My assignment is exciting in a scary way almost. It's in a fandom I haven't written before, so I'm a bit worried, but also really looking forward to writing it. So yay for signing up.

And while this post is not about Rachel's characterization, your calling her "shallow" made me realize that that's exactly why her characterization has been annoying me lately. I mean, you know, I think Rachel has been through a lot of crap and all the angst is justified, but there is just no need for "All must revolve around me"-ness. Piotr coming back from the dead sent her into a fit because of how it'll affect her, and I didn't mind that so much because of my extreme Piotr hate, but she is supposed to be his friend. And her issues with the Emma/Scott thing also bug me because while Scott is an asshole for ignoring her, he really doesn't owe her anything because he isn't really her father. But she makes his relationship with Emma all about her. I don't remember her acting this way with Maddie. And Emma is actually about just as nice to her as Jean ever was, and it's like, "Dude, stop canonizing your dead mother. It's not like everyone isn't doing it already." If Jean hadn't been just as indifferent towards her as Scott usually is, it would actually make sense. But I don't remember Jean and Rachel ever having formed the bond that Rachel seems to think they had.