After considerable thought, I've come to the conclusion that this may be my favorite of your stories, ever. May be though--both because of the awesomeness of your existing body of work and because you're not done yet with this one. But it's definitely in the running. Your plot is epic and sprawling, your prose vivid and exciting and occasionally dipping into lyrical, and the characters are complex and delightful--enough like the canon characters to be obviously recognizable but fascinatingly changed by their AU experiences.
Of all the backstories in this section, I liked Novak's the best. I like how delighted she is to be a pirate and how she trusts and looks up to Vala--how Vala, in a sense, saved her. It's an interesting flip on all the others' experiences of being kidnapped by aliens. (and I also like how Vala sees that Novak is fragile and damaged and refuses to take advantage of her. Your Vala has more morals and decency than anyone, even herself, gives her credit for.)
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Date: 2009-06-20 02:26 pm (UTC)Of all the backstories in this section, I liked Novak's the best. I like how delighted she is to be a pirate and how she trusts and looks up to Vala--how Vala, in a sense, saved her. It's an interesting flip on all the others' experiences of being kidnapped by aliens. (and I also like how Vala sees that Novak is fragile and damaged and refuses to take advantage of her. Your Vala has more morals and decency than anyone, even herself, gives her credit for.)