What can one say when one’s perspective has been so unexpectedly flipped on its head?
When I first saw your Preminger fanfic, I will admit I laughed. The thought someone had taken the time to write a fanfic about a flamboyant villain from a Barbie movie was amusing in its absurdity, and I immediately added it to my library. However, you have taken this character and turned him into a man who has experienced love, loyalty, hatred, suffering, and loss. You made Preminger a tangible being, and therefore worthy of empathy.
Part of me dislikes you for that, I love Preminger as a villain because he is an over-the-top fop with a strategic mind, very little ethics, or moral integrity. The other side of me absolutely adores you for bringing this new perspective. As it has brought about a renewed love for the movie and inspired questions and theories, specifically concerning Erika and her interactions with Preminger within the movie.
This is getting long so let me wrap this up. Your fanfic is a work of the best kind of creativity and skill, which I could not bring myself to put down once I picked it up. I hope you will forgive my verbosity, but I thought “Pain of the Past” should be praised and your time and effort acknowledged.
