fanfic: Three Years - Part 2: Any Means Necessary

[deinonychus_1]

Series: Three Years, part 2

Title: Any Means Necessary

Author: Athene

Fandom: Primeval

Characters/pairing: Ryan/Connor, Lester, Claudia, OC

Rating: 12

Warnings: A.U., occasional language.

Spoilers: Anything through to episode 5.

Disclaimer: Not mine. ITV and Impossible Pictures own them.

Word count: approx 5300

Summary: Out of the Jurassic frying pan, into

Comments

[fredbassett]

God, woman, do you realise I've been obsessively refreshing my f-list for the lasy HOUR ??????? I've nearly worn the bloody keyboard out but at least now I don't have to hunt you down and FORCE you to post it :)

Things I loved about this:

- Lester. Lovely snarky Lester and the stunt in the interview room.

- The wonderful, and all too frighteningly accurate statement about how much more paranoid this country might become in three years (really not something I want to think about too much BTW)

- Barclay. Excellent character. Hope we see more of him.

- The plot. Tense, exciting, great story.

*stamps tiny feet* More, please, and quickly or I will be inhabiting the tiny pit of despair.

[deinonychus_1]

You found it fairly quickly, then? *evil giggle*

Well, glad you seemed to like it after the wait. I was hoping you'd like what I did with Lester. He's a surprising amount of fun to write, and I can see why he ended up almost taking over your DC series. It's also nice to know that Barclay works as a character. There will be more of the original Special Forces guys later. Although I was having a really worrying thought the other day about the original SF guys in my, yours, and Telperion's series, and wondering about some kind of Primeval spin-off series featuring Lyle, Stringer, Jacobs, Barclay and co. I have strange thoughts, though, and should probably be ignored when I think of wierd stuff like that.

Sorry I took so long to post this one, but it had lots of plot and continuity issues that I wanted to be certain I'd got right before I commited it to LJ.

[rodlox]

we'd NEVER ignore you!

[telperion_15]

I. Love. This.

I'm seconding everything Fred has said - particularly the bit about Lester (I cheered and bounced up and down when he implemented his cunning plan!). And after that cliffhanger I'm going to be joining her in the tiny pit of despair *pouts*

But what is this mysterious Section 42? Could it possibly hold the answer to Life, the Universe, and Everything? *grins* I want to know now! *throws a teeny, tiny tantrum*

Also, we should SO do the Special Forces spin-off thing! Although that would require me developing a bit more of character for Jacobs - something beyond the Convenient Plot Device to Bring Ryan Back, methinks... *g*

[deinonychus_1]

Thanks. And I'm really impressed I got you cheering Lester and his 'cunning plan'. You and Fred won't have long to wait, chapters three and four are just awaiting a final edit and I'll be posting later this week (honest this time, I really *will* be posting later this week. You have my permission to prod me with sharp objects if I don't).

But what is this mysterious Section 42? Could it possibly hold the answer to Life, the Universe, and Everything?

I was wondering how many people would notice my choice of number *evil grin*. All will be revealed soon...

Jacobs seemed pretty well developed to me. And to be fair, at this point Barclay isn't really anything more than a plot device to get Ryan out of danger. Wonder what it is that the Captain does to inspire such loyalty in his men?

[telperion_15]

Wonder what it is that the Captain does to inspire such loyalty in his men?

I wonder... *smirks*

*does the happy dance of joy about the number 42*

:-D

[deinonychus_1]

Okay, I admit defeat. I'm crap at techie stuff. *how* do you get the text to appear as italics when you quote something from a previous comment? I tried to do it when I replied to you, and I clicked on the 'quote' button and it said 'highlight the text you want to quote and press', so I did, and when I posted the comment the bit that I'd quoted from yours wasn't in italics. What am I doing wrong?

[partofthequeue2]

I somehow seemed to have bypassed the first part of 3 Years...
Oh, well, I've read both parts now, and so far it is just as brilliant as 5 Days! Can't wait for more!

[partofthequeue2]

Just noticed that the first part was posted just before this part on the primeval community.
Heh :)

[deinonychus_1]

Yeah, sorry about that. I posted chapter one a fortnight ago, but Primeval_ITV only just updated yesterday, about half an hour or so before I posted chapter two. Not sure if the site moderator was ill or on holiday or something for the last two weeks, because chapter 2 updated almost straight away.

Glad you like it anyway, thanks.

[munchkinofdoom]

That is an evil, evil cliff-hanger!

At this rate, Connor - if he gets away - may actually have to decide that it is best to risk going back and trying to change a history that he thinks is almost pre-destined. And bugger screwing the time lines... *veg*

On a composition note, that usage of the minutes ticking past to info dump was nicely done. It was necessary, but didn't detract from the tension.

And poor Barclay!

And can I start booing Thomson and Harper now? *g*

[deinonychus_1]

hehe. I liked the cliffhanger symetry - in 5D chapter two ended with Ryan missing, presumed in trouble, so 3Y chapter two ended with Connor missing, certainly in trouble!

Nice to know you liked the countdown writing device. One of my proof readers commented that it was too much of a break from the previous writing style, and I was dithering about whether to change it for a while, but then decided to go for it regardless.

People seem to be liking Barclay, which is nice. It's always a bit worrying to bring in original characters in fanfic (I think Fred had a bit of original character angst about DC as well) so it's a bit of a relief that he seems to work okay.

[fredbassett]

On the subject of the countdown in the last section, I noticed it and liked it but didn't find it intrusive, and I don't think the change in style was a problem. It was dictated by what was happening at that point and worked well. I had a similar continuity change issue in DC when I suddenly started but the place and time at the beginning of sections, when I hadn't done that before, but I felt it was necessary, and I think you were one of the people I sounded out about that at the time, about the change. I think sometimes a change in style is fine. It certainly was here.

And I sympathise with the OC fic angst, but frankly, for serious plot, there just aren't enough people to play with, especially when you want/need to make more use of the military guys. Barclay shows great potential. So did the other guys.

And I forgot to mention the 42 bit! BTW, you are evil, I agree with the others :)

[deinonychus_1]

Evil? Me? *attempts big eyed innocent expression*

Okay, that clearly isn't going to work with you lot. *proceeds with random maniacal laughter*

I do have a very definite writing style, and that bit was a break from usual, but I also like to experiment with different techniques of writing, and if you can't experiment a bit with fic, when can you? And I did say to Entangled_now a while ago that 3Y was something of a challenge for me, and an attempt to get out of my comfort zone writing-wise. It's certainly proving to be that so far.

[bigtitch]

Oooh - cliff hanger! I love this. Lovely twists & turns. Squeeeeeeeeeeeee!!

[deinonychus_1]

I got a squeeee! It wasn't even smut or even vaguely slashy, and I got a squeee! *does happy dance*

Thanks, it's nice to know you're enjoying this series. I'm evil, I tend to do far too many cliffhangers, and should really learn to end chapters in a nice, well-rounded way. On the other hand... cliffhangers are fun! And evil. Glad you're liking the plot, though, I know how much you lot like your PWP, so it was a bit of a risk writing something so plot heavy as this fic is turning out to be.