Of Butterflies and Men by Khriskin (Must Be Dreaming challenge)

[khriskin]

TITLE: Of Butterflies and Men
FANDOM: Stargate Atlantis
LENGTH/RATING: 100 words, PG-13
PAIRING/WARNINGS: None
SUMMARY: "Now I do not know whether I was then a man dreaming I was a butterfly, or whether I am now a butterfly, dreaming I am a man." - Chuang Chou

Comments

[darsynia]

This packed a lot into a small amount of words and I'm impressed! I like that it could be any number of characters, whether or not you intended it that way.

[khriskin]

I've very glad you liked it! ^_^ I didn't specify a speaker just for the reasons you mentioned: it could be so many people thinking it, from the main cast down to the behind-the-scenes folks.

[mellyna]

That's a truly frightening thought, that out there somewhere things went either better or worse. Chill enducing thoughts. This is a great piece. Thanks for sharing.

[khriskin]

I'm glad you liked it! ^_^ I've always been a little unnerved with the canonality of the multiple universes that Stargate plays around with. It means there are an infinite number of other realities, all overlapping, and that every time they save the day... somewhere they didn't. There are so many more ways for things to go wrong than there are for things to go right. *shiver* ... Am glad I live here and not there, all things considered. >.<;;; *is a wuss*

[leesa_perrie]

Wow, short but very potent. Excellent.

[khriskin]

I'm glad you liked it! ^_^

[linziday]

Oh jeez! Heartbreaking.

[khriskin]

I'm glad you liked it! And, erm, sorry? ^_^;; <-(sheepish look) ((baa!))

[accidentalfan]

Very nicely done. I really like the ambiguity in the voice.

[khriskin]

Thank you! ^_^ I'm glad you liked it, and I'm glad the ambiguity came through as a positive and not a negative. ^_^;; I was trying for the 'everyman' feel, but I was worried it would come across as too generic.

Thanks for reading! ^_^