One thing, actually, that didn't work for me was Beckett's decision to throw caution to the winds and launch both himself and Elizabeth through the Stargate despite Rodney's protestations. This is a man who we have canonical evidence for being reluctant to travel through Stargates, as can be seen in Poisoning the Well (although this seems to have decreased somewhat in S2, this story is set before then). Thus Beckett's declaration that he and Elizabeth will "take their chances" that whoever is manning the gate at the SGC will open the iris for them seems to me to be out of character.
Apart from that, I really enjoyed Legion. It was horrifying, but very engaging and I adored the structure, which impressively did not become confusing. It also served to add a greater sense of movement to the story - because there was the constant jump from time period to time period it was more interesting to read, not just from an action point of view but also from a detective point of view, so to speak, as you try to assemble clues and work out how the two halves of the story are related.
The point you made about the strength of fanfic - the ability to have previously developed characters so that you have the freedom to write a more streamlined and focused story - was really interesting. I had a moment of 'Oh, yeah, of course'. And, as you mentioned, knowing you can go and read a story where is is all better is one of the aspects that makes this so satisfying. It's somewhat like riding a rollercoaster - exhilarating and scary, yet you know you'll be safe afterwards and can go and ride on the Ferris Wheel. (Of course, this also allows for a much greater flexibility in fanfic - in essence, a global 'Five things' type fic for the show, only it's more like '5000 things'. Yay fandom.)
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Date: 2005-10-03 02:35 am (UTC)Apart from that, I really enjoyed Legion. It was horrifying, but very engaging and I adored the structure, which impressively did not become confusing. It also served to add a greater sense of movement to the story - because there was the constant jump from time period to time period it was more interesting to read, not just from an action point of view but also from a detective point of view, so to speak, as you try to assemble clues and work out how the two halves of the story are related.
The point you made about the strength of fanfic - the ability to have previously developed characters so that you have the freedom to write a more streamlined and focused story - was really interesting. I had a moment of 'Oh, yeah, of course'. And, as you mentioned, knowing you can go and read a story where is is all better is one of the aspects that makes this so satisfying. It's somewhat like riding a rollercoaster - exhilarating and scary, yet you know you'll be safe afterwards and can go and ride on the Ferris Wheel. (Of course, this also allows for a much greater flexibility in fanfic - in essence, a global 'Five things' type fic for the show, only it's more like '5000 things'. Yay fandom.)