BSG Fic: The Body is a Myth (1/3)
So, this is that thing I was talking about. It's enormous and therefore in multiple posts. It's also finished. The first 2,700 words were originally posted in this post, although they are also reposted here as there have been some minor edits to that section. And I want it all in one place. As you can see, I started this over seven months ago
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There were seconds and seconds of silence. Laura felt herself smile: she knew the exact look that would be on his face. Personal betrayal that the universe dare throw this trick at him. At him.
Hah. For Bill it's always about him, isn't it.
Caprica hid in the forest.
*meep* Frankly I'm amazed at how much sympathy I've developed for her. I certainly didn't feel that way in the begining. At any rate, this idea is awesome.
“Well the good news is, your blood work matches the samples I took before you died, minus any signs of cancer,” Cottle said. “The bad news is, you died, and to be honest, young lady, that's not a symptom I can easily reconcile with your being here right now.”
Heeeeee! Cottle--so blunt and so funny.
Love it that Kara went into her viper for comfort. Also, head!Leoben, yay!
Kara's dream about ghosts watching her from the balcony... cool.
Tory had worked that one out early, perhaps even on New Caprica; never cross the Sixes. Tory was used to them by now. That fifty-fifty chance; were they going to kill you or kiss you? It was the way the Leobens saw no difference between sanity and madness, or between themselves. It was the way the Sharons never seemed able to decide if they were in love with each other or desperate for the first ticket out of their naked yoga commune. Just like getting to know anyone, except there were a thousand of them with every possible permutation of mood represented, everywhere, all the time.
Tory's summation of the models she knows best is really interesting. and possibly I'm far too fascinated with the Twos and their weird shared obsessions
Baltar as the centurion messiah is fitting and scary. (even scarier, later on)
“Earth isn't your responsibility. Yet. But everything will be. I keep telling you Gaius; you'll be the father of a new generation. You just can't conceive of its magnitude. With God's power in your hands, everything will be possible.”
Yes. That kind of 'scarier'--I can't believe how well you made all of head!Six's statements work by the end.
More music! I have this odd feeling of satisfaction that Tory is overwhelmed by what she seems. I think I want to see her discomfited in some way after her role in Cally's death and her apparently guilt-free composure.
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I know what you mean about Caprica. I mean, I always found the Sixes more sympathetic and fascinating than a lot of people but Caprica's shot up to like, the kicked puppy of the show for me. Well, her and Sam Anders. ;)
And OMG COTTLE. I really wish I'd had an excuse to write him more in this story.
I'm glad that Kara's head!Leoben and behaviour and dreams worked for you and that you're seeing a connection between the religous babble Six spews out in the first section and what happens eventually. I did want the story to hang together quite tightly in terms of the crazy metaphors people spew out and the dreams they're having so it's nice to know I kinda succeded there. ;)
And don't worry - I'm very much obsessed with the Twos as well. I think they all share all their memories, which is going to be interesting if that's no longer possible now the Hub has gone.
I absolutely think that Tory's guilt-free composure is something she's trying to trick even herself with. I think she can't let herself feel the enormity of what she did because it would break her. She's very strong-willed and is directing ALL of that at ignoring what she did and forcefully believing that she doesn't need to be guilty because God will forgive and save her. I think that's why she was so quick on the Baltar bandwagon. It gave her an eaay out for her subconscious and a coping mechanism.
The line at the end with Tyrol and Tory is supposed to be an indication that she just told him something awful: probably about Cally.
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