Fic - "Dead Man Walking part 17"

[rapfic]

Woo! Part 17 of the BSG AU where pretty much everything in season 4.0 and 4.5 was hallucinted by Felix Gaeta while being tortured by Cylons. AU after the Temple of Jupiter episodes in season three. This is tagged ptsdfic.

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[calanthe_b]

Eeeeeee! More story! Thank you!

Perceptive Cottle is perceptive. I do like him. And it's very telling that Lee couldn't quite get his head around the fact that Gaeta was exercising a certain amount of (passive) agency in the manner of his supposed death...

New Caprica memories promise to be...interesting. But I don't like the sound of 'something different'. I am hoping it's not going to be painful for the poor lad, but something tells me it will be.

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Lee is actually starting to like Felix, as a person, and being Lee, doesn't see the signs that Felix really is rather troubled, and was rather troubled before the Cylons got ahold of him.

Cottle is perceptive. Partly I think because he geniunely likes Felix (I think they had adventures on New Caprica, Cottle sees Felix as a good kid) and also because Cottle is deep down a caring guy - he is as concerned for the mental health of Kara Thrace as he is for Felix.

New Caprica will be different but not super violent in that I've already established that it was at face value similar to the show. (IE Felix wasn't tortured) It should be interesting.

[calanthe_b]

Lee is actually starting to like Felix, as a person, and being Lee, doesn't see the signs that Felix really is rather troubled, and was rather troubled before the Cylons got ahold of him.

Yeah. Felix's blind spots are well-established; it's interesting to watch you bringing out the fact that Lee has some fairly significant ones of his own.

I think they had adventures on New Caprica, Cottle sees Felix as a good kid

Now you have made me want to read about these! And seriously, Cottle was in a situation rather similar to Felix's during the Occupation - he should have some empathy based on that alone.

New Caprica will be different but not super violent

I am looking forward to it...

[calanthe_b]

Above was me, btw - sorry, I forgot to log in!

[mayireadtoday]

"The son of a bitch held his breath until he passed out." -- ahahah, what an ending to this chapter. You got me all ramped up with no where to go. I enjoyed this. By the way, where's Roslin when all this is going down?

[rapfic]

Roslin has been superpissed that Bill has been running his own little show the last few weeks. She's quite incensed.

[lorrainemarker]

I like that Lee is reluctantly figuring out that things are not okay on good ship Galactica, that Kara is not okay, and that however badly manipulated Gaeta was by the Cylon torture it seems real to him only because they based the lies on a foundation of truth. It's painful, but he's as much a part of what needs to change as his father and Kara.

I continue to adore Cottle. He pushes and pushes, and now will have "to do something different" (very worrisome), all the while, showing great understanding and concern for Gaeta. He's exactly the type of person you want as a doctor heartfelt compassion combined with perception, intelligence, and a willingness to tell the hard truths.

The son of a bitch held his breath until he passed out.I could absolutely see Gaeta doing something like that. He has a lot of character traits I admire (compassion, intelligence, loyalty, courage), but the primary way I see him is that at all filters through this sheer unadulterated stubbornness. If he doesn't want to remember he'll by gods hold his breath

[rapfic]

I like that Lee is reluctantly figuring out that things are not okay on good ship Galactica, that Kara is not okay, and that however badly manipulated Gaeta was by the Cylon torture it seems real to him only because they based the lies on a foundation of truth. It's painful, but he's as much a part of what needs to change as his father and Kara.

He is part of the problem. His complacency is part of why his father was increasingly getting worse - to a point Bill relies on Lee to be "the voice of reason" and Lee has been... off in his own little world. Kara would be better if Lee had been willing to open his eyes sooner to her issues.

I continue to adore Cottle. He pushes and pushes, and now will have "to do something different" (very worrisome), all the while, showing great understanding and concern for Gaeta. He's exactly the type of person you want as a doctor heartfelt compassion combined with perception, intelligence, and a willingness to tell the hard truths.Cottle is acting like Felix's dad. I think part of Cottle's own issue

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I somehow like the idea that Cottle and Gaeta were close.

Felix is the sort of guy who endures, until he snaps. The whole projected fantasy is full of examples. And Cottle has made the point - felix is most likely going to blow in a self destructive way when he snaps over this... I agree on the suicide issue, obviously, and point out that Dee leading a mutiny against Bill would have justified Bill's emotional devastation in a way that Gaeta - who Bill never especially seemed to care about - did not.

Everyone on New Caprica was, in their own way, suffering and bending to the will of the Cylons. Glad yer enjoying this :D

[rapfic]

I assumed it was because Felix was Bill's bastard son and didn't know it, but Bill did.

[rapfic]

Oooh Christmassy dino! :D And yes,you do have to comment! Now go read Going Native and comment on ever part!

[rapfic]

Nuh uh! Go read!