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The Sea My Destination by Dr_Dredd (Amnesty 2007/Secret Superpower Challenge)

Dec 30, 2007 14:01

Title: The Sea My Destination
Author: Dr. Dredd
Genre: Gen, h/c
Characters Rodney, John, Radek, Carson
Spoilers: None
Rating: PG
Disclaimer: Stargate Atlantis, characters, concept, etc, aren't mine. Bloody heck.
Words: ~ 2300
Summary: Rodney wakes from nightmares to find himself in a different place than where he went to bed. Is he sleepwalking, ( Read more... )

challenge: secret superpower, author: dr_dredd, amnesty 2007

Comments 16

leesa_perrie December 31 2007, 10:33:58 UTC

Cool! Wish I could jaunt!! Nice bit of angst with the nightmares too.

dr_dredd January 1 2008, 17:09:37 UTC

Yeah, that would definitely be a great power. I'm always running late, and jaunting would save my butt!

Thanks for the feedback!

jadesfire December 31 2007, 21:24:41 UTC

This had a really nice build up to the reveal - the nightmares were incredibly vivid and it all came together so well.

Much enjoyed, thanks.

dr_dredd January 1 2008, 17:11:33 UTC

Thanks. I like doing stories with a twist at the end. And Rodney seems like he would have horrible nightmares in response to learning of death by drowning. If he was able to jaunt, I wonder how it would have affected the result of "Grace Under Pressure."

aelfgyfu_mead January 1 2008, 00:28:24 UTC

Cool! I must move The Stars My Destination closer to the top of the stack. (Note to our friends across the pond: first published in the UK under the title Tiger! Tiger!.) I loved Bester's The Demolished Man (and have this bizarre hankering to make it into a screenplay), and I only read Bester because of Babylon 5!

Yes, Rodney would internalize what the old Elizabeth told him. He's a lot more sensitive than he wants people to realize--but his friends figure it out (even if they don't always let on).

dr_dredd January 1 2008, 17:20:09 UTC

Having a character named Bester in Babylon 5 always made me laugh. I read somewhere that J. Michael Straczynski really loved Alfred Bester the author, and named the character in tribute. Walter Koenig did a great job, too.

Not only is Rodney sensitive, but I think he's a very private guy. He may talk a lot, and complain about lots of little medical problems, but he hides who he really is. I'm thinking of writing a coda to this that shows how he responds to finding out what he did.

aelfgyfu_mead January 1 2008, 18:57:56 UTC

A coda would be very nice!