Comments | kappamaki33: Companion Pieces, Gazing Skyward (Helo)

kappamaki33

Companion Pieces, Gazing Skyward (Helo)

Jan 28, 2010 15:40

Series Title: Companion Pieces
Segment Title: Gazing Skyward (Helo)
Author: kappamaki33
Rating: PG-13
Characters: Helo, Boomer, Athena, Hera
Pairings: Helo/Athena
Series Summary: A series of mirror-images. Likely to be some angst.
Segment Summary: Helo says good-bye to two Raptors at opposite ends of his journey.
Spoilers: Miniseries through Series Finale
( Read more... )

hera, helo/athena, bsg, athena, helo, boomer, fic, farewell symphony 'verse

Comments 17

sabaceanbabe January 28 2010, 22:12:18 UTC

Beautiful and heartbreaking. Very much Helo. Thank you for sharing.

kappamaki33 January 30 2010, 21:37:11 UTC

Thanks so much for reading!

lorrainemarker January 29 2010, 01:04:37 UTC

Oh, Helo. Very good and such a nice ending to Daybreak which I don't despise quite as much as I did. Since my personal canon ends with Revelations that's a significant accomplishment.

kappamaki33 January 30 2010, 21:38:37 UTC

Wow, thanks! It is funny--even though I'm mostly canon-compliant, the place where I do feel comfortable going AU always seems to be "Revelations," though I enjoyed a lot of Season 4.5. I'm glad you enjoyed it!

cailet_06 January 29 2010, 18:54:07 UTC

Great fic, I loved your characterization.

kappamaki33 January 30 2010, 21:39:31 UTC

Thanks so much!

prophetkristy January 29 2010, 19:13:03 UTC

Awwww!! <3

kappamaki33 January 30 2010, 21:40:08 UTC

:D Thanks. I enjoyed getting to write one fairly happy ending in this fic cycle, at least.

lls_mutant January 29 2010, 20:50:15 UTC

Awww!

Helo and Athena surviving Daybreak was one of the times when I thought that RDM made the wrong decision, but I don't mind and I like it better anyway :) For me, the real ending of BSG was the Fighting Agathon family shot.

I love the desperation and the honesty in the first one as well. That was such a defining act for Helo, but he's still human, not just pure hero. The first one captured that perfectly.

Great stuff!

kappamaki33 January 30 2010, 21:42:25 UTC

Thanks so much!

I totally agree. By all rights, Athena should have died for thematic/Opera House reasons, and Helo should've died when he got shot, but I don't begrudge them the happy ending at all.

hat was such a defining act for Helo, but he's still human, not just pure hero.

That was very important to me here. He's a strong, moral guy, but I wanted events to take a real toll on him, too.