Epic Outline of a Fic I'll Never Write: 2,000 Years on the Colony

[kappamaki33]

I’ve had a plot bunny to write a Sam-POV 2,000-year Final Five Cylons Epic for a long time. I’ve finally accepted that the ideas are too long and complex to do justice to in a fic of less than 100,000 words. I’ve also accepted that the likelihood I’ll undertake a 100,000-word, 2,000-year fanfic epic are slim to none. Still, I really like the

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[daybreak777]

Interesting canon point about resurrection. Why didn't the Final Five share that 'life boat' with others?

I read most of it! Fascinating. Your outlines are so detailed, like stories themselves. But I like how you nearly weaved every thing in, even Zoe and Tamara.

My fave was Sam's mental highfive on Sharon's fertility gene. Hee.

I think you'd like Octavia Butler's Patternist series if you haven't read it. It starts with Wild Seed and your outline reminded me a lot of that series.

[kappamaki33]

I know, right? The Five are just too strange and too small of a group for them to have planned to only be them, I think.

I've never read Octavia Butler, but I've heard her recced so much, I should put her on my list.

[daybreak777]

Definitely read Wild Seed. I recommend it to everyone. Your timing is fortuitous too. A new fanvid trailer for Octavia Butler's novels, The Parable of the Sower and The Parable of the Tower, just came out yesterday.

If you like the trailer, maybe the books might go higher on your list? :-)

[lls_mutant]

That would have been a fascinating fic! Thanks for posting the outline- I'm glad we got to see the process!

[kappamaki33]

Thanks. :) It was an interesting enough idea, I wanted to get it out there, even if it'll never get out there in fic form.