This had that feeling of desolation and destruction and just yuck that Caprica has. It's not a feeling I "enjoy" but I applaud your ability to write it well. Such an interesting situation. Nothing is the baby's fault but he represents so much that isn't pleasant. I am sure it would be hard to raise him without some of those feelings seeping through. Ugh, no one wins in situations like this. This fic has certainly made me think.
I definitely understand what you're saying. You don't enjoy that feeling but it's necessary to really understand how Caprica would feel to them. It's basically hell, a hell you have to dig yourself out of before you lose your mind there.
As for the baby, it really is an impossible situation. Kara and Lee went in knowing they'd probably find something, and if it was a pregnant woman in a farm they would have to kill her. But it really would be a mercy kill, just as it was for Sue-Shaun. Now, though, they've got a child who isn't guilty of anything. They couldn't leave it there because of the fear of what the cylons would do to it, but that doesn't mean it's anymore wanted by Kara. She feels an obligation to it even though it was done against her will, and she's at war with that feeling. It's hers, and yet at the same time, it's not. How can they move forward from this mindset? What will it take? Or will Kara never be able to see it as anything else?
This was an incredible and dark chapter. You didn't shy away from their darker impulses, and you showed how they could really work well together when it came down to it. This all seemed so nerve-wrackingly real, and I'd love to see another chapter!! Nicely done!
I really wanted to show just what Caprica does to people (imo!), and what it would specifically do to Kara after what happened the last time she was there, and what it would do to Lee to be back and to also know what Kara endured on the planet. How far would they take it when confronted with the person who was responsible for hurting her? With anyone else and in any other situation, I think they would have stopped themselves far earlier and done a reality check, but Caprica is just so frakked that they were lost in the moment, letting their crueler instincts take over to get what they wanted and to keep themselves alive.
Thank you so much for reading! I definitely have a lot of ideas for continuing it, and the reception this has gotten has been very encouraging to keep going.
Wow! I live how they went back. So are they a "couple" now. It's inferred but who knows. What will they do? This was so interesting but of course, I want more.
I didn't directly get into it other than the few subtle hints at it, but when I wrote this my thinking was that since they talked in kdbleu's story, they've let that closeness develop into something more. It wouldn't be something they were open with people knowing about, and it wouldn't be all the time, but there's definitely a relationship going on between them. Although, now with this new development/revelation between them--can they move on from there? Was their relationship just a temporary thing until they went through with returning to Caprica? What happens to the kid? So many great questions to answer and I'm already dying to write more.
Yikes, what a position for Kara to find herself in. So glad Lee's there and being both supportive and practical.
I could definitely see Kara, and to a lesser extent Lee, enacting vengeance on Simon like this. Hard to read but well written. Boomer also came across very in-character.
I think Boomer at this point in time definitely would have done something like this. It was before the failure of New Cap and when she was still hopeful about fixing things, and saw herself as human rather than betraying her line and siding with Cavil. She wouldn't have been able to deny that Starbuck had been a close friend of hers, and to a lesser extent, Apollo as well. As for Simon...poor guy would be so frakked if he ever ran into Kara and Lee again (and Lee knew the truth about what happened on Caprica). Apollo, IMO, would definitely have made him hurt, which was why I really needed to write them both getting so lost in the anger to even think about stopping until it had gone so far.
Thank you so much for your kind words! I'm such a fan of your hugely-long-fic that it means a lot to hear you say you enjoyed something I've done.
Thank you for your praise of WW! Hugely-long is right *grin*
I really, really want to read your We Used To Wait. I even started it but quickly realized that we were covering a major portion of the same ground. I was suddenly afraid I'd find myself either thinking how much better you 'did' this, or wishing I'd thought of 'that' first, or finding myself subconsciously copying some idea of your. I haven't had this issue with reading other people's work, and I think it's because yours was resonating with me so much that it freaked me out :) Believe me, once I've put WW to bed, I plan on going right back to WUTW to see what you did with yours!
I know how that is! When I was writing WUTW I didn't read anything else and then played huge catch-up afterward. I look forward to hearing what you have to say about it when you read it! (and looking forward to the rest of WW even more! -- Do you know how much more there is left to the story?)
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As for the baby, it really is an impossible situation. Kara and Lee went in knowing they'd probably find something, and if it was a pregnant woman in a farm they would have to kill her. But it really would be a mercy kill, just as it was for Sue-Shaun. Now, though, they've got a child who isn't guilty of anything. They couldn't leave it there because of the fear of what the cylons would do to it, but that doesn't mean it's anymore wanted by Kara. She feels an obligation to it even though it was done against her will, and she's at war with that feeling. It's hers, and yet at the same time, it's not. How can they move forward from this mindset? What will it take? Or will Kara never be able to see it as anything else?
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Thank you so much for reading! I definitely have a lot of ideas for continuing it, and the reception this has gotten has been very encouraging to keep going.
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I could definitely see Kara, and to a lesser extent Lee, enacting vengeance on Simon like this. Hard to read but well written. Boomer also came across very in-character.
Very well done piece on a tough AU.
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Thank you so much for your kind words! I'm such a fan of your hugely-long-fic that it means a lot to hear you say you enjoyed something I've done.
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I really, really want to read your We Used To Wait. I even started it but quickly realized that we were covering a major portion of the same ground. I was suddenly afraid I'd find myself either thinking how much better you 'did' this, or wishing I'd thought of 'that' first, or finding myself subconsciously copying some idea of your. I haven't had this issue with reading other people's work, and I think it's because yours was resonating with me so much that it freaked me out :) Believe me, once I've put WW to bed, I plan on going right back to WUTW to see what you did with yours!
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