Usually I have trouble with fics that jump back and forth in time, but yours was artfully done. The whole tone was fantastic. I think you really did an excellent job in portraying how John feels with few words. Talented as always.
Believe it or not, I try to avoid flashbacks when I'm writing because I don't often find the past story as interesting as the present one, but in this case I knew I couldn't tell John's story at the SGC without the story of how he took on Mer'deth in the first place. I'm really glad that I was able to make it work for you.
Yaaaaaay, happy ending! <3 Your lovely writing plus the constant switches in time made the story an emotional roller-coaster for me (in a good way!). I really hope that SG-1 won't try to actively seek out/separate John, Rodney, and Mer'dith again.
I think that now that the SGC has what they want--the ZPM--they're not going to put a hell of a lot of effort into finding John and Rodney, especially when it's obvious that Rodney took the Gua'uld on purpose. I'm sure they regret the loss of personnel (especially Rodney), but Mer'deth was such a minor player among the Goa'uld that I doubt they'll think he's a threat.
Unless someone decides to write that, of course. ::g::
Amazing story! I love the way you built the back story to John hosting Mer'deth and making it believable that Rodney really was 'himself' all along - Mer'deth being so young when Rodney became his host suggests that Rodney maybe had an influence on him.
lavvyan told me that her story for this 'verse was that Rodney had hosted Mer'deth before John did, and that part of the story seemed the best way to honour her idea. I'm really pleased that you picked up Rodney's influence on Mer'deth. He did get him during his vital, formative larvae years after all. ;->
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Love your Rodney as a Griffendor icon. :) Though I figured he'd be Ravenclaw, if anything...
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Usually I have trouble with fics that jump back and forth in time, but yours was artfully done. The whole tone was fantastic. I think you really did an excellent job in portraying how John feels with few words. Talented as always.
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Believe it or not, I try to avoid flashbacks when I'm writing because I don't often find the past story as interesting as the present one, but in this case I knew I couldn't tell John's story at the SGC without the story of how he took on Mer'deth in the first place. I'm really glad that I was able to make it work for you.
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I think that now that the SGC has what they want--the ZPM--they're not going to put a hell of a lot of effort into finding John and Rodney, especially when it's obvious that Rodney took the Gua'uld on purpose. I'm sure they regret the loss of personnel (especially Rodney), but Mer'deth was such a minor player among the Goa'uld that I doubt they'll think he's a threat.
Unless someone decides to write that, of course. ::g::
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lavvyan told me that her story for this 'verse was that Rodney had hosted Mer'deth before John did, and that part of the story seemed the best way to honour her idea. I'm really pleased that you picked up Rodney's influence on Mer'deth. He did get him during his vital, formative larvae years after all. ;->
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