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[lostinapapercup]

Canon: Battlestar Galactica
Characters/Pairing: Kara "Starbuck" Thrace
Prompt: weapon of choice
Rating: Minimal references to child abuse.

Socrata Thrace came back from the war with an intense phobia of bugs that she unpacked with her bags and settled down with for the rest of her life

Comments

[in_the_blue]

Sigh.

Oh, Starbuck.

The dynamic between those two is so toxic, and you really have it laid out so beautifully here, and with such simplicity.

[lostinapapercup]

Thank you so much! I'm so glad you like it.

But... yeah. *sighs over them*

[in_the_blue]

That whole episode was so heartbreaking. And little Kara. Ugh.

(Thanks for introducing me to the show. ♥)

[alienchrist]

Socrata Thrace came back from the war with an intense phobia of bugs that she unpacked with her bags and settled down with for the rest of her life.

This was a really effective image. This whole thing seems so simple and straightforward, yet so painful and so full of layers.

[lostinapapercup]

Thank you so much! That line presented itself before I'd even considered writing a drabble, and it seemed so appropriate the rest had to follow.

[erised1810]

wow. that's a nice coping strategy...

[lostinapapercup]

Really! Poor Kara. Kids will do what's in their power, and she sure did what she could.

[ashavah]

Oh, this is a really interesting insight into Kara and Socrata. The last line really makes it; it shows Kara's defiance and the way the abuse she suffered helped to make her who she is.

You really write great insights into Kara.

[lostinapapercup]

Thank you so much! I wish I could take more credit for it, but the memory's all canon. It begged to be drabbled for the perfect prompt, though.

[lostinapapercup]

Thank you! And yeah, I imagine Kara didn't have many options, but she certainly employed her usual out-of-the-box strategies even at a young age!