crack_van | Three Stories About Seeing The Stars, by RedStarRobot (PG)

Fandom: FARSCAPE
Pairing: None
Author on LJ:

redstarrobot
Author Website: None Known
Why this must be read:

Like the last Rec, and many others before it, this story rose from one of the challenges on

farscapefriday, specifically the Fairy Tale challenge. The Farscape universe being the vast and diverse place it is, the stories and myths of some of the myriad races presented proved to be an irresistible challenge.

In her typical style, however, RedStarRobot went two better and presented three legends, tied as closely together yet as individually diverse as the races that tell them. Here we find flawlessly presented the simple concept language of the giant Leviathans, the multiple parallel narrative tracks of their multitasking Pilots, and the sad, elegant speech of the Builders who brought them together.

Including an excerpt from only one of these short tales would lessen them all, so I will only encourage you to go and listen as a story begins "Once, A Leviathan..."

Three Stories About Seeing The Stars