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Two Roads Diverged : Chapter 7

Nov 27, 2009 08:47

Title: Two Roads Diverged (7/10)
Author: icedteainthebag
Word Count: 34,420
Rating: MA
Pairings: John Cavil/Ellen Tigh, Ellen Tigh/Saul Tigh, Laura Roslin/Bill Adama
Warnings: Dubcon, physical violence
Summary: Sometimes we make mistakes when we think we're doing the right thing.
Notes: See Chapter One, but specific thanks on this chapter go to somadanne and tjonesy.
Artist: MrsDrJackson
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chapter 7

Comments 21

lavenderseaslug December 4 2009, 18:04:41 UTC

I'm really really glad you are giving us a New Caprica story, and one from Ellen's perspective. So, so glad. So. Glad.

I like that there's still a kind of awkward "morning after" vibe with Laura and Ellen - neither of them really know how to deal with the realities of the situation. And Ellen's thought that it made more sense than she'd ever thought it would. is so so true. Because it does make sense. These two women involved with powerful men who are both somewhere else, somewhere unknowable. So good.

I'm glad Saul is back and alive. And I like that he's leaving his internment in the prison, not bringing it into their marriage. It's brave and it's so Saul. You've got his voice down as well. Their reunion is wonderful - Ellen's nerves about the whole thing and Saul's joy to be back with his wife. This whole thing really is just pure excellence.

icedteainthebag December 9 2009, 20:18:35 UTC

These two women involved with powerful men who are both somewhere else, somewhere unknowable.
God, yes, you make me so happy with this stuff, you have no idea.

That line was a holdover from a large part I cut in which the two of them got their sexy tiems on; it ended up not fitting the story at all, but for some reason I kept it, and always hoped it didn't make it seem like more had happened than actually did.

This comment is wonderful. I love feedback like this, and not just because it's calling the story excellent (but that rocks) but because you're thinking so hard about these characters and I love that.

sczep84 December 5 2009, 17:38:47 UTC

I..that..*incoherent* ... *huggles Ellen close*... *sniffles*

&hearts

icedteainthebag December 6 2009, 14:34:56 UTC

I know :( *hugs Ellen and you*

whatever_lj December 5 2009, 21:53:40 UTC

god, I'm such a bitch that I never realized the hell that Ellen was going through...

I actually feel shame. Wierd feeling...

icedteainthebag December 6 2009, 14:34:30 UTC

Don't feel bad. The first time I watched BSG I was abhorred by her behavior. I didn't get it. I didn't like her. I thought she was a whore for frakking Cavil, I'll be honest. It took plenty of time for me to start realizing that there was a lot more to it than we were shown. That was half the problem--they made Ellen out to be promiscuous in the beginning without giving us any motives as to why she was that way. She had that against her the entire series.

I'm glad I could bring a different perspective to you, though... that means a lot to me. ♥

i_am_davnee December 12 2009, 02:49:30 UTC

Poor Ellen. You capture her panic and devastation so poignantly. Heartbreaking knowing where it is all going with these two.

icedteainthebag December 21 2009, 02:23:52 UTC

This was such a beautiful thing to say. :) Thank you.

aka_plynn March 2 2010, 18:24:54 UTC

I feel like I'm going to start sounding like a broken record: "Oh, Ellen." I love that you continued to explore her guilt and general feeling of being soiled, and how that unavoidably spills into her "real life" with Saul. It's inevitable and so heartbreaking - she's gotten what she was after, but is forever altered. Ellen's desperation in her scene with Saul is so painful to read, but so truthful.

All the different ways the cylons hurt people, all the things they took from them, and so much of it glossed over on-screen. That's why I'm loving this so very much; this is a story that really needed to be told.

I may not be as verbose as I was in the first half, but that's because I'm just so eager to move to the next chapter (so I can suffer with these women more, apparently).

icedteainthebag March 2 2010, 18:33:52 UTC

I don't mind you repeating yourself when you're saying such lovely things. :)

Thanks for loving this story. It means a lot to me, as I'm a big fan of your writing and insight.

so I can suffer with these women more, apparently

Well, in case you read this before you continue, best of luck in Chapter 8. *hugs*