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crack_van2010-11-05 10:23 pm
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Even Such is Time by azdak (G)
Fandom: SAPPHIRE AND STEEL
Pairing: none
Length: 656 words
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azdak
Author Website: Fics are listed under their fandoms inazdak's LJ
Why this must be read:
I promise not to start every rec by saying Sapphire and Steel is hard to write, but I get to say it once. Sapphire and Steel is really hard to write because you can't easily use conventional storytelling techniques. The program doesn't deal with normal cause and effect, the stories operate under an internal logic the way dreams do. As soon as you start to explain, the atmosphere dissipates, and your story dies.
Unless you're Sapphire of course, then you can explain. Sapphire moves among humans with a serene politeness, a willingness to be helpful, to explain things--at least she makes it seem that way.azdak has taken two incidents from canon and extrapolated; after all, Sapphire must have been asked to explain time more than twice over the years. With wry humor she captures Sapphire's vaguely amused graciousness, Steel's impatient tolerance, and his absolute conviction that no good will come of this.
Even Such is Time
Pairing: none
Length: 656 words
Author on LJ:
azdakAuthor Website: Fics are listed under their fandoms in
azdak's LJWhy this must be read:
I promise not to start every rec by saying Sapphire and Steel is hard to write, but I get to say it once. Sapphire and Steel is really hard to write because you can't easily use conventional storytelling techniques. The program doesn't deal with normal cause and effect, the stories operate under an internal logic the way dreams do. As soon as you start to explain, the atmosphere dissipates, and your story dies.
Unless you're Sapphire of course, then you can explain. Sapphire moves among humans with a serene politeness, a willingness to be helpful, to explain things--at least she makes it seem that way.
azdak has taken two incidents from canon and extrapolated; after all, Sapphire must have been asked to explain time more than twice over the years. With wry humor she captures Sapphire's vaguely amused graciousness, Steel's impatient tolerance, and his absolute conviction that no good will come of this.They always want to know. They always want to understand. As if they could. As if it would do them any good. Just the thought of Time finding its way in through a crack in their heads makes his gut tighten.
Yet Sapphire always humours them.
Even Such is Time