Fanfic: It Could've Happened Like This...
I realize a person usually has to be in the mood to read an angsty piece, so I really need to warn you -- this is super, super angsty. About the most angst-filled piece I've ever written, which I guess isn't saying much because I usually don't write angst. I could have Vala get a hangnail or Daniel get a papercut and it would by angsty compared to
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I'm really glad I took a chance on it because it wasn't at all what I was expecting. It really COULD have happened like that.
You really captured Vala's helpless misery I. Not knowing how she could say no. My mind conjured a little more back story and I pictured a situation where Cam was clearly hanging by a thread, depressed, despondent and everyone trying to intervene before he does something really harmfull to himself. In the course of innocent darts Cam finally speaks up and asks for one thing, finally says one thing that could hold back the insanity. All I could picture is Vala wracked not only with worry about Cam but also a certain sense of guilt because she'd FOUND a measure of happiness in their captivity.
Perhaps her passive response was partly self sabotage, thinking she didn't have a right to go on with her happiness. Clearly from her reaction, she didn't want to go along with Cam's request but for all the aforementioned reasons and what you specifically said in the story I really could buy into this having happened.
I was very touched at Daniel's restrained response. He also clearly was hurting by what had happened but he held it together for both Vala who suddenly was very vulnerable and Cam. Under no other circumstances would be ever make that offer but in the crazed unending life they were half leading, yeah it painfully fits.
Of course I still like to think Cam never took them up on it cause that would be a hard pill to swallow no matter how good the intentions. Maybe after this Cam got Sam to whip him up some major anti-depressants, preferably the kind that come with lose of libedo as a side effect. ;p
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I've had this couplet of scenes written for six months to a year now. I just haven't had the backstory or afterstory fleshed out yet. I think I was going to put it into the other "Unending" fic I'm partially writing, whenever I get back to it I mean. But yeah, one of the reasons I haven't posted til now is because I was afraid people would be too confused without some kind of reason for Cam to do these unspeakable things. In the end, I hoped people could remember how upset and awful he looked in some of those montage scenes and make the connection themselves. I'm glad you did. :)
Your backstory would fit really well. And I'm so relieved you understood that Vala knew what she was doing was wrong, but she honestly loves these people. She'd do anything to help if it's within her power.
Thank you for understanding Daniel too. This would only happen in "Unending." There'd be some sort of double homicide/suicide going on if it happened in their normal everyday lives. And Cam wouldn't even go to this place if they weren't stuck on the Odyssey. So yeah, they're all slightly out of character, but only because this ship is probably the worst kind of torture.
Yeah, I don't know if the threesome ever happens. To be honest, the inspiration for this story was a conversation with kehwie about what a threesome for them would look like. They're such pretty people you want to imagine them in a threesome, sorta, but with Daniel and Vala clearly in love, Cam would definitely feel like he was getting a pity invite. So, I suppose I actually wrote this as some kind of believable set up. But yes, until I get the nerve to write it, where they all go from here is totally up to the reader. :) Major anti-depressants is a logical next step. Kinda makes you wonder what they did for those 50 years without a trained doctor onboard. I think the writers were on crack when they wrote this episode. *shakes head sadly*
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Daniel: [holding up his beer and examining it] Ever heard of the festival of {insert something historic}?
Vala: [pouring another passion fruit martini] No, darling. Is it interesting or boring?
Daniel: Well...
Cam: Wait, before you start, let me grab another beer so it'll be easier to pretend I'm listening.
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