Oh my... I'm pretty much lost for words to describe what I feel right now. I mean... you took their limbs and then... *flails*... oh my... those poor boys. *gulp*
The scene where you took away John's ATA gene was the most painful. I actually shouted out "NO!". How horrible. I have to believe that he will find a way to get it back. It's in his blood too. He will find a way to use it again. Yes! *nods*
Absolutely brilliant and creepy and stunning fic. It felt so real. And underneath all the horror that happens to them, there's still this bond of friendship that comes through and that somehow survives all this.
I kinda wish this fic would go on. I'd love to see them work on this a little more and I'd like to know what happens with the Ixtians. Part of me wants to blow them up for what they've done, but then again, they only followed their rules and traditions. How to judge something like this?
the Ixtians. Part of me wants to blow them up for what they've done, but then again, they only followed their rules and traditions. How to judge something like this?
It all depends on if they were just following their rules without conceiving there could be exceptions or if they were using those rules as an excuse to get rid of Sheppard and keep McKay. The first one, probably very careful diplomatic interactions and letting renewed contact slowly change the strictures of their closed system would be best, because they are also trapped through no fault of their own or their ancestors, but... the second possibility would make punishing them very tempting. Knocking the corrupt out of power by opening the habitat to people leaving would be a more humane way to punish those behind it, though.
Or taking them and making them ustra, you know. If you want to Old Testament on their asses.
Yeah, it all depends on their reasons for doing what they did. I like that you left it open and everyone has to make up their own mind. I think, if you want to punish them, leaving them to themselves would be the hardest way. Because after McKay they probably have a lot more problems than before. While reading I kinda had the feeling they were doomed, if they stayed by themselves. I like the idea of opening the habitat to let people leave if they want to. Because even if it was on purpose, there are still lots of people who didn't know about it and just lived their lives the only way they knew.
Also, I think the IOA would go all superior again and decide to help the 'poor bastards' by relocating them to get at the technology.
wow, look at me... I could go on and on about this. lol
They'll either want to lock that society out of the dialing database, or make allies of them. Because I can see the IOA and SGC deciding that they are useful allies...if so, ew.
The emergency overload of the virus and John and Rodney disappearing is such "another day at the office". And my love for Woolsey grows more and more. (He's not a sentimental man, but a practical one. A practical one with a heart.)
The suggestion that John spit reminded me of that episode of Farscape, where the only way to use D'Argo's ship was for him to spit on things. :-) (Being reminded of Farscape is always of the good, IMO.)
Because I can see the IOA and SGC deciding that they are useful allies.
I can see the IOA deciding that they had a humanitarian obligation to evacuate those poor trapped people from the space habitat...because they want the tech there. Control crystals. The Scipia's wreckage to reverse engineer. Records on the potentia facility. The grafting technology which isn't inherently evil. And the Ixtians removed 'for their own good'. *cough*
Poor bastards relocated to some planet and left with no more idea how to support themselves without technology than the average supermarket predator.
I don't think John and Rodney would go along on the Daedalus or the Apollo for that mission.
Wow. Incredible! Heart rending and dark, but loved it! The title - so appropriate to both the story and the metacarpals (which look like a patchwork on wiki). I especially loved the subheadings and the way you matched them (some out of order), with the story parts ... Hamate (hooked) for the ustra explanation!
Thanks. The subheadings, that kind of thing, is the part of working on a story that can be really enjoyable, finding something that resonates and hooks the story into other ideas and concepts that helped shape it, even when they don't show on the top layer. Sometimes, I find things that are so perfect it's like a planned them in from the beginning, like using hamate for that section. Beautiful serendipity.
I love this story. It's dark but wonderful. I'm always amazed how you manage to create a world in your story while keeping the emotional momentum at the same time. And yes, a great happy ending..
I kind of want to learn more about the Ixtians, but learning about them at the expense of the Atlanteans pains me. A great great story.
