Comments | sga_flashfic: So Many Ways to Drown, by ameretrifle

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So Many Ways to Drown, by ameretrifle

Nov 11, 2007 02:06

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challenge: ways to die, author: ameretrifle

Comments 18

fiercelydreamed November 11 2007, 08:26:12 UTC

Oh man. How creative, and how totally, beautifully eerie. I love how you write Radek, by the way -- only one paragraph of dialogue, but you nailed his voice.

Great job.

ameretrifle November 11 2007, 08:39:53 UTC

Oh, wow, thank you so much! ^_^ I'm so glad you liked it! And I adore Radek, so I always love hearing I got him right. (That also probably explains why he showed up, too...)

audreyscastle November 11 2007, 15:07:27 UTC

Wow, that was great...definitely a unique way to kill a character, and I love Radek's cameo. ;-D "like the evil drone he is"...perfect.

ameretrifle November 12 2007, 03:07:48 UTC

Wow, thank you so much! ^_^ I couldn't resist putting a little Radek in there. My adoration for him only increases. ;) I'm so glad you enjoyed it!

goddess47 November 11 2007, 19:49:00 UTC

Nicely done... for a death!fic that is, of course. Interesting perspective of the other scientists who know that, while Rodney berates them, he really is as brilliant as he says he is and their lives depend on him.

ameretrifle November 12 2007, 03:19:01 UTC

Thank you so much! I really do think it's something you'd have to see-- especially if you were there from the beginning, back when there was no safety net, no way out. He's who they turn to, when there's no room for error, and science was never about proof; there is no real proof in science, that's why they use calculus, with its 'limits as x approaches' and as close as we can get. If there's not a way to prove it wrong, it isn't science: so when there's no room for error... that's not a job I'd ever want. And he's self-centered and he whines and he manages it, the impossible demands and the pressure, all the time, and if you realized half of what's going on around you, you'd have to appreciate that.

*cough* Heh. Sorry. I'm glad you enjoyed it!

anonymous November 11 2007, 20:48:55 UTC

This was wonderfully done. Not one extra word, but perfectly handled.

Thank you so much for sharing and please! Write more!

ameretrifle November 12 2007, 03:29:49 UTC

Oh, wow, thank you so much! I'm really glad you enjoyed it, and thank you so much for the encouragement! I doubt I'm gonna stop writing fanfiction anytime soon, but it's really heartening to hear. ^_^

ceitie November 13 2007, 03:24:09 UTC

This is kind of gorgeous and terrifying and heart-breaking all at once. And it feels like this is the truth of the Pegasus galaxy, beautiful new things that can destroy everything if you're not careful.

ameretrifle November 13 2007, 05:20:44 UTC

Oh, wow, thank you so much. And the worst part is there isn't any way to predict it, not always, not even usually... Ask all the right questions, take all the right precautions, have all the right intentions, and there's still always something that'll slip through. You can only hope it'll be something you'll know how to mitigate... And if it isn't, well... here we are. *sigh* Now I'm depressed. ^^

Thank you so much for the lovely review. I'm glad you enjoyed it!