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Fic: A Better Time (PG)

Aug 23, 2006 15:13

Title: A Better Time
Characters/Pairings: Tyrol/Boomer, Starbuck, Baltar, Roslin, Tigh, Helo/Sharon
Rating: PG
Words: About 2300
Summary: What if the cylons hadn't launched the attack? AU snapshots.
Notes: Potential spoilers for all aired episodes.

( A slow, careful plan )

Comments 27

musesfool September 10 2006, 03:42:06 UTC

Oh, very cool.

ana_grrl September 10 2006, 13:23:05 UTC

Thank you! I'm delighted you enjoyed it!

quasiradiant October 20 2006, 17:49:23 UTC

i'm SO SO late, but this? is freaking brilliant.

ana_grrl October 21 2006, 03:22:01 UTC

i'm SO SO late

No, no! It's never late for feedback :) And thank you! I'm really happy you enjoyed it!

joandarck September 3 2007, 16:46:50 UTC

Oh, this is beautiful. I love Starbuck's discharge and all the Baltar stuff is HILARIOUS ("As she started to cry, she added, 'But how can one man make everyone happy?'") and the quote from Six! hahahahahhaha and aw, Helo.

ana_grrl September 6 2007, 00:22:50 UTC

Thank you for the fantastic comment! I'm really glad you enjoyed it - it was a lot of fun to think about how things might have gone! Thanks again!

almightychrissy September 3 2007, 17:03:14 UTC

Roslin's hallucinations were amazingly done, and I love the articles about Baltar. And....oh, Sharon and Tyrol and that knowledge, but being okay despite that. And yay Helo. IT made my heart happily explode.

ana_grrl September 6 2007, 00:21:50 UTC

Thank you so much for the lovely comments! I really had fun writing the articles about Baltar especially! Thanks again!

angstbunny September 15 2007, 22:29:32 UTC

Got here through crack_van, and I'm so very glad I did. I love what-ifs, I love AUs, and this is a wonderful snapshot. It feels real, in-character, and I can completely believe this of everyone you wrote. I'm always fascinated by the concept of extreme situations applied to characters and seeing how they react. One of the reasons why I love BSG is because of that very idea applied. You took that idea and reversed it, which is made of so much awesome.

I love the format you took in writing Starbuck's and Baltar's fate. I think they both resonate more that way. The more insidious version of the Cyclon plan in the first snip was CREEPY. I REALLY like that Roslin was hallucinating the show. I love best the Helo one though, the idea of him getting a second Sharon who isn't really Sharon. It's sort of this "happy ending" that isn't, because, well, Sharon is always going to be a Cylon.

ana_grrl September 18 2007, 00:26:21 UTC

Thank you for the fantastic, detailed comments! These kinds of comments really make my day (especially since my day kind of sucked, and this was a great cheer-up!), and I'm really delighted that the story was so enjoyable! I love writing these kinds of AU snapshots - it's such a fun way to play around with different ideas and scenarios.

The more insidious version of the Cyclon plan in the first snip was CREEPY.

Yay! I do like slightly creepy things!

I love best the Helo one though,

I think that one (plus the Baltar newspaper one) was my favourite to write. I really wanted to think about Helo meeting an alternate Sharon and clicking with her. And trying out the formats of the Baltar and Starbuck snapshots was really fun and challenging.

I'm always fascinated by the concept of extreme situations applied to characters and seeing how they reactMe too! I love thinking about apocalypse scenarios, or other really extreme situations, partially because I like to think about how people in general (not just fandom specific characters) ( ... )