If you're wondering how I found your story, I was having a conversation about B5 a little while ago with an LJ friend, and it came around to me saying:
"Speaking of Ivanova, one of my regrets about her is that her feelings for Talia never got explored further. (There must be an epic fanfic out there somewhere exploring that extremely fraught relationship, but I have no idea where to start looking.)"
and her replying:
"Ask and ye shall receive!"
and linking me here.
I watched all of B5 on DVD just a year or so ago (late to the party, I know). I was sad and angry when the Psi Corps personality-killed Talia; it seemed to me that within the show, Ivanova didn't really get a chance to grieve. There was never really closure for the two of them, either.
So basically your story fixed everything!
This was so well-written, such a believable slice of the B5-verse. Ivanova's voice was spot on ( "I thought that if they really need to know about that, they can go out and buy their own damn pornography"—hee! ).
There were so many little touches to love. The Ivanova fan club (that so happened, I have absolutely no doubt!), the coffee beans roasted in Starfury exhaust, the metaphor of the palimpsest—wonderful.
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If you're wondering how I found your story, I was having a conversation about B5 a little while ago with an LJ friend, and it came around to me saying:
"Speaking of Ivanova, one of my regrets about her is that her feelings for Talia never got explored further. (There must be an epic fanfic out there somewhere exploring that extremely fraught relationship, but I have no idea where to start looking.)"
and her replying:
"Ask and ye shall receive!"
and linking me here.
I watched all of B5 on DVD just a year or so ago (late to the party, I know). I was sad and angry when the Psi Corps personality-killed Talia; it seemed to me that within the show, Ivanova didn't really get a chance to grieve. There was never really closure for the two of them, either.
So basically your story fixed everything!
This was so well-written, such a believable slice of the B5-verse. Ivanova's voice was spot on ( "I thought that if they really need to know about that, they can go out and buy their own damn pornography"—hee! ).
There were so many little touches to love. The Ivanova fan club (that so happened, I have absolutely no doubt!), the coffee beans roasted in Starfury exhaust, the metaphor of the palimpsest—wonderful.
So, thank you for writing, and for sharing!