Fic: Eschatos (BSG)

Jan 30, 2008 12:24

Title: Eschatos
Spoilers: through the end of season 3, obliquely for RazorRating: PG ( Read more... )

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pellucid January 30 2008, 19:01:01 UTC
YAY!!! I'm so glad you like it!!! I thought you would, yet it's always something to be a little nervous about when you're writing for someone.

And I'm happy to discuss later if you want. I'm very curious to find out if people think it's about what I think it's about (which also means I'm curious to find out if I was ambiguous enough yet not too ambiguous--it's a delicate balance!).

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pellucid January 31 2008, 01:45:36 UTC
Hee! I hope Bucer has proven more engaging as the day has gone on.

Even though said something about having a Grand Theory that this fic would extrapolate, I'm not sure it is so much a theory where all the pieces fit, as opposed to some really interesting connections I was noticing and wanted to poke at. Yes, I did intend to write Laura as the final Cylon--but also Number One, the first Cylon--and I think there's at least a decent chance I'm right about that. And her role is like that of Athena's--yet Sharon is also Athena, I think (both literally, in her call sign, but figuratively as the immortal who was so attached to humanity that she would give up her immortality). I can't keep the actual cycles straight in my head, so I'm not sure whether Athena's death brought on the current cycle of time or not.

What I wanted to do with time was more to look at cyclical time and linear time together and play with them a bit. In her Razor commentary, danceswithwords mentioned that for a people who believe in cyclical time, bringing the human race to its end ( ... )

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gabolange January 30 2008, 18:20:54 UTC
You know I love this, but it bears repeating, because, dude, I LOVE THIS!

And somewhere along the line of reading and rereading this story, I fell in love with Kara's role, and Sharon's, and how they all work together to make everything make sense for Laura, and oh . . . so very good, my friend. :)

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pellucid January 30 2008, 19:02:56 UTC
It makes me so happy that you love this!!!

And yeah, I am rather in love with the way all the roles sort of fit together in the end. I'm sure it won't unfold this way on the show, but until I know otherwise, this is the story I'm sticking to!

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starbuck92 January 30 2008, 18:50:49 UTC
Stumbled this way from runawaynun's journal.

No words. No words.

...can it be April now?

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pellucid January 30 2008, 19:03:36 UTC
Thank you!

And yes, April does seem so very far away, doesn't it!

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pellucid January 30 2008, 19:06:08 UTC
Thank you!

I'm sure that I will be all manner of upset to see Laura die--weeping, wailing, gnashing of teeth, etc. Yet at the same time I believe she does need to die for the story to find its proper end: that's been her role since the beginning, and as much as I don't want her to die, I think if she didn't it would be something of a betrayal of this character that I love so much.

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pellucid January 30 2008, 19:24:29 UTC
Thanks so much! I hoped it would get people thinking a bit--it's been taking over my brain for more than a month! ;)

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