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leavetheskyToday is the rec of the implicit hawt. Or the implied hawt. Or the writing that's so hawt I don't need the sex.
Yes, I've been away for a bit and I'm sure I missed a LOT, but I didn't miss this BSG gem:
first, one of my favorite writers of.all.time. is back in action:
Parade Rest by![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
liz_estrada is Starbuck/Cain, PG posted at ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif)
getyourtoaster. Yes, you read that rating correctly. I'm actually reccing something non-NC-17 and for very good reason. Remember when I mentioned all of the hawts above that do not correspond to sticky, sweaty sex? They all refer to this fic. This is some incredibly nuanced Kara characterization. And, more incredibly, some brilliantly nuanced Cain characterization that just nails the far more experienced, manipulative, and just strategically brilliant Cain who sizes Kara up in a few paragraphs better than the writers at BSG have managed in 2 seasons.
The wayliz_estrada splits Kara/Starbuck into two personalities with different needs and drives is just inspired:
Kara examines the shiny pins with a mixture of wonder and suspicion.
Starbuck does not want them and Kara is proud to have them; Starbuck longs to fling them out an airlock and Kara wants to pin them to her clean, starched uniform and stand before her mother as Captain Thrace of the Colonial Fleet, Air Guard Commander of the Mercury Class Battlestar Pegasus – just to see the old bitch ball her impotent fists and bite her tongue in apoplectic rage.
Very deftly done. And so fucking Kara/Starbuck.
When in you're in the military, the routines and regulations are deeply imbedded in everything you do and are and Ms. Estrada captures it all brilliantly, right down to the ten inches of difference between at attention and at ease. It's this kind of detail (the show don't tell of characterization) that separates the brilliant fic, from the good.
also this:
If she disappoints Helena Cain, there will be no hugs, no tearful reconciliation - there will be dark, irrevocable consequences. She is gambling with her life, and there is no way to fold out of the game. With this realization comes a tickling thrill, a whisper of exhilaration cooling along her tight, sweaty back.
...gah! Did I mention the hawt? You know what? Just go, read. leave lots of love.
Yes, I've been away for a bit and I'm sure I missed a LOT, but I didn't miss this BSG gem:
first, one of my favorite writers of.all.time. is back in action:
Parade Rest by
liz_estrada is Starbuck/Cain, PG posted at getyourtoaster. Yes, you read that rating correctly. I'm actually reccing something non-NC-17 and for very good reason. Remember when I mentioned all of the hawts above that do not correspond to sticky, sweaty sex? They all refer to this fic. This is some incredibly nuanced Kara characterization. And, more incredibly, some brilliantly nuanced Cain characterization that just nails the far more experienced, manipulative, and just strategically brilliant Cain who sizes Kara up in a few paragraphs better than the writers at BSG have managed in 2 seasons. The way
liz_estrada splits Kara/Starbuck into two personalities with different needs and drives is just inspired: Kara examines the shiny pins with a mixture of wonder and suspicion.
Starbuck does not want them and Kara is proud to have them; Starbuck longs to fling them out an airlock and Kara wants to pin them to her clean, starched uniform and stand before her mother as Captain Thrace of the Colonial Fleet, Air Guard Commander of the Mercury Class Battlestar Pegasus – just to see the old bitch ball her impotent fists and bite her tongue in apoplectic rage.
Very deftly done. And so fucking Kara/Starbuck.
When in you're in the military, the routines and regulations are deeply imbedded in everything you do and are and Ms. Estrada captures it all brilliantly, right down to the ten inches of difference between at attention and at ease. It's this kind of detail (the show don't tell of characterization) that separates the brilliant fic, from the good.
also this:
If she disappoints Helena Cain, there will be no hugs, no tearful reconciliation - there will be dark, irrevocable consequences. She is gambling with her life, and there is no way to fold out of the game. With this realization comes a tickling thrill, a whisper of exhilaration cooling along her tight, sweaty back.
...gah! Did I mention the hawt? You know what? Just go, read. leave lots of love.
