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Anchor and Chain by ameretrifle

Jul 22, 2007 02:59

Anchor and Chain ( Read more... )

challenge: strange new worlds & alien ge, author: ameretrifle

Comments 44

adafrog July 22 2007, 23:09:00 UTC

Love the blue pterodactyls!

ameretrifle July 23 2007, 05:31:22 UTC

Thank you! I think I got the idea from the much smaller, iridescent pterodactyl in Diane Duane's High Wizardry... Hopefully they aren't actually carnivorous. Or at least not looking for new and exotic foods.

scifi_lemon July 22 2007, 23:17:32 UTC

Very cool! <3 the McShep friendship, Gary the moon, blue pterodactyls, and constellation naming. ;) This is great!

ameretrifle July 23 2007, 05:31:56 UTC

Thank you so much! ^^

cat_77 July 23 2007, 14:43:32 UTC

Very John and Rodney, and rather sweet. Plus, you know, the pterodactyls and a moon named Gary - which you know the Marines would have fun with.

ameretrifle July 24 2007, 04:16:02 UTC

Thank you so much!

zing_och July 23 2007, 17:22:37 UTC

This is really good. The quiet atmosphere and the theme of making this new place recognizable and home works very well.

ameretrifle July 24 2007, 04:21:24 UTC

Thank you so much! In random patterns, you tend to find what you're looking for, so isn't it really no surprise the first constellation would be an anchor? I'm very glad you appreciated it.

sholio July 23 2007, 19:26:18 UTC

Oh, excellent story! This is such a lovely little character piece, so very them and so evocative of the feeling of being in a strange place and having to adjust. And the last line of the story is AWESOME, so hilarious and yet poetic. Sheppard would totally name a moon Gary.

ameretrifle July 24 2007, 04:34:15 UTC

Thank you so much! I think Sheppard was actually being surprisingly circumspect in not first going with Joe Bob. Probably figured it was a bit too cliched. (Or might cause the astronomers to kill him-- I'd imagine the scientists are all particularly keyed up at the moment.)

Yeah, for me the central theme of the piece (such as it was) was being lost-- completely lost, in a way that hadn't ever quite happened before, because I guess that was what struck me about the season finale. Dido, Ariadne, Cordelia, Ophelia: women who were abandoned. For two it led to death; for the others, salvation-- and which fate will be theirs, well-- there's the question. (Yeah, I've been waiting for an opening to opine about that theme, can you tell?) I'm glad you enjoyed it! ^^