Transformation by Deborah Judge (G)
Fandom: BABYLON 5
Pairing: Jeffrey Sinclair
Length: 1200 words
Author on LJ: deborah_judge
Author Website: Deborah’s Stories | fic masterpost at LJ
Why this must be read:
"Forgiveness means giving up all hope of a better past," someone once said. I’ve always been fascinated by Sinclair’s journey from war veteran and torture survivor to Valen, the greatest spiritual and military leader of the very people who nearly wiped out humanity. What happened? How did he do that?
Here, Jeff has a moment of truth, as he contemplates in the chrysalis just what he could do, or not do, to change the past. He doesn’t go to his destiny merely because it has been fated, but as an active participant. This is a Jeff who has "no hesitation, no doubts" not because he never wrestled with those things, but because he found a way through.
Excerpt:
It all depends on what you want, said Morden. He smiled in his open, friendly way, and pulled up an invisible chair. Let me show you.
It was the last night of the Earth/Minbari war, and they sky was full of stars, and each star was a human death. "Hold the line!" Sinclair shouted. Another Starfury exploded, spilling the fragments of its human cargo into space. "Hold the line" he shouted, as if anyone would hear, as if there was any hope at all in the face of the Minbari onslaught.
You could make them all go away. You could make them not be there. Then Earth would not be destroyed. All you have to do is leave the chrysalis.
Transformation
Pairing: Jeffrey Sinclair
Length: 1200 words
Author on LJ: deborah_judge
Author Website: Deborah’s Stories | fic masterpost at LJ
Why this must be read:
"Forgiveness means giving up all hope of a better past," someone once said. I’ve always been fascinated by Sinclair’s journey from war veteran and torture survivor to Valen, the greatest spiritual and military leader of the very people who nearly wiped out humanity. What happened? How did he do that?
Here, Jeff has a moment of truth, as he contemplates in the chrysalis just what he could do, or not do, to change the past. He doesn’t go to his destiny merely because it has been fated, but as an active participant. This is a Jeff who has "no hesitation, no doubts" not because he never wrestled with those things, but because he found a way through.
Excerpt:
It all depends on what you want, said Morden. He smiled in his open, friendly way, and pulled up an invisible chair. Let me show you.
It was the last night of the Earth/Minbari war, and they sky was full of stars, and each star was a human death. "Hold the line!" Sinclair shouted. Another Starfury exploded, spilling the fragments of its human cargo into space. "Hold the line" he shouted, as if anyone would hear, as if there was any hope at all in the face of the Minbari onslaught.
You could make them all go away. You could make them not be there. Then Earth would not be destroyed. All you have to do is leave the chrysalis.
Transformation