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crack_van2004-01-15 12:15 pm
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In the Dark by Cofax (PG)
Fandom: FARSCAPE
Pairing: none
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Why this must be read:
Aeryn came back in Season 4 indisputably changed. She'd been an a hell of a summer vacation, and despite her changes, didn't come back particularly more verbose.
Cofax gives us a snapshot of the change, of the place she was, the person she became as she slotted herself into a new life.
In the Dark is literally a snapshot, a frozen moment where Aeryn looks at what she lost and what she's gained. It's straightforward, unsentimental and yet still makes us feel for her fiercely, because it is Aeryn, with her all of her strength and clarity and mistakes.
From In the Dark by Cofax:
Not that it made any difference to her. The name "Aeryn Sun" meant nothing to these people, and rather than argue, she stood her watches, piloted their groundcars, slept in the grim echoing warehouse with the other exiles. She didn't remember being so bored on guard duty before she came to Moya; what had she occupied her mind with then?
Now she couldn't stop thinking, couldn't stop remembering. The memories wouldn't stay where they belonged anymore. A glimpse of a Luxan in the market from the window of the groundcar, the sight of a black coat disappearing around a corner, a man's laughter from the corner of the one bar the exiles were permitted to frequent: every day she was reminded of what she had left behind. John was never far from her mind, and after a while it wasn't "my John" and "the other one" but just "John".
She was on Antiba for half a cycle before she thought to look for a medical facility.
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:D
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...huh.
No, seriously. I had to write this in order to get from DWTB to Promises, because Aeryn made No. Sense. to me in Season 4, but the story sank like a stone and I got almost no response for it. I'm surprised anyone even remembered it.
So thank you!
Although, I have to say the formatting on Leviathan loses the multiple returns between paragraphs, and makes the transitions more confusing than they were intended to be. The story posted on my website here is, I think, a little easier to follow. Maybe you could substitute that link?
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But dude, I love this story. It's just that you wrote it during my, I don't know any of this people and am afraid to send feedback days:)
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Excellent frelling story!