And thank Valen for that, or you could have ended up writing Sheridan/Delenn fics set post-S5 where the Shadows, Vorlons, Warrior Caste and ISN all line up before them to apologise for doubting their true love and unquestionable wisdom.
Snerk. Nah, I'd never have done that. I might have written Susan/Talia, though. That was a canon couple that I enjoyed, and that never got enough time on screen. Or more likely I wouldn't have written B5 fic at all. I tend to mostly be motivated to write when canon makes me mad.
Would the BSG equivalent be Cylon apologetics, or the POV of some of the civilians?
I don't think either, really. Cylon apologetics seem to be an important part of show canon. As far as civilians...which civilians? I guess 2.08 tried to be that, and just ended up annoying me. Elosha's POV would have been a natural one for me to write from, which is why I'm still sulking that she's gone.
But the thing is, BSG has really pushed my buttons with Laura Roslin. I don't want her to be wrong just because canon thinks she's right. Maybe ambiguous, maybe morally problematic, but not wrong and not a bad leader. I don't want to take someone else's side against her. I just love her too much.
And also, canon includes so many POVs that it's hard to write against it. If I'm writing against Roslin the Prophet, I'd just be taking Adama's side. Or Tigh's. Or Kara's, or Lee's, or whatever. And any POV that hasn't been questioned still could be the next episode. It's not like B5, where you have the Truth, with the occasional unbeliever like Garibaldi (who must, of course, be proven wrong).
So here I am writing shipperfic for an almost-mainstream pairing, and wondering what happened to my brain. Eventually I think I'm going to figure out why writing Apollo/Roslin is the True Key to understanding the uncanonical secrets of the BSG universe. Either that or I'll give it up and start shipping something else. This open-canon thing sure is confusing.
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Date: 2005-09-23 06:19 pm (UTC)Snerk. Nah, I'd never have done that. I might have written Susan/Talia, though. That was a canon couple that I enjoyed, and that never got enough time on screen. Or more likely I wouldn't have written B5 fic at all. I tend to mostly be motivated to write when canon makes me mad.
Would the BSG equivalent be Cylon apologetics, or the POV of some of the civilians?
I don't think either, really. Cylon apologetics seem to be an important part of show canon. As far as civilians...which civilians? I guess 2.08 tried to be that, and just ended up annoying me. Elosha's POV would have been a natural one for me to write from, which is why I'm still sulking that she's gone.
But the thing is, BSG has really pushed my buttons with Laura Roslin. I don't want her to be wrong just because canon thinks she's right. Maybe ambiguous, maybe morally problematic, but not wrong and not a bad leader. I don't want to take someone else's side against her. I just love her too much.
And also, canon includes so many POVs that it's hard to write against it. If I'm writing against Roslin the Prophet, I'd just be taking Adama's side. Or Tigh's. Or Kara's, or Lee's, or whatever. And any POV that hasn't been questioned still could be the next episode. It's not like B5, where you have the Truth, with the occasional unbeliever like Garibaldi (who must, of course, be proven wrong).
So here I am writing shipperfic for an almost-mainstream pairing, and wondering what happened to my brain. Eventually I think I'm going to figure out why writing Apollo/Roslin is the True Key to understanding the uncanonical secrets of the BSG universe. Either that or I'll give it up and start shipping something else. This open-canon thing sure is confusing.