Comments | inlovewithnight: Fic: "Ear Tuned To The Roar" (BSG)

inlovewithnight

Fic: "Ear Tuned To The Roar" (BSG)

Mar 02, 2007 22:22

Ear Tuned To The Roar
Written for the brains_in_a_jar challenge.
Characters: Helo, Lee, Six. Canon pairings.
Rating: PG-13
Goes AU before "The Eye of Jupiter"
Summary: What is human, what is Cylon, what is choice?
So very, very many thanks to glossing, who audienced and beta'd and held my hand through a lot of flailing. I really can't thank you enough for your help, ( Read more... )

fic_2007, fic_bsg

Comments 62

widget285 March 3 2007, 20:44:22 UTC

This? Is awesome on an epic scale. It's so wonderfully thoughtful and complex and heartbreaking and OMG! consistent with canon yet building and expanding upon it in a logical and fascinating manner ( ... )

inlovewithnight March 4 2007, 18:20:25 UTC

Thank you so much!

In some ways, Lee would be better suited to be in Helo's shoes, except that Lee doesn't have the same degree of adaptibility as Helo. Helo can, will adjust to his new situation because he must; Lee would simply go mad and want/need to die becausde this scenario would be too horrific for him to endure.

I think you're right. Lee in isolation like that wouldn't reach out, wouldn't let anyone make a connection to him, would just pull away and lose himself. Helo keeps trying to reach out, struggling to figure out substitutes for what he's lost, and that keeps him alive. Oh, BOYS.

moimoietmoi March 3 2007, 21:07:17 UTC

Wow. That's beautiful! Really an amazing story.

inlovewithnight March 4 2007, 18:20:42 UTC

Thank you!

luridmuse March 4 2007, 00:59:11 UTC

Poistontaster sent me over to read this piece.
and all I can say is. Wow. I mean, seriously? Wow.. Wow with a side of flail.
I can't find words....

inlovewithnight March 4 2007, 18:21:40 UTC

Thank you! PT's rec made me all blushy and flaily and choked-up. I'm so happy that people have liked this. :)

indigo419 March 4 2007, 02:44:29 UTC

Awesome. Really intriguing and lovely. I don't know how I missed this the day you posted, but I'm glad I got back to it!

Everything is intricate and yet seamless, organic. I love this bit best, and not just because it's hot -

I saw you, on the bridge, one hand pressed flat, connecting you to him. You standing like a statue in a holy place, naked and pale and light dancing over your skin, your other hand between your legs

- but also how it totally works, blending the alien and the familiar and the primal.

And I have to say, when I first saw the summary - [brainsinajar+Helo+Lee+Six] - I thought it was likely to be Lee in the jar, but in a brilliant twist you totally sold the idea of Helo (most gregarious and social of Adama's children) in there, not to mention Helo + a Six who is unlike her sisters and yet very much in-character.

Well done. Brava!

inlovewithnight March 4 2007, 18:23:40 UTC

Thank you! widget285 suggested up above that Lee in this position wouldn't be able to adapt as much, or at least it would be a lot harder. I actually hadn't considered going that way; for some reason my brain went straight to Helo, but it's a fascinating concept.

queenbookwench March 4 2007, 03:00:20 UTC

My brain is too fried for intelligent commentary, but let me just that this made me wibble, and squee, and gasp, and sniffle, and go wow! This is just fabulous. :)

inlovewithnight March 4 2007, 18:24:11 UTC

Thank you! :)