Comments | thistlerose: [fic] Out of the murderous innocence of the sea

thistlerose

[fic] Out of the murderous innocence of the sea

May 08, 2008 16:44

Out of the murderous innocence of the sea

Fandom: Battlestar Galactica
Rating: PG
Characters/Ships: Athena/Helo, Starbuck
Summary: The Agathons, reunited.
A/N: 590 words. Spoilers for Season 3. I hadn't planned on writing anything, but this missing scene kept nagging me. The title is from "A Prayer for my Daughter" by Yeats.

( She won’t admit it, not even to Helo, but occasionally Sharon needs convincing. )

fic: 2008, fic: battlestar galactica

Comments 9

surly_sue May 9 2008, 18:34:23 UTC

You're a really good writer no matter what the fandom is. I hope inspiration strikes you for an Adama/Rosalin story.

thistlerose May 9 2008, 20:10:20 UTC

Thanks! It means a lot. :) In all honesty, though...it doesn't seem like there's too much interest. Oh, well. I tried.

lanyon May 10 2008, 20:28:25 UTC

awesome. most bsg characters have really pissed me off at one stage or another, but i've always loved athena and helo and you've really done them justice here. :)

thistlerose May 10 2008, 20:32:53 UTC

Same here! I just finished watching S3 and just about the only characters I didn't want to toss out an airlock were Athena and Helo.

I'm so glad you liked this. Thank you SO much!

lanyon May 10 2008, 20:37:15 UTC

i'm labouring through s4 at the moment and i mostly want to bash heads together.

but, yes, this was a lovely piece. :) thank god(s) for the agathons.

raletha May 19 2008, 00:46:12 UTC

I suck. I missed this one when it was fresh. But, man. This is fabulous. Starbuck's, "You're right. I know shit about loss" has me all choked up.

thistlerose May 19 2008, 13:56:01 UTC

Thank you! :)

millari September 7 2008, 02:11:29 UTC

Wow, the tension in this crackles! It really punched me in the gut when Sharon said to Kara that she didn't know what it was like to be given a child and then have it taken away from her, when of course, she had that happen to her with Kacey. I like the way you wrote Helo too, the way he expects his friendship with Kara to give him an easy out with her. Even Hera's reactions seems spot on. :)

Very nice, taut ficlet.

thistlerose September 7 2008, 22:19:36 UTC

Thank you so much!

It irked me that we didn't see much of Athena and Helo's reunion with their daughter. I find Boomer to be the more interesting Eight, but Athena's loss and recovery of her daughter really got to me.