AAAHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!! THIS IS EVERYTHINGGGGG!!!!!!!! UGH!!!!!! B’Elanna finally feeling not alone or crazy with her emotions is exactly what I want for her. And Jadzia WOULD be so good at that. But also there are things about her that would annoy B’Elanna and make her suspicious and uncomfortable. And this would be such a good way for them to get around that, continuing from the previous fic. Your mind your vision your genius. THEM!!!!!!!!
The things about both their characters that would be compelling to see interact, you identified them and portrayed them so smoothly. I loved it so much.
I especially loved the way you described B’Elanna finally feeling like she could breathe again. I felt that. You always manage to get me so captivated with a clear, specific vision using astonishingly few words. I hope you write more of this series, I’m already obsessed.
Thank you so so much!! I'm so glad you liked this fic, and that the dynamic felt believable and earned between Jadzia and B'Elanna. I felt so bad for B'Elanna at the end of “Remember”, and I also kept thinking about I wished “Equilibrium” had been structured more like the Voyager episode and had let Jadzia have feelings about what happened, so I thought, why not make it a bonding moment for both of them. I'm also really glad you liked the part where B'Elanna is able to breathe again! It's great to hear that it was effective. Long ago I read an analysis of B'Elanna that made the compelling point that she suffers from a huge amount of anxiety in the show, and I think that influences a lot the way the way I write her reacting to unexpected and difficult events. She keeps herself so tightly under control, because she's so afraid of being too much, that she ends up spiraling if something makes her doubt that she can overcome whatever the plot throws at her. And I always thought there was an undercurrent of insecurity in Jadzia as well (see “Facets”), but she carries it differently and it doesn't have the same amount of shame that it does in B'Elanna, so Jadzia is able to help her by admitting to her own doubts (which I think would come out sooner or later if Jadzia were to be separated from the DS9 crew and especially Sisko). This is all to say that I really appreciated your comment so much and I'm super happy that you found this fic worthwhile!! Thank you again so much for reading!
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