Abandoned Fic - Part 2

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Abandoned Fic - Part 1 (of 2)

I usually have about a half dozen fanfics cooking at any one time. I haven't officially posted/started any of the longer ones often because Taking Sights is my current project and I know my limits. Trying to do two big fics, especially within the same fandom, is just hard for me. "Color of Blood" has suffered a lot because it was posted too early (and I'm coming to suspect it's more of a single chapter "fun idea fic" than anything longer). 

HOWEVER, occasionally I'll can a whole project for a different reason. Linked below the cut-off is one such abandoned fanfic. It's called "You're a Boy, You Know!" and it stars Misato. I killed this fic for three reasons:

Firstly, like "Taking Sights", it's a time-travel Peggy Sue story.  It just seemed like a bad idea to do two stories of that nature at the same time.

Secondly, I was having a lot of trouble deciding just how crazy I wanted to make Misato. Her mental state switched a lot between the first three chapters that I'd (partially) drafted and it came across less as schizophrenic and more as shoddy characterization.

Thirdly, I couldn't figure out how to deal with the names and pronouns in a way that didn't make it confusing for the reader. "What's the matter with the names and pronouns?" you ask.

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