A Tale of New Caprica

[marzipanilla]

Fandom: Battlestar Galactica
Summary: Three years after the settlement of New Caprica.

Notes: The story just sort of turned into a good AU ramble. Thanks to newnumbertwo for recommending I don't cut off the second half, and to citiesofcolor for keeping me company while I finished it, and telling me the last line wasn't absolute crap.

Comments

[fragrantwoods]

So many feels about this! Everyone seems to have found a place for themselves, good with the bad. I love Grandpa!Bill here, holding on to family and Tauron heritage. So many tantalizing hints of what life has been like, on the ground and up in space! This feels very organic and natural, the way the settlement has grown in different directions. This feels very much like Laura would have been, given time and her new situation.

There'll be more of this, I hope? :-D

[marzipanilla]

Grandpa!Bill was fun, because I knew he would be genuinely happy/content with where he was in life. I'm pretty sure having a grandchild and having most of his crew starting families on the surface would be the big push he needed to get off Galactica

There'll be more of this, I hope? :-D

My love of AUs makes this request haunt me forever. As this genuinely had no plot (which is part of the reason I've come to like it a lot) I really doubt I'll ever poke my toes in this scenario again. It's just a random moment in time, so unless I jump a couple years into the future and do someone else's day in the life, I highly doubt it. Though of course, I can't count the number of times I've said 'I highly doubt I'm going to continue this AU', only to come back to it later, so who knows.

[afrakaday]

The mood of this is so perfectly melancholic. Laura's matter of factness about her future is balanced so nicely by these moments of emotional and physical vulnerability. And man, that scene with Bill just killed me in its angst- there is nothing sadder to me than thinking that they had drifted apart to such a point where they couldn't even really talk anymore.
The last lines are lovely. *tears up a little*

[marzipanilla]

Laura's matter of factness about her future is balanced so nicely by these moments of emotional and physical vulnerability.

I was shocked when she started crying. -laugh- I just let it happen though, because it was how she worked out in that moment.

The dynamic between her and Bill was interesting. According to the wiki, he was only on the surface that one time on the year they were there, so I have a hard time believing he started visiting more afterwards. The idea of them drifting apart was very sad, but I honestly couldn't see it going any other way.

Glad you liked the last lines :)
There was originally a bunch of heavy handed crap, so I'm glad I managed to pare it down to what it is.

[hobbit_kate]

That ending was gorgeous! Your betas were so right to tell you to leave it. :-)

This seems like a very realistic view of New Caprica another year down the line. Well done!

Rumor was that the Beast was the only thing that could support the younger Adama's weight.

Ouch. :p

Tom/Tory is... certainly interesting. I love that she's jealous of his connection with Laura.

Saul and Ellen somehow kept him sane while driving everyone else crazy

I love that piece of information :)

[marzipanilla]

Thank you :)

Tom/Tory is... certainly interesting.

It was originally supposed to be Zarek/Gaeta, but when Tory walked through the door with him my brain just went 'nope, they're dating'.

[hobbit_kate]

I'd kinda love to know how that relationship came about... :P In my headcanon, they usually dislike each other (or Tory does, anyway).

[marzipanilla]

Laura knew Tory wouldn't want to, or should, spend the rest of her life in a school tent helping her keep an eye on a kidnapped baby. She pushed Tory to start lobbying as well as liaising between the workers and the government. When something she championed got far enough into the system, Tom was the one she interacted with. They were very antagonistic with one another, and fell into an amicable frenemy debaters relationship about law and politics.

When Tom started distancing himself from Baltar's policies during the flooding, he started going to her for help in reaching the people. They had a few post-work meeting sexcapades before they decided to try dating.

Their relationship is a fairly young one in this story, and I think both of them view it as a very engaging challenge. They also secretly enjoy one another's company, though everyone knows it.

Though Tory does still work part time in the schools, she spends most of her time helping civilian groups get their bills seen by the government.

So um.. a bunch of random back story

[marzipanilla]

Glad you enjoyed it so much! I didn't think it would cause so much heartbreak..

[era_raydor]

This is so damn beautiful...I've got a case of the feels.

LOVE.

[marzipanilla]

Thank you!