terribly late story! (Cain/Gina, NC-17)

[projectcyborg]

Title: The Book of Betrayal
Author: julie levin russo
Pairing: Cain/Gina
Rating: NC-17, with warnings for BSDM and (separately) non-consensual sex (I figured if I did gun-rape one more time, it could become my signature!)
Spoilers: through "Pegasus"
Series: The Word
A/N: getyourtoaster:Cain for quasiradiant, who requested "discovering Gina's a Cylon." I really wanted to

Comments

[frogfrizz]

This was something else. I really liked the intensity of the fic, Cain's characterization, and her inability to kill Gina. All that inner conflict makes for a delicious stew.

Somehow, I saw Cain's violence as a way of shunning herself, a coping mechanism if you will. In a sense, she strikes me as a very vulnerable person.

I always enjoy Cain fiction. This was very well written and I loved it. :)

[projectcyborg]

thanks so much for your thoughtful comments. I'm happy you enjoyed the story! wow, I think you hit the nail on the head, about Cain. I mean, aeonian pretty much invented this Cain, not me -- but I find it so much more chilling and compelling to ponder what makes a basically good person do terrible things than to ponder straight-up evil. she has to harden herself absolutely in order to get herself through and do what she has to do.

[frogfrizz]

You can see two very different sides of human nature with the way Adama's crew and Cain's crew handle the pressures of their situation. Though the show may have somehow allowed Cain to look absolutely annoying and evil at first, we have to put ourselves "in her shoes". First off, she wasn't trailed by a handful of civilian ships and there are a lot of things you can get away with without a citizen's arm, or a system of check and balance.

It becomes very personal; I think that by the time Adama found Cain (or vise versa) she'd hardened and contracted into this cocoon. Everything becomes black and white; that's coping for a situation that you can't entirely handle.

I don't know. Cain just strikes me as a very interesting character to write. I love anything written about her. And your story was no exception. Loved it!

[projectcyborg]

Cain was such a brilliant foil to the fleet we knew, because until she showed up they sort of seemed like the bad guys (well, at least as much as the cylons seemed like the bad guys) -- but then Cain was obviously so much worse that the complexity and the level of compromise in the Colonial leaders' response was thrown into relief. also why she makes such a great foil for Roslin in this series (and why the cylon god likes Roslin better). Cain shows that while it may seem tough to divide the world into black and white and stay that course, it actually takes much more strength to learn compassion. but one can't help but love (or love to hate) Cain for embodying that position so perfectly. plus, I love that she's pretty much ours. there's been so much Cainslash, and I've only seen a handful of het or gen Cain fics, so we pretty much got to write the fanon on the character. mmmmm, Cain!

[frogfrizz]

Ooooh, we just wrote her a character profile for the fanon. Heehee. *rubs hands gleefully*

I'm truly looking forward to seeing more Cain fics from you...and just slash fics in general. :) BSG is so slash-able with the wealth of characters and their individual complexities.

I love that she's pretty much ours. there's been so much Cainslash, and I've only seen a handful of het or gen Cain fics, so we pretty much got to write the fanon on the character. <<< Mmmm, Cain, indeed! She's just a bundle of contradictions that I don't think we'll never have our fill. :)

[frogfrizz]

*ever have our fill rather. :P Whoops.