Collateral Damage

Jun 16, 2011 20:34



Title: Collateral Damage
Rating: PG-13
Warnings: Mentions of violence
Characters: Sylar, Heidi, Simon, Monty. No pairings.
Word Count: ~1,500
Summary: After Mercy Heights, Sylar goes hunting easier prey. He finds it.
Setting: Season Four, immediately following The Fifth Stage.
Author's Notes: Written for Heroes_Contest one-shot challenge #29, "Collateral ( Read more... )

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black_sluggard June 17 2011, 01:59:24 UTC
I enjoyed this tremendously. I know it was gen, but as much as I've been known to love the crap out of Sylar/practically anybody, I've considered Sylar/Heidi my OTP since Five Years Gone. So any interaction between Sylar and Nathan's family is like being woken up with cupcakes on a Saturday morning.

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game_byrd June 17 2011, 02:24:15 UTC
Oh, thank you! I think Sylar/Heidi is a good ship and true!

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vivihanna June 17 2011, 02:47:50 UTC
Great story! :D I knew he couldn't go through with it. :)

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game_byrd June 17 2011, 02:52:18 UTC
Yeah, that nasty, nasty empathy! Darn it all! :D

Thanks for the review.

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dancingdragon3 June 21 2011, 20:39:05 UTC
I love this. Sylar's anger and frustration come through so well. Also like how you remind us what a bitch Angela is to her own family as well as to him. I like the glimpse into Heidi and her life with Nathan. You really take Sylar on a journey here, thanks for sharing it with us.

He was a lot like Peter … another wash of memories Sylar didn't want flowed through his brain as his hand fell back to the table. But this time they weren't Nathan's. This comparison of Peter to Monty sticks with me and hits me in the gut and I don't even know why. It's some insight into Sylar's feelings that is unexpected and holds a question.

I love that Sylar can't go through with it. I love his emptiness over his latest kill. This whole piece is so... I'm just really there inside Sylar here, and it is a lonely unhappy place. Thanks!

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game_byrd June 21 2011, 21:22:09 UTC
Ooo! That makes me feel all warm and squiggly. (inner me: "Squiggly? WTH?" other me: "Shut up. It made sense when I wrote it.")

I have my own mental representations of Monty and Simon, personality-wise. They echo Nathan and Peter, if the age gap was less and instead of having Arthur and Angela for parents they had Heidi and ... well, depends on the verse. Nathan is usually absent though.

Like in Slave Verse you got to see Simon all grown up out on the fishing trip with Peter and Gabriel. Something of Monty's life was discussed there too. Maybe it's a little weird that I have devoted a lot of thought to these fringe characters, but I have.

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dancingdragon3 June 21 2011, 22:48:24 UTC
Yay! glad I can make you feel all squiggly with the power of my response! Ha!

Monty and Simon would definitely be interesting characters to work with. There's so many ways you could go with them. And I can certainly see them being like Nathan and Peter. I don't think it's weird to think about these characters at all! Like I said there is so much to play with, it makes me want to. :-)

I love getting to write Monica and Ando and Molly and give them more/different attention than they were on the show. Heroes has such a rich universe of personalities to draw from. I guess that's why I am so satisfied to keep mostly to it as far as writing goes. It's also what draws me to Doctor Who.

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jackvelvet June 24 2011, 20:30:46 UTC
Okay, all I can say right now is what I just said to myself aloud when I read the last word.

"Jesus friggin' Christ that was amazing."

I've not said that in a long time.

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game_byrd June 24 2011, 21:02:59 UTC
That means a huge amount to me, coming from you!

I've been working real hard lately on becoming a better writer. Thank you! I'm glad it's noticeable. If you read Seeing Stars, you might see the transition. About chapter 4, I started really buckling down and trying to do a better job.

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paynesgrey June 26 2011, 01:07:24 UTC
Wow, wonderful Sylar introspection and characterization. I can totally seeing him going after Heidi but feeling the internal conflict. Fabulous work.

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game_byrd June 26 2011, 01:35:50 UTC
Thank you!

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