Fic: A Better Time (PG)

[ana_grrl]

Title: A Better Time
Characters/Pairings: Tyrol/Boomer, Starbuck, Baltar, Roslin, Tigh, Helo/Sharon
Rating: PG
Words: About 2300
Summary: What if the cylons hadn't launched the attack? AU snapshots.
Notes: Potential spoilers for all aired episodes.

Comments

[jandjsalmon]

I kinda giggled when I read about Kara. Very likely. And Laura's hallucinations. Very creepy! Nive job!

[ana_grrl]

I kinda giggled when I read about Kara. Very likely.

Cool! It was actually thinking about Starbuck that made me write this fic. I rewatched the mini-series the other day, and watching Starbuck, I wondered how much of a future she would have had in the Fleet if the cylons hadn't attacked. And after that, I started thinking about other characters...

Anyway, I'm really glad you liked it! thank you :)

[rjsteamboat76]

really good. i liked this very much.

[ana_grrl]

Thank you! I'm really glad :)

[rjsteamboat76]

and i agree about Starbuck. definately see her getting booted out if the attacks didn't happen,heh. she's just trouble,but i love her lol.

[lyssie]

I love you very much, right now. (and so should my flist. I will now not be ranting)

This is lovely and scary, and just damned beautiful.,

*happysigh*

[ana_grrl]

Oooh, thanks for the great comments!

This is lovely and scary

I'm really, really, insanely happy that you found it a little scary. Because I was thinking that if the cylons hadn't invaded, things may not have been so hot for some of the characters. I feel like the circumstances somehow pushed them beyond themselves, if that makes any sense. They made the characters be something they couldn't be in an ordinary situation. And when I rewatched the mini-series, it was Starbuck in particular who struck me as someone headed downwards, fast. And this fic grew out of that.

Er. Sorry for the babbling there. I'm really glad you enjoyed it! thank you :)

[lyssie]

Rambling is good.

I do it m'self, y'know.

Of course it's scary! 'Cause this version of the cylons' plan is far more subtle, far harder to destroy, and far easier to get coerced into.

Plus, you know Kara is drinking herself into an early grave. And probably getting into fights every chance she gets--and she never speaks to Adama, and one time, Tigh saw her at a dockside bar and wasn't surprised that she was coming to a bad end. But he didn't help her, 'cause, well, it's not his job to keep her alive.

And Dualla still hasn't spoken to her father, though he does sometimes write to her.

...I could go on like this for hours.

[ana_grrl]

Cause this version of the cylons' plan is far more subtle, far harder to destroy, and far easier to get coerced into.

They're wily! Yeah, it makes me think about what the internal cylon debate might have been about this, and who sided with who (I think Six would have been on the 'let's nuke 'em side', along with D'anna (4? I can't remember). Leoben and Doral and the priest dude, and Simon would have been 'let's be subtle'. I don't know about Sharon.

Plus, you know Kara is drinking herself into an early grave. And probably getting into fights every chance she gets--and she never speaks to AdamaOh yes. She's killing time, not sure what to do with herself, falling downhill fast. And Adama tried to help her, but his influence died when Galactica got decommissioned. Tigh sees it, because sometimes, when he's on leave, he haunts the same bars Kara does

[sheepfairy]

Oh, I loved this! Poor Kara probably would end up washed up, and I loved the fact that Roslin was hallucinating what actually happened on the show. And I really, really loved the description of the orchid at the beginning.

[ana_grrl]

Poor Kara probably would end up washed up,

It just struck me that she was an angry, angry person who Adama liked and projected a bit because she wasn't really terrible. But it seemed to me that if she'd been transferred out of his command, she would have really pushed the buttons of some other people. I'm glad that this alt future makes sense!

And I really, really loved the description of the orchid at the beginning.

Oh! Thank you! I was trying to be really precise there, trying something a little different, and yay! that it worked and was enjoyable. Thank you for letting me know you liked that part!

[sheepfairy]

But it seemed to me that if she'd been transferred out of his command, she would have really pushed the buttons of some other people.

I completely agree. She really is very similar to Tigh in that way, in that she has a whole bunch of issues that wouldn't be tolerated by most people, especially not in a military setting. It really is fortunate for her that Adama tends to collect those sorts of people.

[ana_grrl]

She really is very similar to Tigh in that way, in that she has a whole bunch of issues that wouldn't be tolerated by most people, especially not in a military setting.

It's true! And I'm sure that's why Tigh is so intolerant of her - he hates to be confronted with his own inadeqacies.

As horrible as the post-attack world is, I do think Starbuck and a few others probably ended up having a more fulfilling life in some ways. Not all of them (poor Billy! poor Tyrol! poor Helo!), though.

[ana_grrl]

And that one line can really apply to the whole fic the whole thing is subtle & just the right amout of sad.

Hi! Thank you for the lovely comment! What a great thing to wake up to :) And also, *blush*.