fanfiction obviously reflects all different kinds of personal fantasies but currently the most amusing subset of these to me are the ones that attach a character's romantic fitness to their managerial proficiency. true 'aging userbase' moment to be like "yes but what if good managers existed, can you imagine"
#off the top of my head this is several astolat stories & also i contend down to agincourt#a bunch of star trek fic does this too#lots of fic is invested in establishing that its characters are fine to work with or for but usually in sketchy outline#the way a recent regency romance rushes to reassure that its male lead isn't a tory before moving on from his politics#fascinated by how people think + write about work