Man, this just makes the fanfic-as-idealized-autobiography bells go off in my head even more.
(Also, I totally sympathize on the most-upvoted sadness.)
You hit the nail on the head when you describe the story as “idealized autobiography,” but I think it makes sense for one’s most important ideological frenemies (Hanson) to end up getting represented in a satire chiefly about ideology.
Man, this just makes the fanfic-as-idealized-autobiography bells go off in my head even more.
(Also, I totally sympathize on the most-upvoted sadness.)
You hit the nail on the head when you describe the story as “idealized autobiography,” but I think it makes sense for one’s most important ideological frenemies (Hanson) to end up getting represented in a satire chiefly about ideology.