Ficlet: By Halves, gen, Sam & Janet

[mrspollifax]

Looky! I wrote gen fic. Not 'I tried to write Daniel/Vala and it turned out gen fic by accident', but actual, on-purpose gen fic. *is pleased*

(Okay, you can all stop laughing at me now.)

Title: By Halves
Rating: PG
Characters: Janet, Sam, Cassie
Category: Gen, Friendship
Summary: A snapshot in Sam and Janet’s growing friendship.
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[binkii822]

How much fun!

[mrspollifax]

Gen fic is fun too! Hee. Just harder (for me) to write - has to do with finding what resonates emotionally or something, I think.

[holdouttrout]

Oh, man. Sam and Janet friendship fic. My squee-meter is going nuts. Love it.

Janet took several deep breaths, obviously trying to rein in her amusement. “Well,” she said when she finally managed a serious face, “it’s more cut-and-dried than ‘he always left the toothpaste in the wrong place’, don’t you think?”

This part (and the next sentence) made me giggle. Because really, isn't that just the most ironic (warning: word not used appropriately) thing ever? Janet wanting an ex she can hate. Awesome.

I like the observation here: Her friendship with Janet was still new, and before Cassie, had been sporadic, since Sam spent so much time off-world; and even though Cassie helped, neither woman was the type to spill her life’s secrets easily.

It feels right to me--that even though they are similar women in some ways, they're still not extremely close. It's a good view of their relationship, I think.

[mrspollifax]

I'm really glad you pointed out that first bit, because that section was the last thing I changed - the line about needing an ex you can hate originally came from Sam, and it just didn't work right. So I'm happy the change worked!

And yeah, I set this early initially because I wanted a small Cassie (have I mentioned I'm a total sucker for Cassie?), but it made the relationship more interesting because it's still forming. And how you get from season one to the end of Heroes, where Sam's just so devastated, that stuff fascinates me.

Anyway, thanks, and I'm glad you liked it! =)

[supplyship]

Yay, Janet fic! And very nice Janet fic too. I really liked the ex-husband backstory. And Sam's comparison to Jonas Hansen... hilarious!

[mrspollifax]

So speaking of backstory, I apparently looked at the wrong episodes when I wrote this, because a clever reader over on ff.net pointed out (nicely) that there's a line in Hathor that actually refers to Janet's ex (seriously, I thought her prior marriage was fanon, omg!), and he's very clearly not military. Darn extensive canon. I think I might have to actually fix that. *eyes paragraph balefully*

ANYway, I haven't written much Janet (and this is the first time I've actually posted any, I think), so I'm very happy it works for you! Thank you!

[cnidarian]

Yey Janet fic! Noticed the husband backstory discrepancy but it worked for me anyway. And I'm a total sucker for small!Cassie where she's treating Janet like a mother. Sam-Janet early friendship ftw!

[mrspollifax]

So much canon, omg! Sometimes things slip by, I guess. And apparently the doesn't-actually-require-ripping-the-paragraph-to-shreds fix I tried didn't work, lol.

I am so glad you still liked it, though! I always love the behind-the-scenes stuff, like Janet and Cassie or Janet and Sam just on a normal day. Thanks for commenting!