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stargateficrecRec Category: Cameron Mitchell
Pairing: None
Category: Cameron Mitchell, Novel, John Sheppard, Apocafic, Alternate Universe, Original Character, Angst, Gen, Dark
Warning: Everything you'd expect with the loss of and partial destruction of Earth by the Ori
Author on LJ: http://miss-porcupine.livejournal.com
Author's Website: http://www.offpanel.net/dmz/sga.htm
Link: http://www.offpanel.net/dmz/sga/quihabitatcover.html
Why This Must Be Read: In this tragic AU series, Domenika Marzione, aka miss_porcupine, answers the question that SG-1 never allowed themselves even to ask: what would happen if the SGC lost the Ori War? The Milky Way, Earth and the team go down fighting hard. Cameron Mitchell is the only survivor of SG-1 to make it to Atlantis, which acts as the base to which survivors flee and from which the SGC resistance fights via the Daedalus before she is finally fatally crippled. Removed from the frontlines and preoccupied with the Wraith war, Atlantis, led by Weir, now stands alone against the Ori. They also must deal with the messy addition of the Milky Way refugees to their regular Pegasus assortment. Sheppard admirably rises to his role as the defacto leader of the resistance military and the author pays careful attention to how these changes dramatically impact and change (not always for the better) all her beloved original as well as the canon characters.
This massive piece of work, told equally from Cam and John’s POVs, thoroughly plays out the war's end and aftermath as Atlantis braces itself for the Ori’s inevitable arrival in Pegasus. It's chilling to see what would have happened if they had not defeated the Ori (literally by deus ex machina onscreen) and to realize how unprepared they are for failure. This series is darker than her usual stories but fits seamlessly into her canon. I think Qui Habitat is one of the most devastating apocafics I’ve read, thanks to the usual miss_porcupine realism. Every story is wonderful, deeply melancholy in tone with flashes of humor, excellent action scenes and measured pacing. As always, the details make each story ring true, and she balances comedy and tragedy and hectic and quiet moments perfectly. I can’t praise enough the meticulousness of the world building and the sense of their oncoming and inevitable doom that she creates.
Qui Habitat would entirely lack its wrenching power without Cameron’s emotionally conflicted POV. He is beautifully and sparely written. Cam mourns his team, family and way of life, yet still retains his pragmatism, honor and sense of the absurd. The reader cannot help but empathize with his grief and shock, much needed for dramatic contrast to the reserved Sheppard, who had broken with everyone on Earth long before he actually left. The role reversal is bittersweet. Sheppard, usually the loner, has been lucky enough to escape with his "family" and everyday life wholly intact and golden boy Cam is alone and adrift. There is a grace and emotional maturity to John and his interactions that is quite moving. These stories bring me to tears and haunt me for days every time I read them. For the sake of my sanity, I'm glad The Ark of Truth made this outcome possible only in an alternate reality; what she shows here is just too heartbreaking to bear.
Pairing: None
Category: Cameron Mitchell, Novel, John Sheppard, Apocafic, Alternate Universe, Original Character, Angst, Gen, Dark
Warning: Everything you'd expect with the loss of and partial destruction of Earth by the Ori
Author on LJ: http://miss-porcupine.livejournal.com
Author's Website: http://www.offpanel.net/dmz/sga.htm
Link: http://www.offpanel.net/dmz/sga/quihabitatcover.html
Why This Must Be Read: In this tragic AU series, Domenika Marzione, aka miss_porcupine, answers the question that SG-1 never allowed themselves even to ask: what would happen if the SGC lost the Ori War? The Milky Way, Earth and the team go down fighting hard. Cameron Mitchell is the only survivor of SG-1 to make it to Atlantis, which acts as the base to which survivors flee and from which the SGC resistance fights via the Daedalus before she is finally fatally crippled. Removed from the frontlines and preoccupied with the Wraith war, Atlantis, led by Weir, now stands alone against the Ori. They also must deal with the messy addition of the Milky Way refugees to their regular Pegasus assortment. Sheppard admirably rises to his role as the defacto leader of the resistance military and the author pays careful attention to how these changes dramatically impact and change (not always for the better) all her beloved original as well as the canon characters.
This massive piece of work, told equally from Cam and John’s POVs, thoroughly plays out the war's end and aftermath as Atlantis braces itself for the Ori’s inevitable arrival in Pegasus. It's chilling to see what would have happened if they had not defeated the Ori (literally by deus ex machina onscreen) and to realize how unprepared they are for failure. This series is darker than her usual stories but fits seamlessly into her canon. I think Qui Habitat is one of the most devastating apocafics I’ve read, thanks to the usual miss_porcupine realism. Every story is wonderful, deeply melancholy in tone with flashes of humor, excellent action scenes and measured pacing. As always, the details make each story ring true, and she balances comedy and tragedy and hectic and quiet moments perfectly. I can’t praise enough the meticulousness of the world building and the sense of their oncoming and inevitable doom that she creates.
Qui Habitat would entirely lack its wrenching power without Cameron’s emotionally conflicted POV. He is beautifully and sparely written. Cam mourns his team, family and way of life, yet still retains his pragmatism, honor and sense of the absurd. The reader cannot help but empathize with his grief and shock, much needed for dramatic contrast to the reserved Sheppard, who had broken with everyone on Earth long before he actually left. The role reversal is bittersweet. Sheppard, usually the loner, has been lucky enough to escape with his "family" and everyday life wholly intact and golden boy Cam is alone and adrift. There is a grace and emotional maturity to John and his interactions that is quite moving. These stories bring me to tears and haunt me for days every time I read them. For the sake of my sanity, I'm glad The Ark of Truth made this outcome possible only in an alternate reality; what she shows here is just too heartbreaking to bear.
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