A Desilu Production by Minim Calibre (G)

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...and I'm behind again. I'll be doing just the teeniest bit of spamming to get myself caught up. My apologies, but the week-long thunderstorm warning up here did NOT help.

Fandom: FARSCAPE
Pairing: John/Aeryn
Author on LJ: minim_calibre
Author Website: Recalibration
Why this must be read:

You'd expect that it would take some time for someone to find their feet in writing in a fandom, and that their first effort, while showing serious potential, wouldn't perfectly capture the character voices and tone of the series utterly. Especially when the author in question hasn't even finished her first viewing of the series at the time of writing.

In this case, you'd be wrong.

Set as an episode tag to "Dog With Two Bones", A Desilu Production takes us inside John Crichton's head, where he struggles with the terrifying reality of his situation - stuck in his module and running out of air after being abandoned by the woman he loves - by retreating into pure fantasy. Of course, he's not alone in there.

Crichton jerks his attention back to the cool flicker of the TV, watches himself come home to some wacky mess Aeryn' gotten herself into and the laughter of the studio audience, which grows louder as D'argo-Fred and Chiana-Ethel throw quips like punches and Aeryn's face screws into a knot like dyspeptic baby who's about to blow.

"John, if I might interrupt this oh-so-fascinating glimpse into the sheer banality of your race's culture..." Harvey leans over the back of the battered plaid couch, just as Aeryn starts to blubber and wail.

"Go right ahead, Harvey. It's a rerun. Any minute now, I pat her on the head and she tells me she just wanted to be in the show, then we go at it all again next week."

"I was wondering if perhaps you had a plan to get us out of here."

Go and catch this classic episode, and be sure to tell the network how much you liked it!

A Desilu Production