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Fic: Symbiote Dreams: Five Things John Crichton is Thankful For

Nov 28, 2006 15:41

This month I was in charge of picking the Starburst Challenge over at Terra Firma. After toying with a Shakespearean challenge, I settled on a theme more in tune with the season: Gratitude.

Having read many a five things meme over here in LiveJournal country, I decided to write a Five Things Meme for John Crichton on the subject of Gratitude. The ( Read more... )

farscape, fan fiction

Comments 16

silne November 28 2006, 23:06:27 UTC

Very nice. I like it. Extremely well-written too :-)

Nice work! :-D

seattlescaper November 29 2006, 00:29:58 UTC

Thanks. Glad you enjoyed it.

redangel618 November 28 2006, 23:25:22 UTC

these are gorgeous! aw, johnny boy.

seattlescaper November 29 2006, 00:31:19 UTC

I just love writing about John Crichton. Thanks for dropping by.

holdouttrout November 29 2006, 02:29:18 UTC

Good stuff! I love Farscape, and I love John Crichton. Yeah, I think he ought to be thankful for all this stuff--it's all so much more meaningful than it appears. Especially liked the bit about the translator microbes.

seattlescaper November 29 2006, 05:02:49 UTC

Yeah, I think he ought to be thankful for all this stuff--it's all so much more meaningful than it appears.

Glad you got that. It's about cavities (i.e. holes, wormholes, invasions of his mind and body) and fillings (i.e. Moya, Aeryn, the translator microbes that fill the communications gap).

Glad you enjoyed. Thanks for stopping by.

holdouttrout November 30 2006, 15:14:26 UTC

Okay...this is embarrassing, but I didn't realize the cavities/fillings theme. Sigh. Makes perfect sense.

holdouttrout November 30 2006, 16:48:59 UTC

In all honesty, I didn't realize it either until I was done.

dragonsflame71 November 29 2006, 12:23:12 UTC

I love it, especially the part about Moya... beautiful.

seattlescaper November 29 2006, 18:42:46 UTC

Thanks for commenting, dragonslfame71. Much appreciated.

The Moya one is my favorite too (well, it's a toss up with the Aeryn one).

holdouttrout November 30 2006, 18:42:04 UTC

Thanks for making me feel better. Isn't that the way it works? I think all authors do that--write something and then realize they had something bigger than they thought.

seattlescaper November 30 2006, 22:05:44 UTC

I think all authors do that--write something and then realize they had something bigger than they thought.

Absolutely. When I'm writing, I'm too worried about getting the apostrophes right and stringing words together is a way that at least seems coherent to be worried about the deeper meaning. Many times, I've stepped back from the first draft and only then seen the symbols and metaphors I unconsiously put in. Plus, Farcape happens to be rich in metaphor anyway, so it's easier.