BSG Fic: "Back to Earth" (2/8)

[trovia]

Title: Back to Earth
Author: trovia
Pairings: Helo/Gaeta, Helo/Sharon. Can be read with the occasional Gaeta/Baltar undertones if you're so inclined.
Genre: It's a gen story overall but with some slash and het b-plot. So it's kind of a gen hybrid. Decide for yourself if that's to your liking.
Rating: PG-13 for some sex, PTSD, bad language in the face of

Comments

[kit_kat_2006]

You once said, you can't believe, how I can take a little missing scene of your stories and turn it into something great. Do you remember that? You said, you for sure couldn't do that. Well, look at what you wrote here.

A lot of wannabe-writers would have stuffed this chapter into a few paragraphs, but you stretched it. And in a good way, too. You turned this scenes from just being there into being alive. You showed us emotions and the limits of human life. Gaeta, Helo and Sharon are humans after all (even if Sharon is technically a cylon). They aren't robots and they can only do so much, before breaking down. And I've got this feeling, that this special breaking point isn't that far away. And considering that they have a lot to carry already, even if they wouldn't have had this crisis now, I think this breaking point will be there to soon and this whole thing will blow up in their faces in the worst of moments.

I really like how this story turns out and I hope, there will be more soon.

[trovia]

What do you mean, this can be done in a few paragraphs?!

Damn, I used too many words then :D.

Kidding.

Thank you very much :). You're right that there's a lot of strain on these three and their relationships are a mess. I'll try to expand on that in later chapters, of course. :D

[elzed]

Pretty damn exciting start to this story - looking forward to seeing them pull this off, with the odds stacked against them. Nice portrait of Gaeta and Helo's struggle with command... (not to mention with each other).

[trovia]

Glad you like it! :) Concerning Helo and Gaeta, Helo will be in for a surprise there in the next chapter.

[lls_mutant]

Continued awesomeness. I love the helplessness and the "what the frak do we do now?" sort of feeling that pervades this chapter. It's not just that they're the b-team; it's that they're completely aware of it, too, and that's what makes it believable and powerful

[trovia]

Thanks! :)

Heh, that moment between Gaeta and Helo was most definitely inspired by your story. :) I think as well that all kinds of relationships between the two of them are possible. I'm not sure there's gonna be more interaction between them though, I'm afraid. Gaeta is going to be very busy.

I love how the experience levels are contrasting sharply between Zarek and the Galactica kids (because in so many ways, they are kids), but you know that Zarek isn't really THAT much more experienced- just better at faking it.

Very true. When I wrote that scene I kept thinking, while Zarek must seem quite intimidating for the three of them, he doesn't really know what to do either. He can't even judge the quality of a plan, not being military, and I think he's very aware of the little amount of leeway he has here.

I like normal Helo better, too, and I consider The Woman King to be a bad hair day. So glad he's working for you. Thanks again!

[trovia]

Heh, that moment between Gaeta and Helo...

And that should have been Zarek, of course, not Helo.

[falafel_musings]

You're doing a great job with this series! Why do I get a funny feeling that something like this might happen in 4.5? Maybe just because I want it to. Go BSG B-Team! When all else fails, trust in Gaeta's brains to fix the problem. I'd even trust in a traumatised one-legged Gaeta to pull this one off. Though like Helo I'm all concerned over him.

[trovia]

Thank you very much! People should trust in Gaeta's brains more. They'd be surprised by the results. Also, he'd get laid a lot more if he ever had a chance to be a hero in public. :D

[mamaboolj]

I also am very much enjoying this series. I love how you are portraying the characters here, all of them. And your pacing is great! You are building a great story, hints here and there, references back to the previous chapter, bringing in aspects of the series. It's an awesome story.

Best part for me so far, though, is your getting into Gaeta and Helo's thoughts. Nicely done.

[trovia]

Aww, thank you very much :). Gaeta and Helo are the most fun for me to write. The next chapter is gonna be very much about both of them.