Aladdin: A Frakked-Up Fairy Tale (I)

[innibis]

Title: Aladdin (1/2)
Author: innibis
Rating: R
Word Count: 10,215
Pairing: Kara/Lee
Genre: Completely AU
Disclaimer: I am not Scheherazade. Nor am I a Disney. Heck, I’m not even RDM or any of his cohorts. I do not lay claim to BSG in any way, shape or form; especially the finale.

A/N: For my always fabulous beta in a bottle, workerbee73 with my sincere thanks

Comments

[rachelindeed]

Your fairytales can be so unbelievably joyful ~ I think that's what I love best about them, they are just really magical but always grounded in textured details and dry humor and lots of love. I appreciate the way you mix in-jokes and fantastic banter in with genuinely serious fantasy storytelling ~ every story has little moments in which the world becomes poignantly real, no matter how delightfully silly things get elsewhere (cases in point here: Zak and Lee on the roof; Lee and Kara parting to rescue Bill and the genie, respectively; the way Baltar brought Gaeta a gentle death). There's so much heart in each new story, and my favorite part is getting to see how you've built this particular fairytale world, and where everyone emerges in it, and watching Kara and Lee meet and fall in love with such elegant ease. It's awesome.

On to the details. I really liked the partnership of Kara and Six in this story, maybe because I know Katee and Tricia seem like sisters and partners-in-crime in real life, too.

These were some of my favorite lines, either because they made me laugh or because they deepened the characters:

"I'll leave the joy of hunting for loopholes to you and check out the women instead. I'm your brother, Lee, no sacrifice is too great." (Zak in this fic -- beyond insane. You make him and Lee feel like such brothers, you know?)

"He is everyone's type," Caprica said. (Preaching to the choir, sister)

Lee took a deep pull of the bottle, enjoying the buzz, the company, the softness of the skin he held in his hands and the generosity of being allowed to share in it all. “Not so far, actually” he answered, tracing the veins along her foot, “but a different world all the same.” (See, this. So soft, so delicate. This is all I need, really. I'm happy right here.)

He played a surprisingly mean game of pyramid, lost astonishingly often at cards, made Caprica laugh and kissed with a dirty, desperate sort of sweetness. It was only a week, but it had been enough for Kara to fall, and fall hard... (I love the way you write this romance. It just shines.)

“You have a kingdom to run and I have merchants to swindle.”

“So, busy day all around then,” he said, and let her lead him out of the room. (I love it when they get snarky. The letters at the end of Rapunzel are still my favorite, but this was totally great, too.)

“Uh, hi?” she asked. Flying carpet. Sure. Why not? The day had met its quota of weird shit hours ago, so this hardly seemed to register. (SO. KARA. This is her essence, bottled. Nice.)

So yeah, in short I kind of love this.

[innibis]

Thank you very much, I really enjoy your comments and am so glad you enjoyed the story. It's important to me that there's enough weight to the relationships so that I can anchor the odder (more fun) aspects to something that feels possible, if not plausible. This one flew its crack flag high, which I blame on Gaius who was really determined to have a good time.

I really liked the partnership of Kara and Six in this story

There is a criminal neglect of true friendship in BSG, outside of Kara/Lee and Adama/Tigh - and pretty much no solid, supportive women friendships at all. Plus I missed the old, kick ass, Season 1 Six.

You make him and Lee feel like such brothers

I'm really happy to hear that since I shamelessly project my own siblings and my relationship with them onto these two.

It's really gratifying that you just go with the flow, since these stories are such indulgences for me and I love writing the characters out of their claustrophobic little boxes in space.