"In Various Grades" (my Primeval ficathon entry) PG13

[rodlox]

for the Primeval ficathon here

Title: In Various Grades.
Author: Keenir.
Beta and proof-reader: Fififolle. (thank you!)

Rating: PG-13
Spoilers: 1.01-2.04
Summary: Shipwrecked en route to Persia, a British naval officer assists in the fight against prehistoric killers.
Fandom: Primeval: AU

Characters:Reed King - Lieutenant in the British Royal

Comments

[lsellersfic]

Thank you so much for this. I hope you're as pleased with it as I am. I wasn't thinking Empire-types when I set the prompt, but the setting and the milieu work really well, I'm glad you chose them.

Reed is a great character! likeable but very flawed with a very clear voice that carries the fic well.

The little interlude in the middle was clever as well, giving us just enough insight into the Ankarapithecines to understand what they were doing.

Favourite Character: Fatima Menas
Favourite Moment: When King finds her and Hands and she's being all geeky about his descriptions.

[rodlox]

>Thank you so much for this.
you're very welcome.

> I hope you're as pleased with it as I am.
at least as much.

> I wasn't thinking Empire-types when I set the prompt,
I considered setting it in the American Revolutionary War, but the only plot that came to mind was "the Turtle vs amphibious Creatures".

> but the setting and the milieu work really well, I'm glad you chose them.
I kinda cheated, I admit...I used the woods around Ankara & the governors' houses on the west coast.

but all the historical facts (like the Order of the Garter going to the Sublime Porte, and Armenians marrying Kurds) are true.

>Reed is a great character! likeable but very flawed with a very clear voice that carries the fic well.
good to know; thank you.

>The little interlude in the middle was clever as well,
thank you; admittedly, I wasn't sure where to put it - at the start, and it risked killing any suspense.

> giving us just enough insight into the Ankarapithecines to understand what they were doing.d'oh. sorry...I thought it was clear: the

[lsellersfic]

sorry...I thought it was clear: the Ankarapiths were killed by the Australopiths.
*goes to edit it in the into*

*pah* not paying attention as I type.

Still trying to visualise Helen as a stay-at-home-wife.

[rodlox]

sorry about that. (I really shouldn't distract you)

yeah, I had to strain my brain for that analogy. ;)

[rodlox]

if I may ask, was this more of what you had in mind?

because I did consider it. (or a variation thereof)

[lsellersfic]

No not really. I wasn't thinking anything terribly specific beyond, you know, big shirts, boots and swinging. If I had I'd have written the story myself *grin*.

[rodlox]

well, if it helps any (and if my memory's accurate), men and women back then both wore trousers.

I'd love to see a swashbuckling fic(let) from you.

[louisedennis]

I'll have to think about it. I'm having sudden visions of Helen in a bodice.