Echoes

[ineedmymods]

For: in_the_blue
From: lostinapapercup

Title: Echoes
Fandom: Battlestar Galactica (2003)
Rating: PG-13
Author's Notes: For the prompt "all this has happened before; it will all happen again," a glimpse at the lives of the final five. Major series spoilers within.

Comments

[in_the_blue]

I feel like the luckiest person in the world, because I just got new BSG canon written for me! This is so beautiful, and I had to read it twice before saying anything, and I know I'll read it over and over. More coherent comments will be forthcoming as soon as I can formulate them the way I need to, but... wow, this is absolutely gorgeous, and I love the overall approach you took to the prompt and the feel of this piece. All the voices are spot-on canon perfect, and you can bet your ass I'll be singling out my favorite parts and leaving volumes of compliments when I get back in later tonight. But in the meantime, thank you, thank you, thank you! I love this so much.

[in_the_blue]

Now that I can be coherent about things... I knew from the first few paragraphs that this was probably going to break my heart in all the best ways, and I was right.

Thank you. Thank you for making it the final six instead of the final five. Thank you for giving Kara to Sam time after time. Thank you for letting him be a normal person going about normal everyday business. Thank you for him being so dumbfounded by and attracted to her that he can't even come up with words, in either segment. She's a solar flare, a supernova -- of course he thinks of her like that. It's a slice of perfection

[lostinapapercup]

I read this and beamed so hard I can't even tell you. I knew from the beginning that I wanted to tackle the characters with the most canon history to harvest for patterns; my only regret is that by the time electricity, time, and inclination lined up I felt like I had to make a point of setting a tone that didn't lend itself to finding myself still writing five thousand words later.

That said, man, am I overjoyed with the echoes you like and the particular lines you love. I definitely enjoyed writing this, and I'm so, so glad you enjoyed reading it.

[ceitfianna]

Oh my. I don't know the canon as well I'd like to but this is wonderful. The light imagery and the ease of the relationships is beautiful.

[lostinapapercup]

Thank you so much! I realized on my final read that I was pretty pleased with some of the light visuals, and I'm so glad you enjoyed the relationships portrayed! I can't recommend the canon enough.

[erised1810]

i liek how yo uwarned for spoilers adn they all whooshed passed me since I haven't watched the show. and for the rest here I go again with my 'it's liek i'm watchign a film' comments. wow, dialogue and visuals.

[lanalucy]

I love these little glimpses into the heads of the Original Five. And I adore it ending on a happy note with the weirdest of weird couples, Saul and Ellen Tigh.