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The Sky-Fallen by Ardavenport (G)
Hi, I'm Seremela and I'll be driving the Van this month. It's my first time and I hope I'll do it right. I'm looking forward to sharing some of my favorite stories with you all.
My first recommendation is an author I haven't seen recced here before, which I think is a shame, because, really, she's one of the best IMO.
Fandom: STAR WARS
Pairing: gen
Length: three parts, not all that long
Author: Ardavenport
on LJ: no, as far as I know
Author Website: her stories are on The Force.net and Fanfiction.Net
WARNINGS: none
Why this must be read: This writer manages to take you to the utter alienness of the Star Wars universe. No, you're no longer on earth, you're in the Galaxy Far Far Away. And she does it with vivid imagination, lots of details that enrich her stories, the use of as many senses as possible and above all, a refreshing originality. I've chosen this story, although I love them all, because it has one of the things she does so admirably well: give us the POV of an 'alien'. Followed in parts two and three with the POV's of Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan. And also, it shows Jedi! In all their glory. In this case master Qui-Gon Jinn, who does anything to keep his injured young padawan Obi-Wan Kenobi safe.
Unfortunately it's on The Force.net, which means you'll have to wade through all the comments of happy readers to go from part one to the other parts. But it's utterly worth it.
Excerpt:
The first to arrive was Aaauuurrrf, climbing to the top of a rise over the pod. He called out his kill-cry loud enough to feel it tremor through the ground before charging. No warning stare from the sky-fell being would stop Aaauuurrrf's bloodlust. Three other new arrivals, frenzied by the kill-cry, crashed through the grass after him.
The sky-fell leapt out of the hole and up atop the pod, standing high and visible, a deceptively easy target. A line of straight green star fire appeared, extending from the end of one arm. It hummed like a slow flame sting. Very dangerous. But Aaauuurrrf seemed not to see the danger. He leapt up.
The sky-fell cleaved his head in half.
And whirled about, the green star fire spinning.
Three more corpses fell, burned, slashed and dismembered of heads, shoulders and foreclaws. They slid down around the crashed pod.
The green star fire swept the air around the sky-fell, a final warning before it vanished. It tucked a shiny tool under its brown covering. It stared down at Auurrr-uuh, its challenge now made real.
The Sky-Fallen
My first recommendation is an author I haven't seen recced here before, which I think is a shame, because, really, she's one of the best IMO.
Fandom: STAR WARS
Pairing: gen
Length: three parts, not all that long
Author: Ardavenport
on LJ: no, as far as I know
Author Website: her stories are on The Force.net and Fanfiction.Net
WARNINGS: none
Why this must be read: This writer manages to take you to the utter alienness of the Star Wars universe. No, you're no longer on earth, you're in the Galaxy Far Far Away. And she does it with vivid imagination, lots of details that enrich her stories, the use of as many senses as possible and above all, a refreshing originality. I've chosen this story, although I love them all, because it has one of the things she does so admirably well: give us the POV of an 'alien'. Followed in parts two and three with the POV's of Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan. And also, it shows Jedi! In all their glory. In this case master Qui-Gon Jinn, who does anything to keep his injured young padawan Obi-Wan Kenobi safe.
Unfortunately it's on The Force.net, which means you'll have to wade through all the comments of happy readers to go from part one to the other parts. But it's utterly worth it.
Excerpt:
The first to arrive was Aaauuurrrf, climbing to the top of a rise over the pod. He called out his kill-cry loud enough to feel it tremor through the ground before charging. No warning stare from the sky-fell being would stop Aaauuurrrf's bloodlust. Three other new arrivals, frenzied by the kill-cry, crashed through the grass after him.
The sky-fell leapt out of the hole and up atop the pod, standing high and visible, a deceptively easy target. A line of straight green star fire appeared, extending from the end of one arm. It hummed like a slow flame sting. Very dangerous. But Aaauuurrrf seemed not to see the danger. He leapt up.
The sky-fell cleaved his head in half.
And whirled about, the green star fire spinning.
Three more corpses fell, burned, slashed and dismembered of heads, shoulders and foreclaws. They slid down around the crashed pod.
The green star fire swept the air around the sky-fell, a final warning before it vanished. It tucked a shiny tool under its brown covering. It stared down at Auurrr-uuh, its challenge now made real.
The Sky-Fallen