Rue as a favorite character?! *bowled over* I rather liked her in the first half of the series, and I would've liked her overall, but she kept being stuck -- nay, sticking herself-- in the role of a victim. That bothered me.

But wasn't the subervsion (the pen *is* mightier than the sword! i'm a duck, hear me quack!) wonderful? <333

I'm sorry you can't get deep into meta, what with time constrictions. Maybe some other day?