Pros ficlet: "Duty" (PG)

[kindkit]

This has nothing to do with the ficlet project; instead, I wrote it up for a challenge at the discoveredinalj Pros community. The challenge, fitting for November, was to write about those killed in war, official or unofficial

Comments

[sineala]

I liked this. Of course, I would -- someone ought to examine CI5 critically, and it's got to be fandom because it's sure not going to be the show. So, thanks.

[kindkit]

To my surprise, the folks at discoveredinalj have been very positive. I really wasn't sure how this kind of criticism of CI5 would go over. Not that "both sides see themselves as the good guys" is really very cogent as political criticism, but it's a start.

Anyway, glad you liked it!

[mcicioni]

I liked it too. Both for the politics ;-) and for the fact that it vaguely reminded me of Fredric Brown's short-short story 'Sentry'.

[kindkit]

I don't know that story. Is it good?

In the ficlet I was deliberately unexplicit about the politics (partly because I couldn't give the character much of a personality without giving away the twist at the end), but, well, there's a critique of British colonialism happening. Heh.

Thanks!

[mcicioni]

Have emailed it to you (it's *very* short). Hope you enjoy it.

[kindkit]

Oh, cool. Thanks!

[ultrapsychobrat]

This is very good--it fits perfectly with the atmosphere of the show. I often felt that this would be the thoughts of Bodie and Doyle, also.

[kindkit]

I actually wanted people reading it to think, at first, that it was either Bodie or Doyle. But of course I'd forgotten about the fandom convention that you list your characters in the header. Anyway, glad it worked for you!

[pinkdormouse]

Excellent.

[kindkit]

Thank you!