User blog comment:SodaCat/Muse - Chapter 10: Snowfall/@comment-26358727-20151109024336

I really like that you humanize Mandy in this story. There's a lot of bad stigmas out there about the head cheerleader, and while Mandy is initially horrible in the canon, there's a very human side to her that lies just below the surface. You've dug just deep enough to unearth that here and I love it.

You've created an argument here where both sides are clear as day: Jesse loves Mandy and he knows she's relatively unhappy with Ted. He sees his confession as a blessing, an easy way out, so to have that thrown in his face is like, "What?  Make up your mind!" But on the flip side, breaking up with someone is hard at any time of year, but to break up with someone on Christmas? Mandy shows that she has a heart by wishing to soften the blow to Ted, recognizing that even if he's an ass, Ted's also a person.

Oh, it's so complicated and full of mixed emotions, and I can't even tell you who I'm rooting for in the end. I'd like to see Jesse and Mandy get together, but scenes like this make it so obvious that it's just more complicated than that.

Great exploration of a relatively unpopular character - stories like this really make me like Mandy a lot. I think, in the original canon, she's one of the characters who sees the most development (even if it's just to keep gameplay consistent) and I love that you're exploring that here!

Cannot wait for more! ( :