New Fic: Edge

[lurker2209]

Edge  (1/?)

Author: Lurker2209
Spoilers: Through S3 and some oblique references to Razor

Rating: PG-13, for now.
Characters/pairings: Lots of OC’s, L/K (be patient, very patient!)
Timeline: About 13 years after the Second Exodus, this goes AU somewhere after Rapture, although the rest of S3 did or will happen, just differently.
Disclaimer: It

Comments

[artemis_90]

well, you've got my attention! i do hope you continue, i'm always a sucker of really really AU stuff... if you need a beta i'd be happy to oblige only i'd probably ask to return the favor...

[lurker2209]

Glad you enjoyed it. Almost everything I write for any fandom is AU in some aspect. It's the what if's that draw me. Of course answering that question is always harder than asking it, but I'm giving it a shot!

Starting at the "Edge", or are we still approaching it?

[anonymous]

Well, its a start. I would immediately question whether or not the Colonial fleet could survive over a decade of non-stop running just on plain material grounds. I'm further presuming there's a coherent backstory to young Petra.

You do make Petra sufficiently compelling to keep me interested. I'm disinclined to automatically think she's Apollo's child as well as Starbuck's, which makes the story behind this one all the more compelling.

If you're still looking for beta-readers, I'd be happy to volunteer. I'm may be crap at simple grammar, but I know BSG very well and have an eye towards story coherence. I can be reached at yankee_pendragon@hotmail.com

Please don't keep us waiting too long for an update. Cheers.

Re: Starting at the "Edge", or are we still approaching it?

[lurker2209]

I was going to answer your title question with a glib, vague repartee that basically amounted to both, and throw in the $10 dollar word asymptotically for the heck of it, but then I got to thinking about the imagery. And the thing about a Razor is that all it is is edge. It's fundamental to the 2-dimensionality that you can travel along that razor line for as far as you like and the edge is always there. Sometimes you see it more clearly than others, but it doesn't disappear. And if, once you're a razor, you can't go back, then there's no stepping back from the edge. You'd just fall off the other side. But you don't know any of that before you become a razor. I don't know if that really answers the question better, but it somehow clarified the imagery for me, so thanks

[wickedgillie]

Oooh, I love this. And is that, by chance, Cain's "razor" she has?

[lurker2209]

I'm glad you love it. And here's the funny thing. I've had this story in it's most basic form in my head since I saw Maelstrom. And I wrote out the rough draft of this chapter and one key scene that comes much later in the story in October, but it really wasn't going anywhere. And then I saw Razor, and then I watched it a second time. And suddenly I knew what the story was about; I knew what it meant for Petra to start here and end up there and how it would work as a counterpoint to the stories the show has told us. And yes, with respect to props I felt a little psychic!

[coldspace]

Hi. I don't read AU normally but I liked this one. Interesting and well written.
Thanks for sharing.

[lurker2209]

Thanks for giving my AU a chance. I think, I hope, it fits into the texture of BSG. That if RDM wasn't going to have them find earth so soon, if he wrote "Battlestar Galactica: The Next Generation" this might be the sort of story he would tell.

[grndr101]

This is extremely well written. A little bit too AU for me, but I'll continue reading anyway. A lot of fanfic writers could learn from you, actually a lot of non-fanfic writers could learn from you.

[lurker2209]

Thanks for reading. I know AU's not everyone's cup of tea, but I'm really glad you gave it a chance. And I'm flattered that you're so impressed by the quality of the writing.