fic: same as it ever was

[ohhbuildings]

same as it ever was
heroes. alt. universe. ensemble.
pg13, for violence. some references to season one.
uncle flint used to say that people were always good for two things: money and stupidity. claire tries to argue, but she's seen too many things that only exemplify those facts. for verstehen.

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[ohhbuildings]

oh, thank you!
i'm glad you enjoyed it. :)

[realifehiatus]

this is awesome! i could totally see this as an option to the universe they actually made s1 (even if sylar is approaching god mode!sue with peter's ability by the end).

you did an excellent job keeping certain facts right and twisting where it was necissary in this, i'm really impressed.

[ohhbuildings]

it definitely helps that i happened to be rewatching season one when i got the prompt :) and one of my motivations was about how sylar would be different if he could absorb powers instead of having to kill for them. whole different series if you ask me!

thanks for your comment! :)

[frozenmolasses]

Ah, this was wonderful! I totally prefer a well-developed plot-driven piece over a badly-developed romantic piece. In fact, there is so little fic with actual goo plots, that this is a breath of fresh air.

Just really well written and all around awesome. ♥

[ohhbuildings]

oh, thank you!
i'm a sucker for the underlying sexual chemistry, but like you said, if its not written well, it kind of destroys the whole story. i didn't even want to take a chance with it here, because it just didn't feel right.

i'm glad you liked it :)

[verstehen]

Dude, seconded what reallifehiatus said: I'd much rather have an interesting plot-filled AU than a romance!

I'm really surprised, and glad, you picked this prompt, because I'd never seen anyone write 'Claire Gordon' before and wanted to know what people might do with it. And you chose the really interesting path. A quintessentially conflicted Claire -- like in S1, only in a different way -- and Peter trying so hard to be the hero, to get things right and mostly mucking it up, and then Nathan who can't seem to decide what he wants to do with Claire but comes down on the right side in the end. I really like that you redeem Nathan (the same way the show does, through family) but leave Sylar in all his S1 glory.

No, this was great!

[ohhbuildings]

i'm glad you enjoyed it!
i had started to pick the film noir prompt and was writing down a few ideas, but like you, i couldn't get past the idea of Claire Gordon and what she might be like. also, i have a very soft spot for Nathan, so i knew i wanted to include him somehow.

thanks :)

[eternal_moonie]

LOVE this story!!!

[ohhbuildings]

thanks :)