My God, that was incredible. Do you have any idea how long it will take me to recover from this story?! It must've been years since I've read something that had the subtly excruciatingly powerful ability to grip me so tightly throughout the long, rigorous journey of this extensive novel. I feel exhausted! And excited. And content. And fulfilled. And unsatisfied. Half of me is mourning, feeling a deep longing, while the other half waits for my heart to get back to its normal pace so I can peacefully and calmly appreciate that this is The End.
Forget FanFiction. Never have I read or watched or listened-No. Never have I experienced such a gripping and terrifying adventure, never has it violently sucked me in and held me tight enough to make my chest constrict with anticipation and near-panic whilst the logical part of me is completely trusting in the author's ability to guide me safely through to the finish when I have spent my relatively jaded life coming to these experiences with a distrustful and cynical attitude.
I was comforted with the interval lulls of happiness while on the edge of my seat with dread. "What's going to happen next? Because I know this "good" won't last!"
Most of the time I wasn't even aware there WAS an author behind this overwhelming universe.
You had me SO connected with this story that my heart literally stopped, not once, but quite a few times. The most recent being "Deaf!" She's lost her hearing? In this strange and untrustworthy place? No! Oh My God, I wanted to cry! It threw me for such a loop that the reality of her body's unique healing ability flew completely out the window...no pun intended. I almost burst out laughing when all of a sudden, she could hear again! I'd completely forgotten!
This story didn't "flow" well. It "rode" well. It rode long and hard and shook me to my core for all the time it lasted. And the WAY this rode, from start to finish, fluctuating between smooth and jagged, comforting and terrifying, happy and devastating, has left me reeling like I haven't reacted from a piece of fiction in...EVER. No, not just a piece of fiction, but my life.
I can only think that it's been by the Grace of the Gods that I stumbled halfheartedly across this story just days ago. And since, it has plagued me day and night. I have gone without sleep, I'll have you know. A Lot of sleep. And peace. I haven't known any sort of peace since I started this. And I Love it!
For a while there you had me worried, because though I was enjoying and steadily growing fonder of Castor, I missed Leoben. But you made me forget that! You had me so distracted by everything else, that I must have made it through I don't know how many thousands of words with a single worthy appearance from the original inspiration for this Lead Male Protagonist.
The creativity and effortless way you've woven these mishmash pieces into a breathtaking masterpiece has me floored.
And might I add, all of this is coming from an only "so-so" fan of the original vehicle to which you have paved this amazing world I got so deeply lost in.
My reviews usual consist of the one-to-two liner platitudes that cannot even really be considered reviews at all, but more encouragement. And I was so in a state at the end of this that I contemplated not even leaving a one-liner because I didn't know what to say. You'd knocked me speechless. But as it turned out, I gave myself a few hours to calm down and distance myself, and when I came back...well, you can see how that turned out.
I hope you start on another journey for this fandom. You are an extraordinary science-fiction and action/adventure writer. It is a travesty that this is not truly published and recorded in archives of groundbreaking literature of our time. Another travesty would be for you to not go on eventually to become a highly-known and widely-distributed author, making the adventures you've created reach the world.
As for me, I am so moved, so affected by this experience, it will stay in my mind, in a dusty corner after years or so I imagine, but will always be with me. I aspire for greatness within this vehicle of emotion. I achieve mediocrity. You, my friend, have achieved greatness. Trust me that I know it when I see it.
When I think of good literature, I will think of this. I will think of you.
-Your Humble Fan, Sarah Rose Serena

Another great chapter! There's so much depth to this story.

I don't think I told you this when I reviewed this chapter of the original "Stars of Gemini," but you deserve a lot of credit for the level of research you must have put into the explanation of the genetic link between Kara and Leoben. You went out of your way to craft it such that it makes perfect sense, as though it were plausible in the real-world. And the amount of backstory that you had to create to come up with it...

This fic was amazing in its original "pressing," and your "second edition" is shaping up beautifully.

You've been a real inspiration to me as a fic-writer...

Very great chapter! Lots of emotional depth. I think...Makes me so very curious...

And emotional.

Aw. I read chapters nine, ten, and eleven, but my favorite part is Adama's proposal. I really hope she beats it and lives... with Adama in their cabin, by a lake and all that happy stuff. good story thus far. And I also hope the party isn't ruined...

Tory is *not* a happy Halcylon!

I think this is an amazing chapter. Also, yes, I want to do the Nanonano thing. We need to talk later. RL is hectic. Counting down to the 3 2 1...

Gotta get packed and into the car and on the road. Bleh.

Email me!

~Innogen

And yes, I find this story highly creative! Starbuck the leader of the rebel Cylons! LOL!

Cavil and Simon are *so* sadistic - LOL!

It's funny to see these other models trap themselves in circular thinking ::grin::

i thought it was cute when adama asked roslin to marry him!

The story is really great and the plot is fantastic! One of the best stories that i've read here))
Waiting for the next awesome chapter!!

kara and leoben are freaking great together!
write more!

aw!
the kara/leoben scenes were cute!

Dee is just a pain in the ass! =]
I loved how Kara was in a dress!
That was cute!

Another great chapter! I love this rewrite!

I LOVE this story! It is my favorite of all the BSG fanfics I've read. My only comment is that it seems incomplete. I would love to reade the completed version!

I read Stars of Gemini as you were originally posting it, as I was so disappointed by BSG at the time. The passing of later seasons and the finale has left me even more disappointed, but I wanted to let you know how impressed I was by SoG as it told such a fantastic story, something the show proper always seemed to be on the verge of but constantly failing. Your work gave each character their due and is one of those types of stories that didn't feel like a fanfic but like a novel that told the story you wish you'd seen on screen.