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Fic: Ambition (the Mens Rea remix), by Pepper

Jul 02, 2007 00:54

Title: Ambition (the Mens Rea remix)
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pepper_field July 2 2007, 18:40:37 UTC

It's... well, it's AU, but I completely forgot to mention the episodes I'm sort-of referencing: the first section is a retake of Bane (season 2), second section is sort of around Touchstone (also season 2), and third section is sort of a pre-episode retake of Shades of Grey (season 3), with references to Forever In A Day. And Sean Grieves appeared in Sentinel (season 5).

...I think that was all of them. I spent a lot of time rewatching episodes with Maybourne and the rogue group that Jack brought down in Shades of Grey. Very complicated story arc. :)

And, thank you! *g*

katie_m July 2 2007, 01:19:28 UTC

I'm too wiped tonight to give this the feedback it deserves right away, but just so you know, I really like this. The middle section in particular broke my heart. Oh, Sam.

pepper_field July 2 2007, 18:43:09 UTC

Phew! *g* I'm pleased you liked. You had so many stories to choose from, but this one really caught my interest - I'd been talking to... someone, about how Sam might turn Bad, so it was something I felt I had some thoughts on.

katie_m July 14 2007, 01:35:49 UTC

I think you got closer to Sam being Bad than I did, particularly in that first section--I mean, yeah, she never met Teal'c, but still, if she's got any background on the program at all she would know that he was a person. So, brr. But I could see lovable canon-Sam peeking through in the other sections, all excited to learn and eager to prove herself, just... twisted, and colder enough than our Sam that she wasn't able to step away from temptation. And it made me sad.

I'm oddly pleased for her that she got to have good, meaningless sex, too. Though if Jack's a plant in this AU too, Makepeace is going to die and SAM WILL HAVE KILLED HIM WITH HER SEXING. As she does. Poor Sam.

katie_m July 14 2007, 01:37:44 UTC

Oh, and you're entirely welcome to write more if you want to. I prefer to be acknowledged in the rare case where that happens, but hey, I write fic, right?

holdouttrout July 2 2007, 15:28:04 UTC

Oooooh...this is very, very interesting. I...kinda want more. (I hate saying that, because you might not have any more to write, but...it's very lovely and seems full of potential).

I can really see Sam ending up like this--frustrated and shunted aside one too many times. I love that you took the idea of the original fic and gave us a bit of background for it, and a bit on the way the other characters ended up changed--maybe not by Sam's absence so much as ripples caused by her absence.

Fascinating.

pepper_field July 2 2007, 18:49:26 UTC

You know, I was tempted to write more, but I didn't want it to become a sequel to Katie's story. Well, and I ran out of time, to be honest. *g* But I agree, there's lots of mileage in EvilSam (or SlightlyWarpedSam, anyhow), a lot of things left unanswered. The bit I most thought about writing but didn't was whether Jack, in this universe, was doing the same as he did in Shades of Grey, or whether he'd actually turned, too. After all, he'd lost Teal'c (I don't know if it was clear, but Teal'c died), and won't be able to forgive himself for killing Sha're (Forever In A Day, Teal'c not there...). So he's kind of alone.

So... I don't know if I should write more (depends what Katie thinks, really, as it's her plot), but there are other thoughts in my head. I might just meta them.

Thanks for the feedback, glad you liked!

holdouttrout July 3 2007, 01:43:19 UTC

I caught that Teal'c died (a brilliant stroke, btw, and deftly implied), and I *was* wondering about Jack, actually.

Wonderful new fodder for thinking thinky thoughts.

zats_clear July 2 2007, 17:01:00 UTC

Evil!Sam, Makepeace back...Jack's coming and there will be hell to pay...well done on the remix. Seconding holdouttrout's "full of potential" theory.

pepper_field July 2 2007, 18:52:18 UTC

Heh. Thank you! Ah, but will there be hell to pay, or has Jack lost enough, and been twisted enough to have genuinely joined Maybourne's merry band of bad guys? :) Thank you - I had great fun writing this, it was a great story to work from, full of ideas that really caught my attention.

zats_clear July 2 2007, 20:02:53 UTC

*claps hands in glee at the thought of Bad!Jack*
The devil on shoulder says, "Do it, do it, do it"

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Re: shades of gray!Sam pepper_field November 22 2007, 14:00:32 UTC

Wow, I really should have put a link to this story on my lj, so I'd remember to check for comments... So, belatedly, thank you! And yes, Sam getting some is always a good thing. :D