Ignorance is Bliss, by Rokeon

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Title: Ignorance is Bliss
Author: rokeon
Rating: G
Notes: Spoilers for "Letters from Pegasus." z_rayne suggested the title.
Summary: It's strange, recording everyone's last words.



Dr. Beckett's mother grows petunias. Lieutenant Murphy speaks to his cousin with sign language. Sergeant Bates and his little brother root for the Lakers. Ford never expected to know any of these things.

Dr. Weir was right, giving everyone the opportunity to send a message home has been great for morale. Being the cameraman, though, was unsettling. There are seventy-one members of the expedition team left. Dr. Kavanagh, Dr. McKay, and Major Sheppard aside; that's sixty-eight times he got to watch through the viewfinder as people said "I love you," "I miss you," and "Goodbye." Ford's heard last words before, even ones spoken with dying breaths. But he never had to interrupt people to remind them which parts of their tearful farewells were classified, never had to ask them to hold the thought while he got a new battery. This was the first time just listening felt like an invasion of privacy.

Dr. Metevier isn't sure her ex-husband will let their kids watch the tape. Dr. Weir doesn't want her boyfriend to wait for her to come back. Major Sheppard doesn't have anyone waiting at all.

He has no business knowing any of these things.

Comments

[crystalheaven.livejournal.com]

*wibble* Oh, that last bit, with Weir, and Sheppard, and then the not knowing? So sad.

Loved how you took and did this in Ford's POV. i've always felt bad for him, having to listen to everyone pour out their hearts on camera, tell them that they can't let loved ones know this or that *coughZelenkacough*.

Very well written. And a title? Hmmm... How about, 'Better Off Not Knowing'?

[rokeon.livejournal.com]

I'd never really thought about it until I started trying to come up with ideas for the challenge, but then it just kind of jumped out at me. Glad you liked it.

[zoerayne]

Oh, wow. That is just...so powerful. Heartbreaking, almost.

I love the way you interspersed characters we know with those we don't, adding detail and, with it, poignancy.

As for a title, what about "Ignorance is Bliss"?

[rokeon.livejournal.com]

I wasn't sure about the OCs, glad they worked. Thank you.

*pounces on title*

[aithine]

::sniff:: Excellent insight--poor Ford.

[rokeon.livejournal.com]

Thank you

[the-moonmoth.livejournal.com]

Loved it. Short and sharp and insightful. Great stuff. For a title, how about 'No Business'?

[rokeon.livejournal.com]

Glad you liked it

[laitaine]

Oh, that's beautiful. So poignant, so bittersweet. A great take on the challenge :)

Thanks for sharing.

[rokeon.livejournal.com]

Thank you

[rosewildeirish.livejournal.com]

Short, but powerful.

[rokeon.livejournal.com]

Thanks

[terrie01.livejournal.com]

This may be one of my fav. responses to this challenge so far. This is just... wonderful.

[rokeon.livejournal.com]

Glad you liked it, thanks.

[g_shadowslayer]

Wow -- that was beautiful. Gave me goosebumps. Wow...

[rokeon.livejournal.com]

Thanks

[stargatedragon.livejournal.com]

excellent work - so much emotion, so many thoughts in so few words.

wow.

[rokeon.livejournal.com]

Glad you liked it

[coreopsis.livejournal.com]

Very well done. Poor Ford. He got the lest fun voyeurism there is. :-)

[rokeon.livejournal.com]

A challenge that provides the ultimate excuse for a PWP, and I go with not-quite-angst. This probably says something about me.

[troyswann.livejournal.com]

Most most excellent!

[rokeon.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

[mylittleredgirl.livejournal.com]

A. ma. zing. I love this so. It's just... dude. And it's Ford! You have undying ficlove from my direction.

[rokeon.livejournal.com]

*g* Never even considered writing him before, so I don't know where Ford came from, but I'm glad he worked. Thanks.

[deannie.livejournal.com]

Beautiful! Thanks so much for sharing this little bit of Aiden with us. I always thought that whole thing had to be seriously weird for him.

[rokeon.livejournal.com]

It's kind of creepy, isn't it? Glad you liked it.

*iconlove*

[ilexa.livejournal.com]

Oh, that's just heartbreaking, really beautiful, and a really awesome way of looking at the episode that I hadn't thought of before. Wonderful story.

[rokeon.livejournal.com]

I hadn't thought of it either, but this is what my brain produces when I think 'voyeurism.' I'm kind of weird that way.

Glad you liked it.

[alyse]

Oh, that was a wonderful slant on the whole voyeur thing. I really enjoyed seeing Ford's perspective on the whole thing.

[rokeon.livejournal.com]

Glad you liked it

[sarren.livejournal.com]

Concise. Yet so poignant. *sniffle*

[rokeon.livejournal.com]

Thanks

[casspeach.livejournal.com]

Oh, wow. I had never even considered how hard Letters must have been for Ford. Brilliant insight and nicely-realised

[rokeon.livejournal.com]

Thank you

[tafkarfanfic.livejournal.com]

You pack a lot into a very few words. Nicely done.

[rokeon.livejournal.com]

Thank you

[canadian-snoopy.livejournal.com]

*Neat* way of interpreting 'voyeur' that has made me all thinky.

Lovely story!

[rokeon.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

[farwing.livejournal.com]

*sniffle*

[rokeon.livejournal.com]

Um, sorry?

[aclarar.livejournal.com]

lovely. sad and sweet.

[rokeon.livejournal.com]

Thanks

Wow

[cold-poet.livejournal.com]

That was just...so *pretty*

Totally awesome and thought provoking.

Re: Wow

[rokeon.livejournal.com]

Thank you

[ship-recs.livejournal.com]

This is lovely.

[rokeon.livejournal.com]

Thanks

[barkeep.livejournal.com]

Nice take on the challenge - I liked it a lot.
Very well done!

[misspamela.livejournal.com]

Oh, lovely! Wonderful character moment.