Why hello there, little prompt! You got so big! *g*
Oh wow. This was wonderful. From his relief at not being charge, to that moment of 'why not earlier' for the rescue (such a human reaction, to have that niggling thought)... then being holed up waiting... this was like a roller coaster ride at the beginning.
She made him remember back when he brought his first Pyramid trophies home to his folks. He guessed that made him the trophy.
Hee, that just amuses me... she really was childlike in her glee at that moment.
Later, Jean recalled how he'd wept with joy at being found and tried to hug her.
*snerk* tried is the correct word, heh.
I love that theme of the unfamilar faces reinforcing the trauma they've all been through on Caprica.
She didn’t use to be this touchy, he thought dimly, and wondered for a moment if it was because she was feeling the same sense of unreality he was, like they could wake up at any moment and he’d be back on Caprica. Or whether it was just the booze.Ah... I just really liked this line
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Thank you! :) I'm so glad you liked the first part. I know it's just what happened on the show, so I'm glad hearing it from Sam's perspective was enough to make it interesting.
Kara was really such a kid there. She was adorable. :D
Oh, this was perfect! So nice to see all that from Sam's POV...and completely in character to boot. I especially liked him being nervous and scared around new people; it really makes sense, and totally fleshes out his character. *happily inserts it into my own canon*
And it doesn't hurt that pretty much everything Sam/Kara makes me ridiculously giddy. :D
Thank you! :) The "sanctuary" prompt really got me thinking about what it must be like to finally be safe, after so long, and how it must have been kind of hard for him to adjust to. Even just being on a Battlestar after having lived basically outside for so long must have been tough. I wonder if that's part of why they decided to move down to the surface.
And it doesn't hurt that pretty much everything Sam/Kara makes me ridiculously giddy. :D (Reply to this)
he was stunned that he had to bend down to hug her back. Eight months of first hoping and then simply longing for her return had built her up in his mind into someone taller, broader. Then she laughed and called him a big frakking idiot and there was the woman he knew.
Perfect! You completely brought me back to that scene in the forest and Sam’s internal musings seem completely in character. How natural would it have been to create a larger than life Kara to come rescue him, and using her smart mouth as a way to reassure him that this was indeed the woman he remembered.
Her arrival had changed everything; before they had simply been fighting to make use of their last few days and exact some measure of payment. The devastating attack they had just suffered had only intensified the sense of fatalism. Now that there was an end in sight it gave them a renewed sense of purpose; they became even more determined yet also a little more careful.I’d never taken the time to think how it might’ve stood from Sam and the Resistance’s POV, but
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How natural would it have been to create a larger than life Kara to come rescue him, and using her smart mouth as a way to reassure him that this was indeed the woman he remembered.
I find that even with people I talk to a lot online but don't see very often, I'm always struck by how different they look than how I remember them. And having this one person represent so much to him for so long must have made it even worse.
Love it. That’s exactly how Kara was. She blushed and smiled her way through and introduction to her ‘father.’ And I adore how Sam’s reaction was a surge of affection at being her trophy instead of taking offence.
She was So. Adorable. Thinking about those scenes reminds me of how much I miss happy!Kara. And yes, one of the things I like about Sam is that he's not fragile; he can deal with Kara being the better soldier and take her in stride instead of feeling threatened.
I love the topsy-turvy bewildered state Sam’s been in this whole chapter. The whole thing
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Just wanted to tell you how much I enjoyed this first part of your story. I tend to spend more time devoted to another Kara-ship, but when something is really well written and realized I'm open to it. You totally sold me with this! Your characterization of Sam was great. I loved the sense that he was slightly off-balance, being swept along by the surreality of being rescued after so long. But, at the same time, his internal musings on the people and events swirling by him were unwittingly perceptive. It was great to have his uninformed thoughts on characters the rest of us are already so familiar with, particularly loved your description of the scene with Lee. Also, the way he consistently compared what he remembers from before and what he is currently experiencing was fabulously and subtly threaded throughout. It really nicely underscored the theme of ideal vs. reality.
Thank you so much for the wonderful feedback! It's particularly nice to hear that this worked for you, even though it's not your usual ship. (I'm going to try a Kara/Lee fic once I finish this one - eep! ;) That sense of surreality and being off balance was exactly what I was trying to convey, and what I imagine it must have felt like to all the refugees. And it was a lot of fun to try to imagine what it would be like to meet the Galacticans for the first time and how he would have perceived them initially, so I'm glad to hear you enjoyed that.
It really nicely underscored the theme of ideal vs. reality.
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Oh wow. This was wonderful. From his relief at not being charge, to that moment of 'why not earlier' for the rescue (such a human reaction, to have that niggling thought)... then being holed up waiting... this was like a roller coaster ride at the beginning.
She made him remember back when he brought his first Pyramid trophies home to his folks. He guessed that made him the trophy.
Hee, that just amuses me... she really was childlike in her glee at that moment.
Later, Jean recalled how he'd wept with joy at being found and tried to hug her.
*snerk* tried is the correct word, heh.
I love that theme of the unfamilar faces reinforcing the trauma they've all been through on Caprica.
She didn’t use to be this touchy, he thought dimly, and wondered for a moment if it was because she was feeling the same sense of unreality he was, like they could wake up at any moment and he’d be back on Caprica. Or whether it was just the booze.Ah... I just really liked this line ( ... )
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Kara was really such a kid there. She was adorable. :D
*snerk* tried is the correct word, heh.
You know it! ;)
Thanks so much for the feedback. More soon.
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And it doesn't hurt that pretty much everything Sam/Kara makes me ridiculously giddy. :D
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And it doesn't hurt that pretty much everything Sam/Kara makes me ridiculously giddy. :D
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That's the great thing about small ships! :)
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Perfect! You completely brought me back to that scene in the forest and Sam’s internal musings seem completely in character. How natural would it have been to create a larger than life Kara to come rescue him, and using her smart mouth as a way to reassure him that this was indeed the woman he remembered.
Her arrival had changed everything; before they had simply been fighting to make use of their last few days and exact some measure of payment. The devastating attack they had just suffered had only intensified the sense of fatalism. Now that there was an end in sight it gave them a renewed sense of purpose; they became even more determined yet also a little more careful.I’d never taken the time to think how it might’ve stood from Sam and the Resistance’s POV, but ( ... )
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How natural would it have been to create a larger than life Kara to come rescue him, and using her smart mouth as a way to reassure him that this was indeed the woman he remembered.
I find that even with people I talk to a lot online but don't see very often, I'm always struck by how different they look than how I remember them. And having this one person represent so much to him for so long must have made it even worse.
Love it. That’s exactly how Kara was. She blushed and smiled her way through and introduction to her ‘father.’ And I adore how Sam’s reaction was a surge of affection at being her trophy instead of taking offence.
She was So. Adorable. Thinking about those scenes reminds me of how much I miss happy!Kara. And yes, one of the things I like about Sam is that he's not fragile; he can deal with Kara being the better soldier and take her in stride instead of feeling threatened.
I love the topsy-turvy bewildered state Sam’s been in this whole chapter. The whole thing ( ... )
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Thanks for your great writing!
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It really nicely underscored the theme of ideal vs. reality.
*glees*
Thanks again for the lovely feedback!
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