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crack_van2005-01-31 10:08 pm
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What Lies Within, by JM (NC-17)
Fandom: Star Trek: TNG
Pairing: Picard/Guinan, P/Q implied
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_jm_
Author Website: JM's Fanfiction Diversions
Why this must be read:
On the show, Guinan was a deliberately enigmatic character, and as a result had little character development. Most of the time, she was the Nurturer as Crone, the wise, grandmotherly woman who's always kind, always gentle, always listening to others' troubles and dispensing profound advice. We almost never got to see the *human* side of her, her flaws and her passions. All we know is that there is one person she loves, Jean-Luc Picard, who is "closer than friends, closer than family" to her. And one person she hates, Q. JM takes this and weaves a triangle of passion, hatred and betrayal, which shows us a very plausible dark side to this character without falling into the usual trap fanwriters make when they decide to give a "nice" character a dark side. Which is to say, there's no one eeevil here, no one twirling mustachios... just people who love, and people who hate, and people who use the ones they love against people they hate.
He wasn't the only one who was troubled. Before he showed up, she had been thinking. The past, as always, weighed heavily upon her mind. But this time recent grievances combined with old hatred, distant wrongs and missteps.
Possibilities, choices, endless information crowded her mind. One thought above all others stood out in sharp relief. She would get her revenge in any and every way possible. Her old nemesis would not get what it sought. The very idea that that creature thought that it could get its grasp upon the man she felt was hers left her burning.
What she did was justified. Always. She would protect him from a danger that he could not even begin to comprehend. He couldn't possibly be allowed to know about it, of course. She would keep all hidden from him, as she had to do so many times before. It was for his own good. She saw a possible future that disturbed her, and she would have to act to block it.
Sometimes things called for elaborate measures. But not this time. This time would appear to be ridiculously easy. Now that she had a clear weakness to aim for, she could strike swiftly and send an explicit message to keep away. There would be no half measures now. And if she hurt that which had hurt her in the past, so much the better. This one was completely deserving of everything she could bring to bear. A lesson needed to be taught. The force of her certainty ought to have frightened her, but it did not.
What Lies Within
This, by the way, is my last TNG rec for this month. Thanks for letting me at the wheel of the van, folks! It's been great!
Pairing: Picard/Guinan, P/Q implied
Author on LJ:
_jm_Author Website: JM's Fanfiction Diversions
Why this must be read:
On the show, Guinan was a deliberately enigmatic character, and as a result had little character development. Most of the time, she was the Nurturer as Crone, the wise, grandmotherly woman who's always kind, always gentle, always listening to others' troubles and dispensing profound advice. We almost never got to see the *human* side of her, her flaws and her passions. All we know is that there is one person she loves, Jean-Luc Picard, who is "closer than friends, closer than family" to her. And one person she hates, Q. JM takes this and weaves a triangle of passion, hatred and betrayal, which shows us a very plausible dark side to this character without falling into the usual trap fanwriters make when they decide to give a "nice" character a dark side. Which is to say, there's no one eeevil here, no one twirling mustachios... just people who love, and people who hate, and people who use the ones they love against people they hate.
He wasn't the only one who was troubled. Before he showed up, she had been thinking. The past, as always, weighed heavily upon her mind. But this time recent grievances combined with old hatred, distant wrongs and missteps.
Possibilities, choices, endless information crowded her mind. One thought above all others stood out in sharp relief. She would get her revenge in any and every way possible. Her old nemesis would not get what it sought. The very idea that that creature thought that it could get its grasp upon the man she felt was hers left her burning.
What she did was justified. Always. She would protect him from a danger that he could not even begin to comprehend. He couldn't possibly be allowed to know about it, of course. She would keep all hidden from him, as she had to do so many times before. It was for his own good. She saw a possible future that disturbed her, and she would have to act to block it.
Sometimes things called for elaborate measures. But not this time. This time would appear to be ridiculously easy. Now that she had a clear weakness to aim for, she could strike swiftly and send an explicit message to keep away. There would be no half measures now. And if she hurt that which had hurt her in the past, so much the better. This one was completely deserving of everything she could bring to bear. A lesson needed to be taught. The force of her certainty ought to have frightened her, but it did not.
What Lies Within
This, by the way, is my last TNG rec for this month. Thanks for letting me at the wheel of the van, folks! It's been great!