Fic: Penance (Maya, Mohinder, gen)

[squills]

Title: Penance
Rating: PG
Words: 1600
Characters: Maya, Mohinder, an unnamed OC
Warnings: Character death (not graphic).  Angst.
Spoilers: Vaguely, for all of season 2
Disclaimer: Not my characters, not writing this for profit.

A/N: This is written for the

Comments

[squills]

The premise of a special bringing people back to life for the price of a soul is completely brilliant. It's like something out of a fairy tale :)

I often feel like powers shouldn't be easy. I liked that Bennet once said that the act of absorbing powers is part of what's making Sylar insane. And in S1, Matt's mind-reading, which seems like a cool power at first glance, brought him a lot of pain because of the secrets he discovered. (And there was Ted accidentally giving his wife cancer, and...) So I liked the thought that this guy's power could be used, but only at a massive price. And I liked the thought that his power wasn't really bringing people back from the dead, it was exchanging a soul for a soul.

This isn't even the fic I wrote before I joined the challenge! This one came to me this afternoon! (Yes, I have been writing fic at work.) Now I wish I'd waited to post it because I'm already thinking of things I wish I'd added in. I can fuss over something for a week and still find things to "improve", though.

Thank you so much! :0)

[sinemoras09]

I do like that idea, that abilities aren't easy. Which is why sometimes I get annoyed with Peter's empath!powers. Claude hinted in S1 that Peter was "one of those," as if there's something darker to Peter's power, and I was really annoyed that TPTB didn't explore that further in S2. Sigh.

omg, dude, I keep editing even after I've posted fic. And even if no one reads it after I've finished editing it, I'm like, "well...at least the *proper* version is online!" LOL :)

Like, just recently I wrote this serial drabble song!fic, and OMG dude, I edited that bitch for TWO DAYS after I posted it. No one's read the finished version but I'm happy with it, and that's all that matters :). Then again I'm OCD so yeah, LOL :)

[squills]

Claude hinted in S1 that Peter was "one of those," as if there's something darker to Peter's power, and I was really annoyed that TPTB didn't explore that further in S2.

I always thought that was an interesting remark, too! Especially since when I first heard it, I thought it implied that there are other people with Peter's ability, which would contradict Bennet's statement to Sylar that everyone else they've "met" has only had one power.

Oh, man. I told myself that I would post this and then put in some more time on work stuff to make up for the time I hadn't spent working. And yet here I am, commenting. *shakes head at self*