Aiden's Tale by wneleh (G)
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stargateficrecShow: SGA
Rec Category: Aiden Ford
Characters: Aiden Ford, Kiryk
Categories: Gen
Warnings: None
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wneleh
Author's Website: SGA tag on AO3
Link: Aiden's Tale on AO3
Why This Must Be Read: I'm doing Ford fics this month because Ford gets overlooked and there are some very nice stories out there that feature him. This one imagines what might have happened to Ford if he survived The Hive and was still around just after Series 5 ended. I love this story as Ford's (first person) voice in it feels very real to me - the humour, the jadedness and yet his essential good-heartedness, despite all the setbacks. And bonus Kiryk, as well. It's about disappointment, and survival against all odds, and some degree of redemption, and I think it's excellent.
All those people who wanted me to be some sort of doctor when I grew up, or maybe a teacher or public-interest lawyer - grandma, uncle Charles, uncle Hugh, Mrs. Kerry at the library - I wonder what they'd say if they could see me now.
But all that biology they made me take - one year wasn't enough, oh no, had to take AP with the bright kids, had to have an internship at the agriculture lab - it ended up coming in real handy, didn't it? Never could have figured out how to get enzyme out of a Wraith if I hadn't spent that summer sampling fluids from frogs.
The United States Marine Corps, now, that was something I could get behind, after all that bio! Do my part for my country, get a good education, play with cool shit, and maybe get to shoot things. And no more dead amphibians. Really, no downside, at least none I could see.
That was ten years ago. A hell of a lot has happened since then. Some of it I even remember.
Rec Category: Aiden Ford
Characters: Aiden Ford, Kiryk
Categories: Gen
Warnings: None
Author on LJ:
wnelehAuthor's Website: SGA tag on AO3
Link: Aiden's Tale on AO3
Why This Must Be Read: I'm doing Ford fics this month because Ford gets overlooked and there are some very nice stories out there that feature him. This one imagines what might have happened to Ford if he survived The Hive and was still around just after Series 5 ended. I love this story as Ford's (first person) voice in it feels very real to me - the humour, the jadedness and yet his essential good-heartedness, despite all the setbacks. And bonus Kiryk, as well. It's about disappointment, and survival against all odds, and some degree of redemption, and I think it's excellent.
All those people who wanted me to be some sort of doctor when I grew up, or maybe a teacher or public-interest lawyer - grandma, uncle Charles, uncle Hugh, Mrs. Kerry at the library - I wonder what they'd say if they could see me now.
But all that biology they made me take - one year wasn't enough, oh no, had to take AP with the bright kids, had to have an internship at the agriculture lab - it ended up coming in real handy, didn't it? Never could have figured out how to get enzyme out of a Wraith if I hadn't spent that summer sampling fluids from frogs.
The United States Marine Corps, now, that was something I could get behind, after all that bio! Do my part for my country, get a good education, play with cool shit, and maybe get to shoot things. And no more dead amphibians. Really, no downside, at least none I could see.
That was ten years ago. A hell of a lot has happened since then. Some of it I even remember.
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