FIC - We Won't Need Legs To Stand (BSG, Six/Boomer)

[sheepfairy]

Title: We Won't Need Legs To Stand
Fandom: Battlestar Galactica
Characters: CapricaSix/GalacticaSharon
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: 550
Spoilers: Through 2x18, Downloaded
Summary: Sharon has her worries, but she will learn to face them.
A/N: Written for voleuse in the Boomer round at getyourtoaster.

Comments

[terias_mcklay]

Very nice, I like how the confusion was presented in Sharon's character.

[sheepfairy]

Thank you so much! And yeah, I think Boomer's in a seriously disorienting place between feeling human and accepting and being okay with the fact that she's a cylon, and I'm glad her confusion shown through.

[selenay_x]

Nice. I like the ending, sad and hopeful at the same time. Nice

[sheepfairy]

Thank you, I'm glad the ending worked!

[projectcyborg]

well, I will OTP these two right, left and sideways. Galatica!Boomer is tough, because she's SO EMO, but she has a quietness in this that dignifies her. nice job. love Sharon's struggle with cylon individuality.

[sheepfairy]

Thank you so much! I love Six/Boomer so much because clearly there is something there, but you can interpret their motivations and how they got from Downloaded to OYL so many different ways.

And oh, Sharon has such great and wonderful issues, and I don't see why more people don't think she's interesting! I mean, I find her emo-ness much more compelling than, say, Lee's.

[projectcyborg]

I can't figure out why people don't go for Sharon more, either. myself included -- I find her intellectually fascinating (probably more than any other character on the show), and I write about her for that reason, but I don't have that libidinal response to her. perhaps it's because she spends a lot of time essentially being passive.

it's not that hard to have more compelling emo than Lee's ;)

[jaybee65]

This is beautiful! You've done a wonderful job portraying Sharon's complexity and inner struggle as well as Caprica Six's inherent charisma.

But Sharon has always been a fighter, and sometimes Caprica smiles at her, and that’s enough to keep her going for now.

I think that one line really captures the essence of their relationship. I'd love to see a lot more GalacticaSharon/CapricaSix, as I think it's got marvelous possibilities.

[sheepfairy]

Thank you so much! I know, I really love their dynamic, and I love seeing how different people have different takes on it.

[ana_grrl]

You know what? I love this. I love Sharon's continuing sense of disconnection - and the way that she hangs out in the background makes sense to me. I can absolutely believe that she'd have a hard time seeing the cylons as people. I just can't imagine that post-explosion, suddenly everything would be right in her head, and I love the insight you have into what she might have been going through before finding New Caprica.

Also, I think it's interesting that she's basing so much of her new identity around Caprica Six. It makes sense - Six has that kind of charisma - but I wonder what it's going to do for Sharon in the long term. She's just switched her focus from the Galactica crew to Six, and I suspect that Six's agenda is quite different than Sharon's - and I like how you allude to this.

[sheepfairy]

Thank you so much! I absolutely love the relationship between Boomer and Six, because there are so many different ways of looking at it.

And while I think they really feel for each other, they're both coming from very different places - CapricaSix has always thought of herself as a cylon, and even though she's beginning to question the power structure, she's still very certain of her identity as a cylon. Whereas Boomer really thought she was human, and still seems to identify as human. And so, yeah, hanging out with Caprica and leading the cylons has got to be a weird feeling for her.

Poor Boomer really does have all kinds of identity isssues - I really, really hope the show does something interesting with that when it comes back!

[ana_grrl]

I really hope the show develops the differences between Six and Boomer (and Six and Sharon) too. It would be nice to explore the different perspectives they might have on the invasion of New Caprica. I hope that doesn't get lost in all of the other stuff we've seen in the previews.