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Preparation by Rachael Sabotini (Blood Challenge)

May 04, 2005 20:01

Challenge: Blood
Title: Preparation
Author: Rachael Sabotini
Summary: People get careless under stress
Gen, 390 words

Many thanks to elynross for the very last minute beta. No money made, no harm intended. All mistakes are my own. I just had to write something before the challenge passed.

( Preparation )

challenge: bloody, author: rachael_sabotini

Comments 20

cathexys May 5 2005, 03:16:34 UTC

oh, i love that quiet desperation, that waiting that he seems to want to end and not to end. the machines desperate for his touch a wonderful as is the realization that anti-depressants take longer to kick in than they have.

a real depressed quiet before the bloodshed look. thank you!!!

wickedwords May 5 2005, 04:34:44 UTC

I like the idea that the reason Carson is so bad with Ancient Technology is due to some of his own inner conflicts, and that with machines that would help life, he might not be so bad at it. Add to that the semi-sentience the machines with their 'mind reading' abilities, and I think a lot could be done with it.

Or maybe it has been and I just haven't read enough to know. *g*

Thanks.

elvinborn May 5 2005, 04:19:28 UTC

I liked this. I love the idea of the equipment yearning to be utilized. interesting.
well done

wickedwords May 5 2005, 13:38:25 UTC

Glad you liked it. Thanks!

rokeon May 5 2005, 05:44:02 UTC

I like that the medical equipment is to Carson what the jumper is to Sheppard. Very true.

wickedwords May 5 2005, 13:39:54 UTC

I think it's a possibility, but we haven't seen enough of Carson to really get a sense of how that would work. I'd love to see it though.

ladyvyola May 5 2005, 18:50:16 UTC

I am compelled to pop in and tell you that this is the *hottest* Rodney icon I have come across.

I have no idea why. I can't even analyze it; it's working for me on a visceral level. I'm just sitting here going "guh" over and over again.

My compliments to 'chelle.

wickedwords May 6 2005, 18:13:58 UTC

She just posted several others today, and you can always go to her images section to look over her collection. They are gorgeous.

misspamela May 5 2005, 10:14:05 UTC

Very, very, nice take on Carson. It makes complete sense that he'd have an affinity for those machines. Really, so wonderful!

wickedwords May 5 2005, 14:00:59 UTC

Thanks! I have a real fondness for Carson, and would love to see a bit more of him in his 'natural environment', so to speak.

mmmchelle May 5 2005, 14:46:41 UTC

To be honest, I haven't thought much about Carson in the days prior to the Siege. Thank you for fixing that.

I especially liked the part about his relationship to the Ancient medical devices. It's intriguing to think of them communicating their purpose, and of Carson responding to them as though they were part of him. The machines being desperate to be used is particularly interesting.

wickedwords May 5 2005, 17:29:40 UTC

There are so many characters in this show, it's interesting to me to think about what they are doing and what their lives are like when they aren't on-screen. While not everyone is the hero of their own story, a lot of people are and so their view of events is skewed for that reason. I don't get the sense that Carson sees himself as the hero of his own story (though Rodney does, and Zelenka, and Bates, and Kavanaugh...) which makes him extra fascinating, as in what is your perception of yourself if you aren't the main character in your own lifestory? That's a real puzzler for me, and it's interesting to think about ( ... )