At last someone equally pessimistic! Viewed from my low expectations mindset it is a happy ending. Of course what they go through is horrific (this is as close to real horror as I've come in some time) but they aren't crippled mentally or physically, they don't end up killing anyone or either of them dead. That's as close to winning as things get in Pegasus. Ronon lost his entire planet and society and saw his old friends brainwashed into betraying him and then nearly suffered the same - that's infinitely worse, and that's canon.
I just got a chance to read this today and it is such an amazing story. I was blown away. You did a fantastic job on this. I mean, the pain of John losing his wings, Rodney feeling responsible for it, Rodney walking around with pieces of John, John walking around with pieces of Pegasus, a patchwork of life. Amazing, amazing story.
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The scene where you took away John's ATA gene was the most painful. I actually shouted out "NO!". How horrible. I have to believe that he will find a way to get it back. It's in his blood too. He will find a way to use it again. Yes! *nods*
Absolutely brilliant and creepy and stunning fic. It felt so real. And underneath all the horror that happens to them, there's still this bond of friendship that comes through and that somehow survives all this.
I kinda wish this fic would go on. I'd love to see them work on this a little more and I'd like to know what happens with the Ixtians. Part of me wants to blow them up for what they've done, but then again, they only followed their rules and traditions. How to judge something like this?
Wow, what a story.
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It all depends on if they were just following their rules without conceiving there could be exceptions or if they were using those rules as an excuse to get rid of Sheppard and keep McKay. The first one, probably very careful diplomatic interactions and letting renewed contact slowly change the strictures of their closed system would be best, because they are also trapped through no fault of their own or their ancestors, but... the second possibility would make punishing them very tempting. Knocking the corrupt out of power by opening the habitat to people leaving would be a more humane way to punish those behind it, though.
Or taking them and making them ustra, you know. If you want to Old Testament on their asses.
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I think, if you want to punish them, leaving them to themselves would be the hardest way. Because after McKay they probably have a lot more problems than before. While reading I kinda had the feeling they were doomed, if they stayed by themselves.
I like the idea of opening the habitat to let people leave if they want to. Because even if it was on purpose, there are still lots of people who didn't know about it and just lived their lives the only way they knew.
Also, I think the IOA would go all superior again and decide to help the 'poor bastards' by relocating them to get at the technology.
wow, look at me... I could go on and on about this. lol
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They'll either want to lock that society out of the dialing database, or make allies of them. Because I can see the IOA and SGC deciding that they are useful allies...if so, ew.
The emergency overload of the virus and John and Rodney disappearing is such "another day at the office". And my love for Woolsey grows more and more. (He's not a sentimental man, but a practical one. A practical one with a heart.)
The suggestion that John spit reminded me of that episode of Farscape, where the only way to use D'Argo's ship was for him to spit on things. :-) (Being reminded of Farscape is always of the good, IMO.)
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I can see the IOA deciding that they had a humanitarian obligation to evacuate those poor trapped people from the space habitat...because they want the tech there. Control crystals. The Scipia's wreckage to reverse engineer. Records on the potentia facility. The grafting technology which isn't inherently evil. And the Ixtians removed 'for their own good'. *cough*
Poor bastards relocated to some planet and left with no more idea how to support themselves without technology than the average supermarket predator.
I don't think John and Rodney would go along on the Daedalus or the Apollo for that mission.
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I kind of want to learn more about the Ixtians, but learning about them at the expense of the Atlanteans pains me. A great great story.
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At last someone equally pessimistic! Viewed from my low expectations mindset it is a happy ending. Of course what they go through is horrific (this is as close to real horror as I've come in some time) but they aren't crippled mentally or physically, they don't end up killing anyone or either of them dead. That's as close to winning as things get in Pegasus. Ronon lost his entire planet and society and saw his old friends brainwashed into betraying him and then nearly suffered the same - that's infinitely worse, and that's canon.
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Fantastic way to think of it, maybe he could learn to accept it that way.
If blood be the price o'admiralty, they have paid and paid and paid it.
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