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Trial By Water by doomcrayon (R)
Fandom: BATTLESTAR GALACTICA (2003)
Pairing: Kara/Leoben, hints of Kara/Lee
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doomcrayon
Author Website: Doomcrayon's Fics
Why this must be read:
IMO there is a dearth of Kara/Leoben fics, even after the events of S3, but what we do get tends to be really good work, and this fic is a wonderful representation. Trial by Water is a really interesting piece of story telling that features a Kara POV and a film-noirish setting. The fic goes AU after "Scar" and explores the themes of death, connection, and spirituality in a new way. When I reread this to rec after bookmarking it several months ago, it struck me how prescient it was--doomcrayon explores a planet-side, isolated, and unwillingly domesticated Kara and Leoben well before the show introduced that plot. The author also really does some wonderfully subtle things with water, to set the tone but also to foreshadow in a way that makes it so much more fun to read back through.
The snow was always melting but never melted. The water was always moving but never moved. Nothing changed: not the trees, the sky, or the shelter, not the dimensions of the glassy lake or the Cylon who found her floating there.
Pairing: Kara/Leoben, hints of Kara/Lee
Author on LJ:
doomcrayonAuthor Website: Doomcrayon's Fics
Why this must be read:
IMO there is a dearth of Kara/Leoben fics, even after the events of S3, but what we do get tends to be really good work, and this fic is a wonderful representation. Trial by Water is a really interesting piece of story telling that features a Kara POV and a film-noirish setting. The fic goes AU after "Scar" and explores the themes of death, connection, and spirituality in a new way. When I reread this to rec after bookmarking it several months ago, it struck me how prescient it was--
doomcrayon explores a planet-side, isolated, and unwillingly domesticated Kara and Leoben well before the show introduced that plot. The author also really does some wonderfully subtle things with water, to set the tone but also to foreshadow in a way that makes it so much more fun to read back through.The snow was always melting but never melted. The water was always moving but never moved. Nothing changed: not the trees, the sky, or the shelter, not the dimensions of the glassy lake or the Cylon who found her floating there.