Two Roads Diverged : Chapter 3

[icedteainthebag]

Title: Two Roads Diverged (3/10)
Author: icedteainthebag
Word Count: 34,420
Rating: MA
Pairings: Ellen Tigh/Saul Tigh, Laura Roslin/Bill Adama
Warnings: None, just some sexin'
Summary: Sometimes we make mistakes when we think we're doing the right thing.
Notes: See Chapter One, thank you to my frakking awesome betas.
Artist: MrsDrJackson
Link to Art: banner can be found

Comments

[icedteainthebag]

You know how I feel about the 'stache, but that was dashakay who gently gave me several reminders that the 'stache was probably present so I finally gave in.

LOL on appreciating its appeals.

Have hope, we're coming for you. ♥

Thanks for reading!

[mammothluv]

Oh, Laura and Ellen, why don't you just give in and have a hate/comfort frak. You know you want to. (That can't just be me, can it? *adjusts femslash goggles* Okay, it probably is. I shall just allow them to continue frakking in my head.)

All she wanted was to cry without being heard.
All she wanted was to feel something good.Ugh. My heart is breaking for Laura. This is all the more jarring coming right after her memories/fantasies about Bill. I hate that she had those brief moments of happiness only to have them snatched away so quickly but I think you're doing a great job of showing the effect that's had on her

[icedteainthebag]

Oh, Laura and Ellen, why don't you just give in and have a hate/comfort frak. You know you want to.
I think there's some UST there. ;) They're so pretty. (head!frakking ftw.)

I hate that she had those brief moments of happiness only to have them snatched away so quickly
You basically described the entire series.

I think you are right on with the fact that she finds it easier to get angry than be afraid.
Thank you, I'm really happy you thought I was right on with Ellen here. It must have been pretty awful for her, not knowing where he was or what was being done to him. :(

Ellen and Laura would both mask their pain by bitching at one another.
Hotly.

Gods damnit. You are going to make me cry. You asshole.
I LOVE being called an asshole in feedback. This may be the first time, actually, but I love it.

And thanks on the canon remark... that means a lot to me, and is some of the best feedback I could wish to receive. Thanks for reading, and I'm really sorry for tearing your heart out.

[medland]

All she wanted was to cry without being heard.

All she wanted was to feel something good.

Oh, my heart broke a little here.

She could see the hint of fear developing on Galen's face-he was never one who was able to contain his emotions. She'd heard it from Saul all the time, even saw it in Galen herself sometimes at the games or at the union rallies.

I love this. It's so ... him. So open and vulnerable. :)

[icedteainthebag]

*hugs* That's what I do. break hearts.

And thanks for commenting on Galen...I felt like I used him as a bit of a plot device, but I tried to give him what I could in these small parts, and try to insinuate what was simmering below the surface for him too. ♥

I love you, thank you for reading.

[i_am_davnee]

Very hot flashback for Laura, but the image that really got me honestly was this Ellen moment:
She sat at the simple wooden table inside their tent. Saul had built it, as rickety as it was, and she fondly recalled how he was so proud to present it to her that day. It was all she could do to keep herself from frakking him right there on it, but she was afraid it'd break.

*sniff*

I am intrigued by your characterization of Laura here, that she is hiding in the wake of Saul's arrest by the cylons. I'm so used to seeing her fight in the face of her fear, this is an interesting change of pace. And I love her doubts about Bill. Very real.

[icedteainthebag]

I read this comment from you last night (about Laura's characterization and hiding) and have been thinking about it all day. I found this really hard to write, actually--the idea of hiding is not one that Laura would take to very well at all. I think there may have been a reality that sunk in after Saul was taken, that maybe she realized that she should fight, but that she needed to be careful because the people had more benefit from her being free than they did from her being imprisoned.

I'm still not entirely sold on it, as it is different from the Laura we've seen, but it's the way she came out of my head, and it's one take on how she could have reacted. :)

I'm glad you liked that paragraph about the table. I did too.

♥ Thanks for reading!

[lavenderseaslug]

That end argument. Wow. And that's not even a good enough word. But it's biting and it's sharp and it's hard, and it's exactly how those two women interact.

All she wanted was to cry without being heard.

All she wanted was to feel something good.I think this captures the cold barrenness of New Caprica. And Laura's feelings about the tent. That she might prefer stars to canvas at this point. It's a well-captured sentiment on your part. And I like that Laura bites her lip at the end of her porny thoughts and she bites her lip when Ellen leaves at the end of this chapter

[icedteainthebag]

But it's biting and it's sharp and it's hard, and it's exactly how those two women interact.
Thank you SO much for this. That scene was one of the ones I had the hardest time with. They're so tricky to write, and it was hard to write that argument without it seeming over the top or comical.

And I like that Laura bites her lip at the end of her porny thoughts and she bites her lip when Ellen leaves at the end of this chapter.
The things I don't even notice until they're pointed out... I love that it worked out for you.

I like that you pick up on some of the details... I think I referred to them as "bread crumbs" to nnaylime, I scatter all these little things through the story hoping people will pick up on them from time to time. It's a game. Because I am a nerd ;)

Honestly, I love that you're loving this story. It means a lot to me because I really value your opinion on these things and I think you're a fabulous writer.