I hate deathfic, but this is beautiful. If I weren't tired and a little sad today I'd Say Profound Things. But as it is let me pass along my sigh of pleasure at the end.
John and Vala are good together. Or bad together. Vala would say it's the same thing, really. ;)
Vala is like that Mae West quote. When she's good, she's good, but when she's bad, she's better. (I probably butchered that, but she does have that wonderfully uninhibited, unashamed amorality. She's lies, but she's still more honest than most of the people around her. I like that dichotomy.)
Yay! You have no idea how excited I was when I found out that you were writing for me. Though I think that if I'd known, I might've prompted slightly differently. In my head I kinda imagined I'd get something very cractastic, with John getting knocked up and Vala being pissy at him. But I think I like yours better
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I'm glad it didn't disappoint you. This sort of thing is kind of a gamble, when it comes to getting something in a style you like. I think you contributed to a minor nervous breakdown one weekend, though. I wanted to give up so bad and then you wrote that comment and I couldn't say anything. Just had to start it one more time. Or three.
It wasn't a problem with the prompts, either, just a general lack of being able to write anything at the time and fearing I wouldn't be able to finish. I was relieved when I saw who I would be writing for, in fact, because I wouldn't need to break bones and paint it up to achieve a fake happy ending. It was nice writing something where they're all adults and can have sex without it being all about the 'one true love' and problems might not be fixable.
And also, for the record, Daniel is an idiot. How could he turn that down?
Unending permanently tainted my opinion of Daniel. I'd just been waiting for a chance to say so.
Oh, that was wonderful. Thank you for such a delightful look inside Vala. I particularly liked the fact that she knew she wasn't in love with John, but realized that she did love him in her own way.
Vala really gets the short end of the stick from SG-1. They don't seem to appreciate what she's done for them, when she's sacrificed, what she can offer or that she didn't exactly live the life of a galactic Paris Hilton. Just because she copes with a smile and quip, instead of moping around like Daniel. I think that John could recognize that, because he's been treated the same way, as just another pretty face. So of course she'd love him a little, not the passionate 'in love' but as someone who sees past her masks and genuinely likes her. So, they're friends, easy and fast, and why not enjoy a few benefits?
ow! wow, this certainly isn't the frothy, lighthearted romp you were talking about wanting to write... however, it is valuable, and true and honest to the characters (all of them), and left me damp-eyed and sniffing, but with a sense of closure.
Loved the A/A at the beginning, the way you dived right in with the gunfights and betrayals and desperate chances, it felt just like an episode of either show. John and Vala were all sultry and naughty together, in all the best ways, too. I like the way John seems to "get" Vala, and appreciate her.
I began to wibble at Rodney's hug, and later at him losing heart and staying for the self-destruct when he thought that John had died--Ronon, Teyla and Lorne's grief is also palpable and teary-making.
The end was definitely fitting. Rodney would take on the responsibility of John's child and that child's mother for John's sake. (and to save John's child from "the alphabet agencies".) And poor Vala does end up marrying men when she manages to get pregnant
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The froth wouldn't come on cue. It appears to be available now, however, so be on the look out.
Most of this really needs to credited to the betas. eretria threatened me with unspecified tortures if I didn't show the sex and enname made me write scads more than I wanted to. Besically all of the action/adventure parts. Damn her for always being right. dossier audienced and pointing out inconsistencies and convinced me it wasn't terrible after all.
That's going to be one highly strange and probably screwed up kid--with lots of shiny dark hair and charm out to there!
I'm not big on kidfic, but I have to think a Vala/John child would be remarkable not just for looks. But the pretty would be amazing.
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John and Vala are good together. Or bad together. Vala would say it's the same thing, really. ;)
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It wasn't a problem with the prompts, either, just a general lack of being able to write anything at the time and fearing I wouldn't be able to finish. I was relieved when I saw who I would be writing for, in fact, because I wouldn't need to break bones and paint it up to achieve a fake happy ending. It was nice writing something where they're all adults and can have sex without it being all about the 'one true love' and problems might not be fixable.
And also, for the record, Daniel is an idiot. How could he turn that down?
Unending permanently tainted my opinion of Daniel. I'd just been waiting for a chance to say so.
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Loved the A/A at the beginning, the way you dived right in with the gunfights and betrayals and desperate chances, it felt just like an episode of either show. John and Vala were all sultry and naughty together, in all the best ways, too. I like the way John seems to "get" Vala, and appreciate her.
I began to wibble at Rodney's hug, and later at him losing heart and staying for the self-destruct when he thought that John had died--Ronon, Teyla and Lorne's grief is also palpable and teary-making.
The end was definitely fitting. Rodney would take on the responsibility of John's child and that child's mother for John's sake. (and to save John's child from "the alphabet agencies".) And poor Vala does end up marrying men when she manages to get pregnant ( ... )
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Most of this really needs to credited to the betas. eretria threatened me with unspecified tortures if I didn't show the sex and enname made me write scads more than I wanted to. Besically all of the action/adventure parts. Damn her for always being right. dossier audienced and pointing out inconsistencies and convinced me it wasn't terrible after all.
That's going to be one highly strange and probably screwed up kid--with lots of shiny dark hair and charm out to there!
I'm not big on kidfic, but I have to think a Vala/John child would be remarkable not just for looks. But the pretty would be amazing.
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