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Lizzie Borden Took An Axe by Shaye (PG-13)
Fandom: FARSCAPE
Pairing: John/Aeryn
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shaye
Author's Website: fiction
Why this must be read:
As most fans of Farscape know, the aftermath of the season 3 twinning arc was both angsty and brutal. Fiction, at the time, tended to go two ways: reuniting John and Aeryn in some way, shape, or form or keeping John and Aeryn apart, exploring their characters with this massive chasm between them.
This story is the of the latter category. It's dark, almost violent look into Aeryn's mind after returning to Moya and the other John. And I loved this Aeryn because she is very Peacekeeper, using physical pain to try and extinguish emotional pain, yet not being able to do so. And I love that it's not all about John. Other fics tend to think that the center of Aeryn's problems are that one John died, the one Aeryn loved, and the other John lived. This one has that but also has Aeryn's anger at her mother, at the lies she's been told.
The John/Aeryn relationship here is not pretty or romantic. It's brutal and unyielding. It has a John who's willing to fight back and an Aeryn who is not afraid of hurting John. A harsh portrait of two people who can't love each other without hurting each other.
Lizzie Borden Took An Axe
Pairing: John/Aeryn
Author on LJ:
shayeAuthor's Website: fiction
Why this must be read:
As most fans of Farscape know, the aftermath of the season 3 twinning arc was both angsty and brutal. Fiction, at the time, tended to go two ways: reuniting John and Aeryn in some way, shape, or form or keeping John and Aeryn apart, exploring their characters with this massive chasm between them.
This story is the of the latter category. It's dark, almost violent look into Aeryn's mind after returning to Moya and the other John. And I loved this Aeryn because she is very Peacekeeper, using physical pain to try and extinguish emotional pain, yet not being able to do so. And I love that it's not all about John. Other fics tend to think that the center of Aeryn's problems are that one John died, the one Aeryn loved, and the other John lived. This one has that but also has Aeryn's anger at her mother, at the lies she's been told.
The John/Aeryn relationship here is not pretty or romantic. It's brutal and unyielding. It has a John who's willing to fight back and an Aeryn who is not afraid of hurting John. A harsh portrait of two people who can't love each other without hurting each other.
Lizzie Borden Took An Axe
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Thanks for the rec! This story has a special place in my heart.