'A million years into the sky'

[niamaea]

Title: A million years into the sky
Characters: Gen, team; (peripheral S/C)
Rating: PG
Length: ~4000 words
Notes: No spoilers past 'The Quest pt. 1'. Written before 'Unending' aired but takes place, I think, after. (Off-screen) canon character deaths.

Thanks and credit and much love go to sg_fignewton, who betaed and put me back on track when I went a

Comments

[dunv_i]

That was really beautiful. Sad. Not angsty, just true, and I think I really, really like it because of that.

Dunvi

*wishes she had appropriate user pic*

[niamaea]

Oh. 'True,' is actually such, such a compliment for me, so I'm so flattered that's the word you chose. So, really, thank you.

[starglyph]

And she wonders if they had already forgotten how to function without the other as a constant counterbalance by the time she had formed her images of them in her head, if she had ever really known one before the pervasive influence of the other took hold. And she finally decides, no, she didn't.

Wonderful, and eloquently done. Wow.

This is all so lovely and sad, and so very lyrical. The characters come across true and heartbreakingly sincere. Oh, Jack.

Just beautiful, Nia.

*sniff*

[niamaea]

Aww, and you read gen for me! (And the icon!)

I'm really glad you liked it -- there were a lot of elements here that were kind of risky/unusual for me, and I was really nervous...I'm so glad it worked for you!

Thank you so much for reading :)

[starglyph]

*loves my icon* (Thanks Nia!)

It was risky/unusual for me, too! Are we not brave?

If you write it -- and Jack and Daniel are in it -- I’ll read it and I know I’ll enjoy it. As long as they’re in character, (a given, when you’re writing) and there aren’t other pairings that freak me out, I’ve been known to read the occasional “it says gen, but we know otherwise” story. :)

[niamaea]

Hee! The first perilous steps into the great fandom unknown. Who knows what kind of craziness we might happen next. ; )

[l_jade]

Awww, this is beautiful & made me sniffling a bit.
I really hope Teal'c will see not just Daniel but the others too.

[niamaea]

I really hope Teal'c will see not just Daniel but the others too.

Absolutely.

Thank you for reading :)

[sg_fignewton]

You know how much I loved this!

there is nothing remarkable about the death of Daniel Jackson, nothing to catch anyone’s eye. He is remembered to history for his life, for better or worse, and that’s all any of them had hoped for.

“Shal’kek nem’ron,” he says.

Daniel shakes his head and corrects him. “You lived free, Teal’c.”

Most fitting epitaphs, ever.

I love the natural progression here. People do die, after all. I wouldn't wish immortality on anybody. And Daniel died doing what he wanted to, and the others followed, going... well, gently into that good night. In the right way.

And Teal'c! Teal'c was awesomely wonderful. I was tearing at his granddaughter's name. Everything about Teal'c was utterly perfect.

I would have liked some kind of confirmation that Daniel found Sha're in that... place, but still. Achingly lovely, and how satisfying that there's a universe out there that takes care of her own.

[niamaea]

Thank you so much for your help with this. :)

I'm especially glad Teal'c worked...he's a funny gun to pin down sometimes, so..

And it's funny you mention Daniel and Sha're, actually, because I had been trying, at one point, to find somewhere to mention her, and it never quite fit. (For what it's worth, though, I can't imagine anyone on Abydos forgetting a daughter, either.)

[secondalto]

Oh that was absolutely beautiful. Made me cry, really cry. *sniffs*

[niamaea]

I'm sorry for making you cry! Thank you for reading, though.