Comments | gentle_edgar: time stamp fic: i am what i am

gentle_edgar

time stamp fic: i am what i am

Jul 10, 2008 23:27

Time stamp for I Am Not the Thing I Was. I've actually had this sitting on my hard drive for almost a year now, but can't get it to turn into anything more.

( it's more of an outline than an actual story )

fragments, sga au

Comments 5

trishkafibble July 11 2008, 04:39:20 UTC

By gosh, I'd be willing to dump every episode from Michael onward and start afresh, if we could truly give the poor creature a real, human life like this. Canon Michael creeps me out no end, but I do think the expedition's treatment of him is much to blame (among other factors) in causing him to become what he now is. And I truly can see that original, nearly-blank-slate Michael yearning for acceptance in the community of Atlantis...if it were sincerely offered.

gentle_edgar July 12 2008, 03:09:17 UTC

I want this story to be written, so very badly, because there was so much potential with Michael, and it was wasted. The ramifications if they'd handled the situation better and made Michael an actual ally--season four would have been quite different, and we would have been spared the gratuitous marine-deaths in "Vengeance".

Also, it would have been interesting to see Todd and Michael interacting on Atlantis, a wraith confronted with a wraith-changling. The presence of Michael would most likely have drastically altered the way Todd interacted with the Lanteans.

trishkafibble July 13 2008, 14:15:42 UTC

I've attempted this reply like, four times now. I keep wanting to say something about the moral underpinnings of SGA and their total inadequacy, but it's not coming out right! Grr.

I guess in a way, the writers/producers have it right--they've put the fate of all humankind into the hands of a group of people who seem to seriously believe that they're working with no safety net whatsoever: no God or fate or any equivalent power to make sure things turn out okay if they mess up. Which means, from the characters' perspective, that they can't afford to take the moral high road if pure rationalism tells them that it would mean risking failure. (Not to mention, they've given the Lanteans an enemy who can't be eliminated as a threat without being eliminated as a species. Pretty harsh!) It's actually consistent with that premise to have them constantly feeling cornered into getting things done the dirty way--upsetting and pointless, but consistent!

And yet the characters really want to do what's right, and really are willing to sacrifice ( ... )

gentle_edgar July 15 2008, 12:42:17 UTC

I guess in a way, the writers/producers have it right--they've put the fate of all humankind into the hands of a group of people who seem to seriously believe that they're working with no safety net whatsoeverTrue (unfortunately). Perhaps it is more believable that they would screw things up so completely. It's certainly less satisfying, though ( ... )

trishkafibble July 15 2008, 16:42:53 UTC

The problem is that there's so much of the subtle squirrelled away in the nooks and crannies of SGA, in between all of the 'splosions and the hamfisted derring-do! This is what fanfic, at its best, is for--to dig out those tantalizing nuggets and expose them to the world in all of their juicy and satisfying nuances! ^^

Nothing wrong with doing the job piecemeal, either--'tis best when each little tidbit is given the attention it deserves!

*sigh* The problem with a reply like this is...it makes me hungry. =P ;)