I've read that fic. I could see it being a decision Lee made.
Well, all things considered, it'd be more than cheating on a test. It's Zak passing Basic Flight and qualifying for Vipers. The Lee we know wouldn't do it. But a Lee who had grown up taking different lessons from his parents could be one who put loyalty to his kid brother ahead of what was fair and right. Lee had to learn the traits he embraces from someone (someone probably not his parents). If whoever he learned them from hadn't been in his life, he could have gone a different way. Writing it and making it believable would be a challenge.
Making Kara more of a doormat would require, in my opinion, going back to her childhood and making it different. She learned to survive her mother, and therefore is not a person who lets people push her around. I can see the scenario RDM went with happening to canon Kara. I cannot see her passing Zak if he pressured her to do it. Canon Kara would have pushed back and told him to frak off. But because he didn't ask, she did it for him. Subtle difference in circs.
As for dark!Lee, even in the little time I've been in fandom, I've seen some of the comments people make. I've seen people take down stories because of what other people said. I'm not interested in that kind of drama, so I'll keep those stories to myself. No one who reads my stuff wants to read about that Lee, anyway.
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Well, all things considered, it'd be more than cheating on a test. It's Zak passing Basic Flight and qualifying for Vipers. The Lee we know wouldn't do it. But a Lee who had grown up taking different lessons from his parents could be one who put loyalty to his kid brother ahead of what was fair and right. Lee had to learn the traits he embraces from someone (someone probably not his parents). If whoever he learned them from hadn't been in his life, he could have gone a different way. Writing it and making it believable would be a challenge.
Making Kara more of a doormat would require, in my opinion, going back to her childhood and making it different. She learned to survive her mother, and therefore is not a person who lets people push her around. I can see the scenario RDM went with happening to canon Kara. I cannot see her passing Zak if he pressured her to do it. Canon Kara would have pushed back and told him to frak off. But because he didn't ask, she did it for him. Subtle difference in circs.
As for dark!Lee, even in the little time I've been in fandom, I've seen some of the comments people make. I've seen people take down stories because of what other people said. I'm not interested in that kind of drama, so I'll keep those stories to myself. No one who reads my stuff wants to read about that Lee, anyway.