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falafel_musings

The First Intern

Mar 17, 2009 18:38

Intro: Secrets & Whispers. The fourth in a series of Baltar/Gaeta missing scenes fics. These stories may be read together or as stand-alone oneshots.
Chapters: 1. Devotion to Good, 2. Return from Kobol, 3. After the Election, 4. The First Intern, 5. Judgement Day, 6. A Walk at Midnight, 7. Awaiting the Verdict, 8. Voices in the Mind. 9. Last ( Read more... )

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lls_mutant March 17 2009, 20:03:48 UTC

Yay, you posted!

Like I said, this hits about every single fic-kink I've got, and the ones you aren't hitting in this chapter you've hit earlier or will probably hit later. I'm not sure what that says about me, but I don't care, because I am loving this series so much.

I know I commented earlier in the beta (btw- I definitely think the shift to dialogue in those paragraphs worked really well), but the whole idea of this being a conquest over Felix... you show the emotionally abusive aspect of the relationship so very well without getting melodramatic. And when Gaius frantically signs the papers... it's like a guilt gift. It's SO them.

I also love love LOVE the concept that this is Felix's dream and his city (one I've used before, too), and that Gaius sees that and wants to give him that dream. That he's doing what he does on New Caprica for Felix more than for any other reason. This is the man who then sits with Felix before his death. It's perfect.

GREAT stuff, and I'm so psyched and lucky that I get to see it first!

falafel_musings March 17 2009, 22:05:17 UTC

Thanks so much for the beta advice! I hope to keep hitting your fic kinks. The next chapters shows Gaeta being torn between Baltar and Zarek so how can I fail? I actually feel very positive about the next five chapters. This was the tricky one for me, cos it goes in that big year gap.

Hmm, it might have been you who I got the idea from about it being Felix's city. I think Gaius liked the idea of New Caprica too, but he got bored with it the moment that it became too difficult and just returned to his vices.

Looking forward to new YFL! When, when??

blue_crow March 17 2009, 20:42:27 UTC

This is gorgeous and just... I think you said this series was supposed to be the definitive Gaius/Gaeta fic? I think that's just what you've written here. I love how it just captures the subtext out of the scenes we do get to see and places it right there for everyone. A lot of the little lines really slayed me, the line about Gaeta being Gaius's hero was so touching and the comment about Tyrol... well, you can probably guess why that amused me. D:

I'm so glad you're getting back to these. I really loved them. And New Caprica is especially lovely because they have such a great love/hate (mostly hate) dynamic at this point, and its so dramatic.

falafel_musings March 17 2009, 22:09:47 UTC

Thank you so much! (btw - just bookmarked your new Gaius/Felix, I can't wait to read it, though I must go to bed soon).

Yeah, the main idea of this fic series is to write a canon story that sticks to BSG verse yet gets to grips with all that subtext and makes it real, hopefully in a believable way. It is also very satisfying to go over Gaius/Felixs devastating arc and explore it in a greater depth than TV allows for.

Thanks for reading. And thanks for your AJ vids! Again, I'll comment tomorrow. Brain is dying from tiredness right now...

mrine March 17 2009, 20:57:40 UTC

Huzzah, a new installment! I'm glad to see you are writing these again, as we are all about to hit a huge patch of BSG withdrawals too soon.

Jeez, Gaius is such a jerk. Sometimes it surprises me, seeing how much his character (or maybe just his situation) has changed in this past half-season. I liked seeing whiny-little-brat Gaius in the Daybreak Pt. 1 flashbacks, and you've portrayed that side of him perfectly in this.

These days Felix had a cultivated a way of saying Mr President so that it rhymed with you bastard.

Lol! My favorite line! Gotta love that passive-aggressive kid.

falafel_musings March 18 2009, 19:25:34 UTC

Thanks for remembering this fic! I'm a little worried that I've lost a chunk of my readership by abandoning it for so long. Well, I'm still determined to finish it.

Whiny-little-brat Gaius is so much fun to write. Passive-aggressive-Felix is pwnsome too. And the combination of the two? I can't resist this pairing.

trovia March 17 2009, 21:14:19 UTC

Yai, update! I'm so glad you continued this!

I really like how Gaius is slowly growing paranoid about his health. It suits his character well, and it shows how badly he is dealing with his presidency.

The following morning Gaius had woken up with a raging hangover and found Felix sitting up in bed, his arms folded over his chest, complaining that their sex had been rushed and uncomfortable for him.

I love how you have Felix stand up to Baltar, instead of just taking whatever he can get. There are fics where he does that and they work just fine as well. But I like this better because Felix is so naive in so many ways at this point, it's nice to see that he has some sexual self-confidence at least.

falafel_musings March 18 2009, 19:35:48 UTC

Thanks for remembering!

Yes, I think Gaius is at his nastiest as president but I think he is also at rock bottom as a junkie manic depressive. So he is pitiable as much as he is loathesome.

Well, I like to think that Felix's growing disappointment with Gaius would register on a sexual level too. It just adds to how violated Felix feels about it all.

cylune9 March 18 2009, 23:12:23 UTC

New Caprica!Felix!!! My favorite.

That was such a tensed scene between the two of them. I love the "unspoken" dialogue - they want to hurt each other but even so, they still cared very much:

If they were important to Felix then he would sign them and trust that it was the right thing to do.

awwwwww. The thing Gaius does for Felix...

falafel_musings March 19 2009, 10:46:59 UTC

More New Caprica-Felix to come in the next 2 chapters...

Since their final scene in S4 I consider it canon that Gaius cared about Felix too, even if he was a selfish obnoxious bastard who hardly ever showed it. That is why I wanted to write this series with Gaius POV, because his feelings are less considered than Felixs feelings for Gaius.

Thanks for reading! Hope your new job is going well.

falafel_musings March 19 2009, 10:50:42 UTC

PS - why has my story text got a white background? Do you know how I can change the background colour back to this nice soft yellow colour?

cylune9 March 20 2009, 01:39:49 UTC

I don't know.... maybe try copying and repasting in html mode. You probably have some weird coding stuff going on...

Forgot to say... I love how Felix was building a census. Ties in very well with the webisodes and during the mutiny - he cares about what the "little people" in the fleet are going through because he knows every single one of them from his New Caprica days.

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