This is amazing. I'm a bit of a sucker for second generation stories in most of my fandoms but I don't think I've ever encountered one which rings so true, both in terms of projected characterisations or realistic possible futures.
The father-daughter dynamic is fantastic and the way that it changes when Zaida is forcibly made aware of his past as a player is great. It's as if for the first time in her life, she can take what she knows about his playing career and move it from the academic (what he won, where he played) to the experienced, if that makes sense.
I love the way that all the tiny details about the realities of being a female footballer, both good and bad, are really well incorporated, so that they flesh out the world without having to add too much description. As someone said in an earlier comment, the realities of being a woman allow Zaida's experiences to parallel her father's and yet be wholly her own.
Anyway, this got a little long, I just wanted to say I loved it :)
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The father-daughter dynamic is fantastic and the way that it changes when Zaida is forcibly made aware of his past as a player is great. It's as if for the first time in her life, she can take what she knows about his playing career and move it from the academic (what he won, where he played) to the experienced, if that makes sense.
I love the way that all the tiny details about the realities of being a female footballer, both good and bad, are really well incorporated, so that they flesh out the world without having to add too much description. As someone said in an earlier comment, the realities of being a woman allow Zaida's experiences to parallel her father's and yet be wholly her own.
Anyway, this got a little long, I just wanted to say I loved it :)