Limiters by Nicola Mody (gen)

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Fandom: Blakes 7
Pairing: none
Author on LJ: vilakins
Author Website: Breaking Orbit
Why this must be read:

Well I'm bound to like this one, because Nico wrote it for me as part of a ficathon, which is why it contains my favourite characters plus a bit of h/c. But in an interesting twist, the person who gets physically hurt is not the one who needs comfort. This revolves round the "limiter" implant in Gan's head which prevents him from killing; he freezes up when trying to defend a colleague and ends up questioning his usefulness to the crew. But he is not the only one with inbuilt limitations.

Sometimes you hear someone called the kind of gen writer slash fans like. I think that just means slash fans are perceived as liking a lot of intense emotion, which you don't get from some gen writers who are more into plotty stuff and folk rushing from A to B zapping things. Nico is definitely an intense gen writer. But she also has a sense of humour and, as usual, she does a great Vila voice:


"I mean, what if they'd got me in the ticker, eh? Without hitting any bones? I can see it on my tombstone now: Vila Restal. Just a flesh wound, they said'."
"I think it's called that if it doesn't hit anything vital," Gan said.
"Speak for yourself. All of me's vital to me."


And happy St David's Day, btw.

Limiters