fic: third act (SGU, PG-13)

[carmencatalina]

Title:  Third Act.

Author: carmencatalina

Fandom: SGU
Pairing: Young/Rush
Disclaimer: They aren’t mine. If they were, I would have taken better care of them than MGM and SyFy, I think.
Rating: PG-13, for language.
Author's Note: A snippet set after "Give me your hand"  and "That ends the night" - never finished.
Spoilers: Takes place sometime after

Comments

[rhinegolden]

Hello there! I've just come into this fandom and I am burying myself in fanfic after devouring the show and being heartbroken at how little of it there really was, considering how much I would have preferred.

I've read the stories in this series just now, and I'm amazed at how simple and elegant your storytelling is. I read the chunks of them talking on the planet aloud to my spouse as an example of when an author matches real information with voice to make a perfect characterization. I'd love to see more of this series. It's almost painfully beautiful.

[carmencatalina]

Thank you for the lovely feedback - I'm so glad you liked the stories! Sometimes I worry that my writing is too stripped down - especially when I compare my sparse little tales with some of the beautiful long plot-filled and detailed work of some of my favorite fanfic authors. I'm glad to hear they worked for you!

[rhinegolden]

I think the stripped-down voice can be quite effective, especially for setting the sort of sparse mood that works well in SGU. The setting of the series is elegant in its simplicity, and I feel that your work really captures that aesthetic!

[kericide]

I do hope you continue this - there isn't near enough good SGU fan fic!

[carmencatalina]

Sorry to have missed you comment - thank you!

I don't know when I will finish it up, but I feel I will, because it just nags at me, this little snippet . . .

[kericide]

Glad to hear it :) I've now watched all of SGU - was there any particular point in the series when this was supposed to have happened?

[carmencatalina]

I wrote the first two parts (Give Me Your Hand, That Ends the Night) during the break in the first season (after "Justice" aired in Dec. of 2009 and before "Space" in April of 2010"), so they were set in some undefined time after Rush had been left on the planet, but after he somehow gets back (I assumed he would get back, but of course didn't yet know how!).

[In fact, Give Me Your Hand was written for a Valentine's Day fic challenge - it posted on Feb. 13, 2010, the day before Valentine's Day, which is the day it is in the fic itself, as well .]

So now, of course, they are rather AU.

I'm glad you seen all of SGU - the second season is really marvelous! I SO want to write a "waking up from the stasis pods" fic.