want to know why I consider it one of the top ten best
anime fanfiction works.  Here's the short list

6.  Lisa Vanette.  I never thought any one could write her as anything
other than background noise.  DW2 proved me wrong.

5.  The overall characterization of Looney.  Throughout the whole
series Loony is portrayed NOT as a "Superhuman" but as a "superHUMAN."
 He makes mistakes, he stumbles both mentally and morally.  Then he
gets up, dusts himself off and tries again.

4.  The way he manages to go into Looney Toon's history without ever
actually going into it.  This guy can turn a phrase so well that he
can give us an entire flashback scene without ever having to WRITE the
durn thing.

3.  The endless psychological twists and turns.  Nobody is completely
in the right and nobody is completely in the wrong.  Throughout the
series, you start to realize that every viewpoint you're treated to is
at some point, justified.  Sure what Madigan's actions are wrong,
anybody would know that,  but by the time she's done it all, you can't
help but feel sorry for her.

2.  The idea that someone could consider the Knight Sabers' mission as
wrong and possibly evil.  Don't laugh, don't scoff.  Looney Toon's
harangue at Sylia is very compelling.  Which could explain why the
Knight Sabers' take it so personally.  A big subplot is Nene is
wondering whether or not she's evil and Rob Schroeck pulls it  off
beautifully.

1.  The Plot Twist at the end proves once and for all that Robert M.
Schroeck is actually a pen name for M. Night Shyamalan.  Saying any
more would be spoiling it.