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Why Don't We Do It In the Road? by Marguerite (R)
Fandom: FARSCAPE
Pairing: John/Chiana
Author on LJ: I don't know. Help would be appreciated.
Author Website: Grey Aera
Why this must be read:
Anyone with a nodding acquaintance with Farscape - the show or the fandom - will know that the relationship between John Crichton and Aeryn Sun is often at the centre of things. But the course of true love never did run smooth. Without going into all the details (there were people coming back from the dead, clones, and explosions galore) the start of Season Four found them in an awkward position. Aeryn was pregnant with John's baby, but had left him to return to the life of a soldier. To say that Crichton was unhappy about this would be to understate the case a little.
However, Aeryn was never John's only romantic option on the show - his crewmate Chiana had always shown a keen interest in him. At the point when this story breaks off from canon she'd been traumatised - partly but not solely because she was raped between Season Three and Season Four - and was in a state where she might well turn to John for comfort.
John/Chiana was one of those pairings that always looked as if it might become canon without ever quite getting there (outside one notable instance of time-displacement, anyway.) This was not for lack of trying on Chi's part, and in this story she gets what she always wanted. This is not a good thing.
This is not a comforting, romantic story in which two characters come together and heal each other. It's a story about two damaged people damaging each other. The author's not kidding when she says that it's a dark fic with decidedly adult themes, and an unflattering portrait of both central characters to boot - but that's what makes it so good. By Season Four, the audience knew that all the characters had their dark sides, and this explores them with a sharpness that's painful.
Why Don't We Do It In The Road?
Pairing: John/Chiana
Author on LJ: I don't know. Help would be appreciated.
Author Website: Grey Aera
Why this must be read:
Anyone with a nodding acquaintance with Farscape - the show or the fandom - will know that the relationship between John Crichton and Aeryn Sun is often at the centre of things. But the course of true love never did run smooth. Without going into all the details (there were people coming back from the dead, clones, and explosions galore) the start of Season Four found them in an awkward position. Aeryn was pregnant with John's baby, but had left him to return to the life of a soldier. To say that Crichton was unhappy about this would be to understate the case a little.
However, Aeryn was never John's only romantic option on the show - his crewmate Chiana had always shown a keen interest in him. At the point when this story breaks off from canon she'd been traumatised - partly but not solely because she was raped between Season Three and Season Four - and was in a state where she might well turn to John for comfort.
John/Chiana was one of those pairings that always looked as if it might become canon without ever quite getting there (outside one notable instance of time-displacement, anyway.) This was not for lack of trying on Chi's part, and in this story she gets what she always wanted. This is not a good thing.
This is not a comforting, romantic story in which two characters come together and heal each other. It's a story about two damaged people damaging each other. The author's not kidding when she says that it's a dark fic with decidedly adult themes, and an unflattering portrait of both central characters to boot - but that's what makes it so good. By Season Four, the audience knew that all the characters had their dark sides, and this explores them with a sharpness that's painful.
Why Don't We Do It In The Road?