BSG: The Unforgiven Ones

[grey_sw]

Title: The Unforgiven Ones
Author: grey_sw
Rating: PG-13 (warning: includes graphic violence and major character death)
Word Count: 28400
Genre: General, AU of The Plan
Characters/Pairings: Cavil, the boy from The Plan, Tough Six, Helo, Boxey, Jaffee, Racetrack
Author's Note: Written for the 2010 bsg_bigbang. Thanks to daybreak777 and pigeon_angel for beta reading! Thanks also to sabaceanbabe for the

Comments

[hobbit_kate]

This is a really interesting story... Very believable, too.

It's probably as close as you can get to Cavil's POV while not immediately squicking people. A little kid whose parents abandon him - it does sound like the only human Cavil could ever relate to.

[grey_sw]

Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it.

A little kid whose parents abandon him - it does sound like the only human Cavil could ever relate to.

Yes, indeed. :) I had a lot of fun with the parallels between Cavil and Claudius.

[lorrainemarker]

I found fascinating the parallels between Cavil and Claudius - the issues of parental abandonment and rage at the entire human race as a result. Since I worked with abused and neglected children (attorney with child protective services for many years) I found their limited ability to attach and their clinging to each other a little too real for comfort - I've seen real live kids like Claudius and they're wounded in ways that fester and sometimes never heal.

Well written and haunting.

[grey_sw]

Thank you! I remember wanting to destroy the world now and again, at that age, so it was interesting to imagine what might happen to a little boy (or an old-man robot) who actually had the power to do so. "Wounded in ways that fester and sometimes never heal" describes them both, I think... but it's obviously easier to relate to the kid!

Thanks again for the insightful comment, it made my day. :)