"In Various Grades" (my Primeval ficathon entry) PG13

[rodlox]

for the Primeval ficathon here

Title: In Various Grades.
Author: Keenir.
Beta and proof-reader: Fififolle. (thank you!)

Rating: PG-13
Spoilers: 1.01-2.04
Summary: Shipwrecked en route to Persia, a British naval officer assists in the fight against prehistoric killers.
Fandom: Primeval: AU

Characters:Reed King - Lieutenant in the British Royal

Comments

[fredbassett]

Great fic :) I really enjoyed this. The use of the first person was spot on and had a lovely "period" feel to it. Clever idea, well executed, and I really enjoyed the use of detail.

The fight was clean. No dirt-throwing, no punches or kicks, not even hiding behind the bole of a tree.

Also no blood. Yet.

Loved those lines. Actually, I loved the whole thing!!

[fififolle]

I shrug; the intervening women hold my interest, not the land.
Lieutenant King, I do declare, you are an officer and a womaniser :D

Super fic, this, I want to know all about King and Hands, I do hope we see them again. Nice bit of swash and buckle going on here, with some creepy creatures to boot *shiver*

[lukadreaming]

Very interesting use of the anomalies! I'm surprised we haven't had more AUs in the fandom.

[rodlox]

its not easy, and that might be why.
(we've had crossovers aplenty)

[lukadreaming]

True. And people might feel that the show gives them varied settings without going down the AU route.

[rodlox]

...and some consider s2 to be AU, at least a little.

(besides, in a full AU, one has to make entirely new characters and give them histories, rather than simply using the ones in canon)

[lsellersfic]

Thank you so much for this. I hope you're as pleased with it as I am. I wasn't thinking Empire-types when I set the prompt, but the setting and the milieu work really well, I'm glad you chose them.

Reed is a great character! likeable but very flawed with a very clear voice that carries the fic well.

The little interlude in the middle was clever as well, giving us just enough insight into the Ankarapithecines to understand what they were doing.

Favourite Character: Fatima Menas
Favourite Moment: When King finds her and Hands and she's being all geeky about his descriptions.

[rodlox]

>Thank you so much for this.
you're very welcome.

> I hope you're as pleased with it as I am.
at least as much.

> I wasn't thinking Empire-types when I set the prompt,
I considered setting it in the American Revolutionary War, but the only plot that came to mind was "the Turtle vs amphibious Creatures".

> but the setting and the milieu work really well, I'm glad you chose them.
I kinda cheated, I admit...I used the woods around Ankara & the governors' houses on the west coast.

but all the historical facts (like the Order of the Garter going to the Sublime Porte, and Armenians marrying Kurds) are true.

>Reed is a great character! likeable but very flawed with a very clear voice that carries the fic well.
good to know; thank you.

>The little interlude in the middle was clever as well,
thank you; admittedly, I wasn't sure where to put it - at the start, and it risked killing any suspense.

> giving us just enough insight into the Ankarapithecines to understand what they were doing.d'oh. sorry...I thought it was clear: the

[lsellersfic]

sorry...I thought it was clear: the Ankarapiths were killed by the Australopiths.
*goes to edit it in the into*

*pah* not paying attention as I type.

Still trying to visualise Helen as a stay-at-home-wife.

[rodlox]

sorry about that. (I really shouldn't distract you)

yeah, I had to strain my brain for that analogy. ;)

[mysteriousaliwz]

Interesting AU - I liked it. Nice characterisation and background.