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Two Roads Diverged : Chapter 5

Nov 27, 2009 09:03

Title: Two Roads Diverged (5/10)
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 tjonesy.
Artist: MrsDrJackson
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samcasey November 28 2009, 21:00:25 UTC

Ahhh did I acctually beat this time?

Awww Ellen I just want to give her a hug!!!!

Yuck on Cavil! I feel so bad for her! He's such a sick little frakker, considering how much he knew. Grrr I just wanna punch him!

I looooove how you have Laura's journal acctually being to Bill and documenting history!

I also enjoyed the interaction between L and E its like their just beggining to see how much they need each other and support from each other.

samcasey November 28 2009, 21:01:48 UTC

Ahh I did and idk why the thing spazzed out you know I ment nnaylime

icedteainthebag November 28 2009, 22:42:33 UTC

Yes, I knew. I think she read this before you, but she didn't comment, so YOU get firsts on this one. Well-deserved. :)

Cavil is a sick little frakker... I'm going to find it interesting to hear from people whether, at this point, they think he knew everything about Ellen or not. And punching, yes, that's a very normal reaction.

I think Laura would have kept separate journals for her personal musings and her historical ones. Just my own fanon there. :)

I also enjoyed the interaction between L and E its like their just beggining to see how much they need each other and support from each other.
This is excellent, excellent news, that you felt that.

Thanks for reading and commenting. ♥

sleepismyfriend November 29 2009, 00:44:09 UTC

I really like the shower scene, and here's why... I think it gives Ellen the benefit of something that we didn't get on the show, which was a moment of weakness for her. We were all too busy going 'OMG BILL SAVE THEM RIGHT THE HELL NOW KTHXBAI' that we didn't really stop to think about Ellen. I know I didn't.

*shrugs*

Brilliant! Going to keep on reading now. *grins*

icedteainthebag November 29 2009, 02:59:33 UTC

Okay, excellent... I'm really happy you saw that in the shower scene. There was a lot of the everyday business that we never got to see and I was pretty curious about, showering being one of those things. Sadly I think there was probably a lot of emotional release going on in those showers. :(

Yay, happy you kept reading! :) Thanks for the comment.

sleepismyfriend November 29 2009, 03:24:54 UTC

I really wanted Ellen and Laura to bond over that, in that moment. Because in some ways, (or a lot, actually) they are so extremely shielded.

lls_mutant November 29 2009, 04:43:23 UTC

I SO wish we'd gotten to see some interactions like this between Ellen and Laura (or hell- any female characters). I felt like the show gave us some great female characters, but aside from Cain-Kendra and Cain-Starbuck and Laura-Tory (which ended exceedingly badly), we saw very few female-female interactions, and I missed that. I loved seeing Laura and Ellen reach out across their differences and recognize each others' pain- that was just fantastic.

And Ellen... ::my Hoshi totally offers her a hug and a place in a support group :P ::

icedteainthebag November 29 2009, 20:12:46 UTC

And Ellen... ::my Hoshi totally offers her a hug and a place in a support group :P ::

Awwww, having only read your summary and warning on your fic, I know what you mean. Poor Ellen and Hoshi. :( *hugs for both*

I loved seeing Laura and Ellen reach out across their differences and recognize each others' pain- that was just fantastic.
Thank you. I'm so happy that you liked that part. They both needed that.

bsg_aussiegirl November 29 2009, 05:16:11 UTC

I like the thought that Laura was writing to Bill in her journals. (Just roll your eyes that I like the A/R parts.) And the last few paragraphs were harrowing.

icedteainthebag November 29 2009, 20:11:11 UTC

Thanks on those last few paragraphs... there's a lot of pain there. ♥

And I like that thought too, and I'm not going to roll my eyes. It's okay for you to like the A/R parts. ;)

Thanks for reading, yadda yadda. ;)

mammothluv November 30 2009, 16:48:54 UTC

I love the market scene between Ellen and Laura. I love the fumbling way they apologize to each other and how strange it feels for them to be nice to one another but the occupation has stripped away so many of the things that separated them and left them sympathetic toward one another even if they don't know quite what to do with that feeling.

Everything about Ellen's interaction with Cavil is horrible - the way it makes her feel about herself, the way she tries to escape during and the fact that he won't let her(I feel like he always knew who she was and he's doing this as a sort one-upmanship while she's unaware of their relationship to one another which makes it all the more creepy, disgusting and awful on his part.)

This was hard to read because she's just in an awful situation with no good options and in so much pain but I think you've captured very well how she must have felt.

icedteainthebag November 30 2009, 21:09:54 UTC

I love... LOVE...your first paragraph. Wow, yes. Thank you. ♥ What amazing feedback.

I think Cavil knew who she was and what the relationship was as well. No doubt in my mind. And you're right...uggghh, twisted, disgusting, rude... yet she seems to forgive him in No Exit because she just wants him to love her, and he can't love.

This was hard to read because she's just in an awful situation with no good options and in so much pain but I think you've captured very well how she must have felt.
Thank you. It's a horrible position for her to be in. It hurts thinking about it. And sadly it doesn't get any easier.

Thanks for the incredible feedback. :)