Holy God. This was so beautiful and dream-like, and filled with so much longing. I haven't even seen past season one of BSG and already I can't believe the show would ever begin to capture Kara as you have her here: so bruised and broken and fragile and hopeful. A life of peace is unimaginable to her - the stuff with RayK was especially heartbreaking, because at least Billy Talent and (Todd?) the guy from Last Night are already in the same place as her. But that longing for connection runs so sharpely through this piece, and even though she doesn't find it (or, I think, wants to find it) searching for that human spark and finds it in a machine. Beautiful.
I am SO jealous of your mad skills. lipsum is here in the room with me and I just told her I didn't know how to respond to this fic because it's like poetry: how do you provide constructive criticism to poetry? Apparently you ramble :-)
Ohh thank you! That's so sweet, I'm so happy when people get what I'm driving at with a fic, and you totally did *twirls* . Because Kara in peacetime is something I can't really see, however series four actually pans out (and I, uh, might not have seen all the episodes in the right order of series 2 and 3 *hides*). And yes, god, with Ray, he has hope and a connection there already, but the others are alone.
So thank you so much (and wow, lipsum, there! I'm as jealous as a jealous person here *g*. Well, actually, I'm really happy you're there and hope you're having a great time) Thank you for the ramble *smooshes you*
I loved this. I find it hard to comment on things like these, because there's little I can manage to say to do them justice. And she's such a difficult character, I think, easy to turn into a caricature; but you write her so well, the way she's so lost when the fight is over and trying to connect with something that's familiar. Well, that's what it does to me, anyway.
Have you thought of posting this on trial_by_water? I think they'd love it there.
Oh, thank you! Believe me, any feedback makes me do the computer chair dance of happiness *g*. And I love her, she's such a cool, complicated character, so I'm glad that came over. And yes, she does need connection and an aim, I think. I can't wait to see what happens in the next season!
Trial by water? Hehe, I hadn't considered showing this stuff to people outside of shuffleupagus, thanks for th suggestion!
Beautiful! I love how Kara is still kind of lost even when she's found Earth and that she doesn't truly seem to find any real peace within herself until she finds Leoben.
The not-Leoben's were all wonderful as well-all lost souls in their own way that sort of nudge her along so she can get to where she's supposed to be.
Thank you! I guess I got to thinking about how on earth a group of peple would function under normal circumstances, having done the things that they have had to. And of course am a sucker for kara/leoben *g*. Or Kara/anyone CKR has ever played ever *leers at them*. Thanks for the review!
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He sells her a can of soda in a brightly lit supermarket, informs her it might turn her skin yellow with a slightly mad grin.
made me grin like a mad grinning thing.
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And glad I made you grin like a mad grinning thing, Newbie is so much fun to write! I hope you're having fun muskratting, thanks for the review!
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I am SO jealous of your mad skills. lipsum is here in the room with me and I just told her I didn't know how to respond to this fic because it's like poetry: how do you provide constructive criticism to poetry? Apparently you ramble :-)
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So thank you so much (and wow, lipsum, there! I'm as jealous as a jealous person here *g*. Well, actually, I'm really happy you're there and hope you're having a great time) Thank you for the ramble *smooshes you*
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Have you thought of posting this on trial_by_water? I think they'd love it there.
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Trial by water? Hehe, I hadn't considered showing this stuff to people outside of shuffleupagus, thanks for th suggestion!
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The not-Leoben's were all wonderful as well-all lost souls in their own way that sort of nudge her along so she can get to where she's supposed to be.
Very nicely done!
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