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fullygoldy) wrote2007-02-17 09:51 am
fullygoldy) wrote2007-02-17 09:51 am
Insta-Rec: Wake, by cesperanza
Speranza has done it again, totally wowing me with her writing virtuosity. Wake is an amazing (short) piece about buyer's remorse. You know the kind, where you've decided you really really want something, and you beg, cajole and wheedle your partner into agreeing to let you have it, and then in the middle of getting it, you realize that maybe you didn't quite think it through. Maybe you didn't really want this at all. Maybe you're an idiot. Maybe you've ruined everything. If you're very lucky, you'll survive the experience, and gain more wisdom than pain from it, but it's not likely, bub. You've screwed up.
It is set Stargate:Atlantis universe, but you don't really have to know the show or the characters to get this one. It's just that real and pertinent. I have some experience with this scenario, and let me tell you, the potential for it ending badly is huge, no matter which player you end up being. Speranza takes care of all of her players with a lot more compassion than I ever mustered in RL, but it still hurts. It's a very good read.
She also tackled the topic with her usual grace and humor in "Some Strange Prophecy" which is dueSouth-based, and much, much longer. It's really a cameo within the larger story, instead of being the story itself. If you are so inclined, you can find it by using the shiny new links in my sidebar.
<---- over there.
It is set Stargate:Atlantis universe, but you don't really have to know the show or the characters to get this one. It's just that real and pertinent. I have some experience with this scenario, and let me tell you, the potential for it ending badly is huge, no matter which player you end up being. Speranza takes care of all of her players with a lot more compassion than I ever mustered in RL, but it still hurts. It's a very good read.
She also tackled the topic with her usual grace and humor in "Some Strange Prophecy" which is dueSouth-based, and much, much longer. It's really a cameo within the larger story, instead of being the story itself. If you are so inclined, you can find it by using the shiny new links in my sidebar.
<---- over there.