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figs_sg1_recRec Category: Cassandra Frasier
Categories: episode related, multiple eras, character study, angst, time travel
Warnings: none
Author on LJ:ivorygates
Author's Website: ivorygates at AO3
Link: Countdown, Causality, and Close Enough
Why This Must Be Read: This is a powerful, poignant exploration of Cassie's life, beginning on Hanka, through Janet's death, Jack's prolonged MIA status at the beginning of S7, and the initially-unwanted quest to get SG-1 safely back home from the far future in 1969. I love the way Ivorygates gives Cassie a different mindset and different perspectives, and the sheer hard work and challenges involved in getting the team back to the right time. Those missing loops of time are so intriguing, and this story treats us to a fascinating look at what might have been.
Aunt Sam tells her a story.
"The year after you came here to Earth to live, we, SG-1, went on a mission. But something went wrong with the Stargate, and we ended up in the past. In 1969. I figured out a way for us to get home, but we had to use it too early. We overshot and ended up somewhere in the future. And you sent us home."
It takes a moment for the words to penetrate. "Me? Where in the future?"
"We never knew," Aunt Sam says. "But you were an old woman there. You looked happy," she adds awkwardly.
Cassie feels a faint sense of betrayal, as if Aunt Sam is trying to steal something from her. Is this a lie, some way of convincing her that her future is full of promise? (Her guidance counselor says that all the time, even though Cassie's grades have slipped drastically this year.) If it's true, what does it matter? (Old? How old? How long does Aunt Sam expect her to go on living? Can't someone else save them? Why her?)
"Are you sure it was me?" she finally asks.
Aunt Sam smiles. "Very sure. The Colonel didn't recognize you, but I did. You told us our journey was just beginning."
Categories: episode related, multiple eras, character study, angst, time travel
Warnings: none
Author on LJ:
ivorygatesAuthor's Website: ivorygates at AO3
Link: Countdown, Causality, and Close Enough
Why This Must Be Read: This is a powerful, poignant exploration of Cassie's life, beginning on Hanka, through Janet's death, Jack's prolonged MIA status at the beginning of S7, and the initially-unwanted quest to get SG-1 safely back home from the far future in 1969. I love the way Ivorygates gives Cassie a different mindset and different perspectives, and the sheer hard work and challenges involved in getting the team back to the right time. Those missing loops of time are so intriguing, and this story treats us to a fascinating look at what might have been.
Aunt Sam tells her a story.
"The year after you came here to Earth to live, we, SG-1, went on a mission. But something went wrong with the Stargate, and we ended up in the past. In 1969. I figured out a way for us to get home, but we had to use it too early. We overshot and ended up somewhere in the future. And you sent us home."
It takes a moment for the words to penetrate. "Me? Where in the future?"
"We never knew," Aunt Sam says. "But you were an old woman there. You looked happy," she adds awkwardly.
Cassie feels a faint sense of betrayal, as if Aunt Sam is trying to steal something from her. Is this a lie, some way of convincing her that her future is full of promise? (Her guidance counselor says that all the time, even though Cassie's grades have slipped drastically this year.) If it's true, what does it matter? (Old? How old? How long does Aunt Sam expect her to go on living? Can't someone else save them? Why her?)
"Are you sure it was me?" she finally asks.
Aunt Sam smiles. "Very sure. The Colonel didn't recognize you, but I did. You told us our journey was just beginning."
