Fic: Memento Mori by 2ndary_author (in memoriam challenge)

[2ndary_author]

Title: Memento Mori
Author: 2ndary_author
Fandom: Stargate: Atlantis
Characters: Sheppard, Weir,
Length: about 2,000 words
Notes: somewhat slanted quotes from Machiavelli's The Prince. Minor SPOILERS through season 6. For the In memoriam challenge at sga_flashfic

Summary: "Yeah," Sheppard says, "I remember."

only the dead have seen the end of war

Comments

[madripoor_rose]

Oh, this was just lovely.

[penknife]

This is gorgeous.

[michelel72]

Very fitting. Nicely done.

[anuna_81]

That was amazing. I loved the conversation, and the small bits about how they all remeber people who aren't there any more. *claps* Beautiful work! :)

[aubergineautumn]

Do you know anywhere on the web where the sonnets are translated into English (for free)? I only found this: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1900072890?tag=openlibr-20

[2ndary_author]

I don't, off the top of my head, but I'll look. Later versions have been published as Sonnets of the Resistance--maybe search for those? I have some in a commonplace book somewhere: I'll post them if I can find them.

[aubergineautumn]

Thank you! I really like the story's conceptualization focus on mementos as a metaphor of the effect of war on endurance and loss!

[2ndary_author]

If you're still interested, I found 2 Cassou sonnets and posted them to my journal at http://2ndary-author.livejournal.com/59463.html.