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Friendship, Week 1: Plowshare (5/5)

May 24, 2010 19:11

Title: Plowshare
Author: liketheriverrunPrompt: Tools and Weapons/Friendship ( Read more... )

Comments 30

anonymous May 25 2010, 22:40:45 UTC

That was a fabulous story. Whoever you are, the world building was brilliant, and the TEAM! Fantastic. Thank you for writing this and thank you for sharing.
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liketheriverrun June 15 2010, 02:57:10 UTC

Thanks so very much! I'm so happy that you enjoyed the fic.

sholio May 26 2010, 06:25:29 UTC

That was a fantastic ride! I love how much detail you put into this, and how you pulled in so many of the minor and recurring characters from the series. And the documents, letters and emails were the perfect additional touches!

liketheriverrun June 15 2010, 02:59:50 UTC

Thank you! I had planned on the extra letters/emails/etc to help move the story along without having to go into all the details that are summed up in them, but I never thought I'd be using so many minor characters. It just naturally came with the story and actually ended up being the most fun playing with them. So glad it worked for you.

And, once again, thanks for hosting this ficathon. For some reason, this one always brings out the longer fics in me. *G*

schneefink May 26 2010, 08:31:36 UTC

Wonderful story. All the details! John and Rodney send the least subtle secret messages ever, Ronon is Torren´s Santa and wants to wrestle a moose, Ladon Radim´s sister, Jeannie´s cookies ( ... )

liketheriverrun June 15 2010, 03:01:26 UTC

Poor boys and their secret messages. They may be clueless, but at least the Eslaterans are even more clueless. *G* And of course they should know better, but when has that ever stopped them for doing stupid things? So glad you enjoyed the fic. Thanks!

cimmerdeux May 29 2010, 21:12:53 UTC

Excellent story with some great world building. The 'threat' was realistic as were the reasons for everyone joining together to fight. I liked how you expanded what we know of the Genii and the Wraith. Woolsey had an important part to play as did the Coalition of Worlds, they weren't just afterthought characters. I really liked the plan and liked seeing to much of Radek too. I see we had no Keller though and you brought back Carson, I'm cool with that, thanks.

liketheriverrun June 15 2010, 03:06:43 UTC

Thank you so very much! Actually Keller is mentioned at one point as being on new Athos dealing with the outbreak there, but honestly, she was a complication I felt best left out, especially in a gen fic. Otherwise, I would have had to dealt with the issue of Rodney leaving Atlantis and where was she? Or explain why she did or didn't go with him. Etc, etc, and that wasn't the purpose of the fic so I took the easy way out and just ignored it. *G* Plus, I needed Carson's retrovirus to play a key role in the story, so featuring him seemed the logical choice. It wasn't that he was taking Jennifer's place so much as he fit what I needed and she didn't.

coolbreeze1 May 31 2010, 20:58:28 UTC

I finally got a chance to sit down and read this! Great story - the world building was incredible, and the Eslaterans just plain creepy. All these worlds are striving for peace, but the way the Eslaterans imposed it on them...I thought this was a really cool idea and love the story you built up around it. The letters, emails, and reports back and forth to each other were way creative too. Enjoyed this very much!!

liketheriverrun June 15 2010, 03:09:25 UTC

Thank you! So glad you enjoyed it. The first thought that came to mind when I saw my prompt of tools or weapons was the quote about beating swords into plowshares and the ramifications of what would happen if Pegasus was forced to disarm. Coming up with a new race capable of that was the biggest challenge so I'm so happy to hear the Eslaterans worked for you.