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crack_van2005-07-06 10:34 pm
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My Bitten Heart by Mina (PG)
Fandom: Star Wars: Original Trilogy
Pairing: an Original Character/Original Character pairing, but otherwise, none
Author on LJ: Unknown
Author Website Equally unknown, unfortunately.
Why this must be read:
Most of my favorite stories in the Star Wars universe deal with the relationships of the Skywalker clan, especially Anakin Skywalker/Darth Vader's relationship with his son and daughter. Here, the tragedy of the Skywalkers plays out from an Original Character's viewpoint - possibly the best use of an Original Character's stream-of-consciousness I've ever seen in such fanfiction. Mina cleverly weaves the story of her OC's, Tan Dai'r and Misha with that of the Skywalkers; it is a beauitful contrast. Please do not be scared of the original characters; there is no Mary Sue (or her awful cousin, Gary Stu) here. The ending, even though it seems inevitable from the begining of the fic, is still gut punching. Highly recommended.
Excerpt: I am no stranger to silence, but it is hard to be silent when there are revelations screaming through your mind. That those revelations are deeply ironic does not comfort me. I admit that I haven't truly been living since Misha committed suicide, and now it is too late to change; now I am about to die. There is a grim humour in that, though I am too weary to laugh. There is an old, little-known Ballil term of endearment that Misha and I used to use. Swimming in the intoxication of summer wine and young love, I can't remember ever stopping to think about its implications. I suppose it was time I had the full meaning of dragged across my throat.
Dr'shar. My Bitten Heart.
And so it's only at this moment I begin to understand the endearment as more than murmuring `I love you', as it is only at this moment that I can begin to wish I'd never heard it. Ironic, too, that it would be two of the galaxies most powerful men who would teach a lowly officer this lesson.
Dr'shar. It is a tragedy, a curse and a redeemer.
My Bitten Heart
Pairing: an Original Character/Original Character pairing, but otherwise, none
Author on LJ: Unknown
Author Website Equally unknown, unfortunately.
Why this must be read:
Most of my favorite stories in the Star Wars universe deal with the relationships of the Skywalker clan, especially Anakin Skywalker/Darth Vader's relationship with his son and daughter. Here, the tragedy of the Skywalkers plays out from an Original Character's viewpoint - possibly the best use of an Original Character's stream-of-consciousness I've ever seen in such fanfiction. Mina cleverly weaves the story of her OC's, Tan Dai'r and Misha with that of the Skywalkers; it is a beauitful contrast. Please do not be scared of the original characters; there is no Mary Sue (or her awful cousin, Gary Stu) here. The ending, even though it seems inevitable from the begining of the fic, is still gut punching. Highly recommended.
Excerpt: I am no stranger to silence, but it is hard to be silent when there are revelations screaming through your mind. That those revelations are deeply ironic does not comfort me. I admit that I haven't truly been living since Misha committed suicide, and now it is too late to change; now I am about to die. There is a grim humour in that, though I am too weary to laugh. There is an old, little-known Ballil term of endearment that Misha and I used to use. Swimming in the intoxication of summer wine and young love, I can't remember ever stopping to think about its implications. I suppose it was time I had the full meaning of dragged across my throat.
Dr'shar. My Bitten Heart.
And so it's only at this moment I begin to understand the endearment as more than murmuring `I love you', as it is only at this moment that I can begin to wish I'd never heard it. Ironic, too, that it would be two of the galaxies most powerful men who would teach a lowly officer this lesson.
Dr'shar. It is a tragedy, a curse and a redeemer.
My Bitten Heart