FIC: Kate Heightmeyer's Five Most Difficult Patients (PG)

[dr_dredd]

After a long hiatus, here's my foray back into fandom (hopefully)...

Title: Kate Heightmeyer's Five Most Difficult Patients
Author: Dr. Dredd
Pairing: None
Rating: PG
Word Count: 1,434
Season: Early Season 2
Spoilers: None
Summary: The five people Kate finds most difficult to treat. Written for the "Five Things" challenge at sga_flashfic

Comments

[flingslass]

I love the last one. Kate would definitely make use of Carson's empathetic ear. BUT Carson would pick up when Kate wasn't right. He always notices these things.

[dr_dredd]

Thanks! Carson's a good doctor and a good man in general.

[alliesings]

I love her take on Elizabeth.

It's always priceless when people on Atlantis realize (like in her thoughts about Teyla) that they are thinking things that would be pretty much impossible on Earth.

The romantic tidbit with Bates was lovely, as was the last line.

[dr_dredd]

I keep expecting someone to say, "We ain't in Kansas anymore... Auntie Em, Auntie Em!" :-)

It occurred to me that people always think John would be resistant to seeing Kate, but nobody ever wondered about Elizabeth. As for Bates, for some reason I love pairing the two of them.

Thanks for reviewing!

[auntiemeesh]

I like the choices you made in this. Especially choosing Kate herself, because it's true that she would have difficulty finding her own support. I also like that you didn't include Sheppard (he's such an easy target). :)

[dr_dredd]

I agree about Sheppard. All of the fanfic I've read has him avoiding Kate like the plague, but he was, after all, the one who sent Teyla to see her.

Poor Kate. Who heals the healer? I think Carson would do a good job. Thanks for reviewing!

[aelfgyfu_mead]

Thanks for a sympathetic portrait of Kate! Some fans seem really hostile to her, and I hate getting into a story and finding out she's the "bad guy," or one of them. You write her as I see her (but better than I've written her).

I had to look up "alexithymia"--I hadn't heard of that before. I learned something new today. :-)

I love the part with Bates; I didn't expect that at all. I did expect Carson to be the one whose ear she bent; who else?

Good to hear from you again! I hope there will be more to come!

[dr_dredd]

Yup, alexithymia. As I was watching the scene in "Sateda" where John is talking awkwardly to Teyla, I thought, "OMG, that's perfect for him!" :-)

Thanks for the encouragement. I also don't like stories with Kate as bad guy. Psychology/psychiatry has a bad enough rap as it is; we fanfic writers don't need to make it worse. I'm glad you liked the Bates bit, though. I tried to think of two of the most unlikely people to pair together...

[dr_dredd]

Thanks! I've been getting lots of different reactions to the Heightmeyer/Bates pairing. I tried to think of two of the most unlikely people to pair together. Alas, I don't think there's much of a future for them. She's dead, and he's with the IOA. (Who's worse off?) :-)

[dr_dredd]

Good point! :-)