The Darth Maul Estrogen Brigade Interview with MnM

Interviews by Fans
Title:	The Darth Maul Estrogen Brigade Interview with MnM
Interviewer:	Becca
Interviewee:	MnM (maulnomiko)
Date(s):	December 18, 1999
Medium:	online
Fandom(s):	Star Wars: The Phantom Menace, Darth Maul
External Links:	interview is here, Archived version
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MnM was interviewed for The Darth Maul Estrogen Brigade.

Some Excerpts

I love his passion, his loyalty to Sidious, and his drive to do his duties well and efficiently. I also admire the animalistic qualities he possesses and his ability to hold someone's interest for a prolonged period of time. I often play upon his mysterious past when writing him; I see him as a primal, lust-driven creature of immense power and agility. He's also very afraid inside; I'd imagine his life had been somewhat displeasing before Sidious came.

I think he had to lose someone in order to fully feel hatred and anger. Or maybe it was natural. I wouldn't exactly call Maul an angry, screaming maniac. He might've thought the Sith ways more intelligent than the Jedi and more dignified. Maul obviously loves action and the Sith see more of it and there are no restraints. Most intelligent people despise man's laws and restrictions, which drives them to break free of the rules and create something truly inspired. Maul managed to break the rules of lightsabers and had a double-bladed one. Think about it.

I don't believe in giving Maul a different woman every time I write something new. I believe a story loses its charm when a character is simply used as a sex object. Maul, to me, is NOT a sex object in personality or demeanor. Sequential stories, for me, are a better read than reading about Maul and some random girl who dies or leaves him at the end of the story. I've seen this repeated a dozen times and frankly, it's one of the reasons why I don't read Maul fics. Continuous action and plot are key essentials when creating a saga or story. If you don't want to do a series, fine, don't, but don't just dispose of the female like she was nothing. Develop them and make them better. Maul is not a piece of meat and I think it's time for other authors to realize this. We write fics to satisfy our need to hear about Maul more and to see how we all see him individually. I'd like to see more powerful female characters, or even male ones, emerge and plant themselves in my memory and make me say 'Hey, this character's pretty cool. I'd like to keep reading about him/her/it.'

If you're going to write smut, then do it for all it's worth. But if you're going to write a love scene, do it with beauty and grace.