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lit_luminary

Dæmonverse AU ficlet.

Jun 06, 2009 18:06

Title: Changing Courses
Author: dominus_trinus
Rating: PG-13
Character(s): Chase
Genre: Alternate alternate universe, à la Pullman's His Dark Materials.
Summary: “They-started the cutting. And they made everyone watch a demonstration.” What happened immediately before Chase’s decision to leave seminary.
Notes: The portrayal of the Church here ( Read more... )

dæmonverse, ficlet, chase, pre-"principles", character pov: chase

Comments 4

phinnia June 8 2009, 00:06:19 UTC

This is very, very Chase, all of it rings so true. <3 happy to read more from you, as always <3

lit_luminary June 8 2009, 19:09:25 UTC

Thank you so much--this was one of those pieces that just happened and had to be written, and I was very pleased with the end result. Chase is definitely one of my favorite characters to write for.

There will be more from this universe: I have a prequel to "Principles" currently in progress, and a novella-length sequel in the planning stages. (And I will get to that gift-fic I promised you at some point, even if it takes until next Solstice).

damigella_314 March 8 2011, 20:50:03 UTC

I somehow can never find a way to read your AAU in order. So most of the time I get stuff I had already read, or poetry that intimidates me a bit.
But this was breathtaking. I guess it's a ficlet in length, but it's a key point in Chase's development which I had been missing: how he comes to leave the priesthood and become a doctor. You made it more convincing than canon. It also would explain how come he was willing to risk so much to connect House to Minerva again.

And the Salve Regina... of course I learned it by heart as child. In Italian, but it still starts with Salve Regina. And I remember liking the prayers to Saint Mary - like Chase, I used it as a substitute for a more normal mother, in my case because my mother was verbally abusive. That part really resonated for me.

And I loved the touch of Chase keeping as memento a piece of black fabric (for some reason I imagine it silk).

lit_luminary March 8 2011, 21:17:53 UTC

The last bits of prose you haven't read are here (http://lit-luminary.livejournal.com/14347.html#cutid1), part of a drabbles-by-request exercise I did: the first two are pre-"Principles" moments between House and Wilson; the third one is a glimpse of Chase's adolescence and Kylie's settling ( ... )