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Mathematics by kappamaki33, PG-13
Fandom: BATTLESTAR GALACTICA (NEW)
Pairing: Gaeta/Eight, with implied Caprica/Baltar, Gaeta/Hoshi, and possible Gaeta/Baltar
Length: 40,000 words
Author on LJ:![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
kappamaki33
Author Website: Fic list
Why this must be read:
The "Face of the Enemy" webisodes were most definitely crucial viewing, giving Gaeta some motivation and some transition for his actions in Season 4.5. However, as much as I liked the webisodes, the Eight frustrated me. She was a bit Bond-villain-ish, kind of flat and confusing in her conflicting actions.
Not anymore! HAHA!
Mathematics is a story that takes the little bit of backstory that we were given in the webisodes and fleshes it out into vivid color.kappamaki33 captures the harried, anguished days of New Caprica perfectly, with some events we saw in canon and others that we didn't but easily could have happened. And she doesn't just do it from Gaeta's point of view, but the Eight's as well.
It's the Eight that really intrigues me here, although Gaeta is written pitch-perfect. (kappamaki33's other Gaeta fics are well worth checking out as well, by the way.) But the Eight is complicated and conflicted, not overly thrilled with her assignment but determined to do it well. And kappamaki33 doesn't make their relationship love, nor does she simplify it to hate. The Eight has... well, she definitely has feelings for Gaeta, but they're complicated and messy and they aren't anything that's easily categorized, and the same applies to his feelings for her.
But even beyond the relationship between Gaeta and the Eight, this fic is fascinating for the other relationships that are in it- Gaeta and the humans, the Eight and the Cylons. Their relationship sort of serves as an intersection for the two worlds to meet, and it's a fantastic read.
Mathematics master post, link to all ten parts
Pairing: Gaeta/Eight, with implied Caprica/Baltar, Gaeta/Hoshi, and possible Gaeta/Baltar
Length: 40,000 words
Author on LJ:
kappamaki33Author Website: Fic list
Why this must be read:
The "Face of the Enemy" webisodes were most definitely crucial viewing, giving Gaeta some motivation and some transition for his actions in Season 4.5. However, as much as I liked the webisodes, the Eight frustrated me. She was a bit Bond-villain-ish, kind of flat and confusing in her conflicting actions.
Not anymore! HAHA!
Mathematics is a story that takes the little bit of backstory that we were given in the webisodes and fleshes it out into vivid color.
kappamaki33 captures the harried, anguished days of New Caprica perfectly, with some events we saw in canon and others that we didn't but easily could have happened. And she doesn't just do it from Gaeta's point of view, but the Eight's as well.It's the Eight that really intrigues me here, although Gaeta is written pitch-perfect. (
kappamaki33's other Gaeta fics are well worth checking out as well, by the way.) But the Eight is complicated and conflicted, not overly thrilled with her assignment but determined to do it well. And kappamaki33 doesn't make their relationship love, nor does she simplify it to hate. The Eight has... well, she definitely has feelings for Gaeta, but they're complicated and messy and they aren't anything that's easily categorized, and the same applies to his feelings for her. But even beyond the relationship between Gaeta and the Eight, this fic is fascinating for the other relationships that are in it- Gaeta and the humans, the Eight and the Cylons. Their relationship sort of serves as an intersection for the two worlds to meet, and it's a fantastic read.
Mathematics master post, link to all ten parts