Comments | igrockspock: Fic: Lucky in This Life (Sulu, gen)

igrockspock

Fic: Lucky in This Life (Sulu, gen)

Aug 08, 2011 18:37

Title: Lucky in This Life
Characters: Mainly Sulu and his mother, with appearances by Spock, Uhura, and McCoy
Rating: Teen
Content Advisory: Discussion of death and grieving
Summary: Sulu's mother was the captain of the Farragut, and she died in the Battle of Vulcan. Or so he thought.
Notes: Thank you to thistlerose for the beta, and to everyone who ( Read more... )

!fic: star trek

Comments 39

katmarajade August 9 2011, 00:44:24 UTC

This ... is ... amazing. *blinks in awe* I ... just holy crap, it's amazing! I mean, considering my all-encompassing love of Sulu, it was a good bet I'd enjoy this fic, but I think that this is one of the most lovely Sulu stories ever and one of the most touching post-Narada grief fics I've read. Powerful and touching. I teared up several times during this ( ... )

igrockspock August 9 2011, 15:44:21 UTC

You always leave the best feedback, and I never know how to properly thank you for its awesomeness! I'm so glad their stoicism worked for you; I really struggle to make male characters feel like *men* and I think the way they handle emotions is a big part of it. And I'm so, so glad that his grief reactions seemed genuine. I leaned a lot on the episode of Buffy where her mother died for help with that. Really, thank you for this comment - I worked on this story off and on for eight months, so it means a lot that it worked for you!

withthepilot August 9 2011, 00:50:04 UTC

This made me tear up big time. Heartbreaking and lovely and true.

igrockspock August 9 2011, 15:44:54 UTC

Thank you very much!

beatrice_otter August 9 2011, 01:02:46 UTC

oh, wow. I love the raw emotion of this, and how real it is without going overboard.

igrockspock August 9 2011, 15:45:26 UTC

Thank you so much! I'm really glad you thought it hit the right balance between emotion and angst.

caitri August 9 2011, 01:58:19 UTC

Hoyl F@#$ this is awesome. I love distancing of Hikaru from his emotions and then how they hit him at last. I love that his mom is really alive. I REALLY love how what they do is go buy garbage loads of junk food, because that's what people DO when the world hits them.

Just LOVE, bb.

igrockspock August 10 2011, 01:47:15 UTC

Thank you so much! I worked on this story months and months, and it means a lot that you liked it :)

bookdragon01 August 9 2011, 02:22:32 UTC

This really, really wonderful. Both Sulu coming to grips with thinking her dead and then being her life line when she is struggling with being the only survivor.

igrockspock August 10 2011, 01:47:31 UTC

Thank you so much!