[fic] Who Tries, Does

[thistlerose]

Who Tries, Does

Fandom: The Dragonriders of Pern
Rating: teen
Ship: F'nor/Brekke (& Canth/Wirenth, I suppose)
Summary: AU. What if Canth and F'nor had reached Wirenth before Prideth?
A/N: Ha! One more thing before I go. I wrote a Yuletide New Years Resolution last night. This is for Zulu. 1,675 words. Set during Dragonquest. In fact, the

Comments

[penknife]

Aww, so cute! This is charming -- I'm sorry it didn't really happen for them this way. *is nostalgic*

[thistlerose]

Thank you!

Yeah, I'm bummed too. When I first read the book, about fifteen years ago, I felt the worst for Prideth. At least Brekke had people - and other dragons - who loved her. But Prideth ended up being killed due to the careless cruelty of the woman she was essentially born to love and serve. :(

[raletha]

Wow. It's been decades since I read the Pern books, but this brought it all back to me in a rush. If ever there were a timeline event I'd like to have changed in the series, it was this. This is a much better version! I got all sniffly & teary & happy.

[thistlerose]

Thank you! :)

Yeah, I kind of like my version of events. So much so that I'm tempted to keep going and find out what happens next.

[ashkitty]

Oh, wow. I got all teary at this, I'd forgotten how much I loved them.

[thistlerose]

Thank you!

Heh. I don't normally like messing with canon, but this time I felt kind of righteous. Poor Brekke. Poor Wirenth. Poor Prideth.

[boosette]

I commented with my undying love over at the yuletide archive, but I want to repeat it here: this is what canon should have been.

(I also saw you over on the yuletide friending fest so, um. Hi :) )

[thistlerose]

Hi. :)

You know what's odd? When I first read Dragonquest, long long ago, the character I felt the WORST for was Prideth. I mean, she was BORN to be loving and helpful, and she ended up with the awful Kylara, who ended up getting her killed. :( But I never really thought of writing an alternate version until Zulu requested it. Now I kind of want to keep going. Obviously, they're going to try to kick Kylara out of High Reaches, which means Brekke is Weyrwoman, which complicates things for her and F'nor. AND, after the mating flight, T'bor rushes off to Nabol in a lather, to confront Meron and Kylara, and there's a dramatic duel, and F'lar's still messed up from his duel with T'ron, so he isn't very helpful and...I don't know what happens next. :)

[coffeesuperhero]

Here by way of queenzulu!

I really liked this. It's been ages since I read Dragonquest, but you write F'nor and Brekke quite well. The dialogue was spot-on! If I didn't remember how achingly sad this whole drama made me, I could have sworn it was actually part of the book. Take a bow!

[thistlerose]

Thank you so much! :)