Comments | jeeshee: fanfic tiem: Echo/Narcissus

jeeshee

fanfic tiem: Echo/Narcissus

Mar 30, 2009 10:37

Before I pop off to the library, have some (short) fanfic. I swear I am addicted to writing Leoben - probably because he is so easy to make poetic, being such a weirdo. I'm sad he didn't get much screentime in 4.5.

I had actually written most of this before I got the Echo/Narcissus inspiration. I hadn't quite realised I'd written a very similar ( Read more... )

fic, tv:bsg

Comments 11

akite March 30 2009, 11:05:12 UTC

That was lovely. Poor Leoben, makes me want to pet him or shake him and tell him to live for now. The other side will always be there. But I got a feeling this Two wouldn't listen. All he can hear is Kara.

jeeshee March 30 2009, 12:17:48 UTC

Yeah he got a little bit fixated! I would hope there were some Twos who moved on, though. Maybe enough to make some little Leobens?

le_mru March 30 2009, 15:56:34 UTC

So pretty my eyes glazed over. Quite unsettling, too. I loved the mythological references - it all fits together nicely with Leoben's obsession over water. I'm going to add this to my delicious:)

jeeshee March 30 2009, 17:06:37 UTC

Thanks for reading :) I am in the middle of revising for my Classics finals so I think the mythology is unavoidable for me at this point!

sunny_serenity March 31 2009, 02:09:32 UTC

jeeshee March 31 2009, 08:50:08 UTC

heh heh he does love it! Even when he's getting his face shoved in a bucket!

the_grynne March 31 2009, 08:30:13 UTC

The way that birds tracked across the sky, the shape of clouds and the colour of the sunset: these were the new prophecies that spoke of days filled with rain and scented with churned earth and a damp home; of the herd moving across the river where the humans cut them down; of the ground shifting beneath his feet.

I LOVE Leoben the hermit and recluse, reading nature in such a tangible and still mystical way. How much of and in the place he seems, like he's finally found a place to belong.

jeeshee March 31 2009, 08:55:23 UTC

He is a very shamanistic figure so I could definitely see him fitting into a stone age lifestyle. Weirdly I see Earth as more of a refreshing challenge for the Cylons, who weren't born on a planet, than the humans (who I think would struggle) - the Cylons at least have extra strength and abilities.

Thanks for reading!

indigo419 April 1 2009, 13:56:47 UTC

This is wonderful. Everyone mourns Kara, even (especially) Leoben. Love how you tie BSG and classic myths together with the riverine imagery.