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Entry tags:
"Semantics" (PG) and "100001" (G) by grey_sw
Fandom: BATTLESTAR GALACTICA (NEW)
Characters: Centurions, Natalie; Scar, the Hybrid
Length: one-shots
Author on LJ:![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
grey_sw
Author Website: fic master list
Why these must be read:
Because they're funny, creepy, and thought-provoking all at once. These two separate fics offer a possible answer to what's going on inside the minds of the mechanical Cylons -- the Centurions and raiders -- who spent most of the series as faceless robot soldiers, under control of the prettier skinjobs. Grey's take on their artificial consciousness is great: equally childlike and knowing, rational and spiritual, sympathetic and scary.
"Semantics" takes place in season four, just as the Centurions regain their free will and take revenge on their humanoid masters, and tells that story from *their* point of view, as newly awakened machines who are re-learning how to act and think in their own words. In "10001" (binary code for "33"), the same treatment is given to a zippy Cylon raider, as he heads out again and again to fly and shoot at the command of a loving and mysterious Voice from the baseship. Both are really cool, and appropriate for a show that often gave us the POV of Cylon characters but never went this far. :)
excerpt from "Semantics":
He considered fire, which was good and warm, like light and red. These new words uncovered others, like dominoes falling one by one: fire triggered water and bullets and explosive rounds and cooking in the galley for his masters. Those words triggered still others, like roast duck and salt and hatred.
He looked to his brothers, who were learning, too. He looked to the biological Cylons, who once were masters and were now only brothers and sisters again.
"Please help us," the Six whispered, despairingly.
No, he thought. No. He looked away.
Semantics
100001
Characters: Centurions, Natalie; Scar, the Hybrid
Length: one-shots
Author on LJ:
grey_swAuthor Website: fic master list
Why these must be read:
Because they're funny, creepy, and thought-provoking all at once. These two separate fics offer a possible answer to what's going on inside the minds of the mechanical Cylons -- the Centurions and raiders -- who spent most of the series as faceless robot soldiers, under control of the prettier skinjobs. Grey's take on their artificial consciousness is great: equally childlike and knowing, rational and spiritual, sympathetic and scary.
"Semantics" takes place in season four, just as the Centurions regain their free will and take revenge on their humanoid masters, and tells that story from *their* point of view, as newly awakened machines who are re-learning how to act and think in their own words. In "10001" (binary code for "33"), the same treatment is given to a zippy Cylon raider, as he heads out again and again to fly and shoot at the command of a loving and mysterious Voice from the baseship. Both are really cool, and appropriate for a show that often gave us the POV of Cylon characters but never went this far. :)
excerpt from "Semantics":
He considered fire, which was good and warm, like light and red. These new words uncovered others, like dominoes falling one by one: fire triggered water and bullets and explosive rounds and cooking in the galley for his masters. Those words triggered still others, like roast duck and salt and hatred.
He looked to his brothers, who were learning, too. He looked to the biological Cylons, who once were masters and were now only brothers and sisters again.
"Please help us," the Six whispered, despairingly.
No, he thought. No. He looked away.
Semantics
100001