Date: 13 Jun 2014 21:42 Title: Chapter 5
Wow! Wondering how all this will turn out. Was Prime Maren's statement that the drones are innocent true? Without their King to direct them, will they become redeemable in this universe? Will the people here be willing to give them a chance now that they are free, or will they simply destroy them based on preconceived notions? Will our Maren step in on their behalf? She wasn't able to save Icheb in either universe, but this could be something she does to make his death worthwhile; as a way to pay homage to the man she loved. And true - will she be able to return to her own universe given that she has been 'assimilated' in this one. Will Mirror JQ let her?
I hope I'm wrong, but I have a sneaking suspicion that the epilogue may reveal all was not as it seemed...
Date: 08 Jun 2014 19:20 Title: Chapter 5
Damn! Twisty twisted. whoah. So yeah, figured it right about Borg King being Icheb and then his playing to get to her but he played her wrong and it bit him in the ass - not literally but hey almost. Damn, MU-Maren rocked it there at the end. A great climax to things.
Of note is should be said how it is kinda adorale and kinda horrid that MU JQ was willing to skip the universe with his Maren and screw the MU over if it kept his Maren safe. How sweet: Fuck you Universe, I love Maren.
And I like that in this the Mirror Universe, you did in fact Mirror the heart of Tesseract being a love story pitted against a background of epic scale, a fight for the future of mankind and the nature of it verses the Borg Collective. Only the players got interchanged and swapped about. But it still ends up being Icheb that causes so much pain for Maren and poor JQ gets shafted to the sidelines.
Author's Response: Yeah, I did contemplate her biting him in the ass, but figured that might be stretching credulity a tad... :) Glad you liked the way things ended. Yeah, JQ definitely had only one thing in mind - save Maren and get the hell out. It was my way of differentiating the two JQs, I would like to think that OUR JQ wouldn't make this decision, though that is entirely up to the creator herself... :) Man, I had not thought of it the way you described this as a mirror of Tesseract with the love story et al but the result being the same, but I guess it is true. Would love to take conscious credit for it, but... I'll take unconscious credit instead! :) Thanks for the comment!
Date: 08 Jun 2014 11:03 Title: Chapter 5
Of course the Mirror Icheb would be playing Maren, glad she spot the answer in time.
I think the anti-Borg business is about to pick up.
Author's Response: Only just in time, though :) Thanks!
Date: 07 Jun 2014 15:15 Title: Chapter 5
Oh wow! She pulled an Admiral Janeway (Endgame style) and did it! God!
Author's Response: Didn't think of the Janeway parallel, but yeah definitely. Thanks for the comment!
Date: 06 Jun 2014 22:17 Title: Chapter 5
Oh my freaking God. This keeps getting more intense. Poor JQ! Poor Maren (both of them)! And wow, Icheb is a stone cold jerk in this universe. Now I want to know his MU backstory!
You dispatched Adele and Janeway quickly and unexpectedly. Well played. And as for Maren's final act of self-sacrifice and aggression against Mirror Icheb ... God, that was wrenching.
So now, what's Maren going to do? How's she going to get unborgified and back to her own universe? Will JQ let her? Will JQ destroy the command cube? Will Maren let him?
So many questions, once again. I cannot wait to see how you end this. I read it on my phone earlier today and haven't been able to stop thinking about it since. Such a relief to get back to my computer and review it.
Author's Response: If you insist, I'm sure I can find a way of writing a few little scenelets about this MU Icheb... If you insist :) Yeah, time running out for them and me so the dispatching had to be sudden and quick! So glad you enjoyed this so much, no matter what happens with the challenge, I feel so cool that you feel I did justice to these characters I love so much!
Date: 06 Jun 2014 18:08 Title: Chapter 5
Eek! Okay, I would like to thank you right now for the brand-new nightmare inspirations. Showing up naked to final exams was just not cutting it any more.
And, well, this had to be a one-way ticket, of course. And so it is.
Author's Response: You're most welcome... :D Nightmares R' Us, providing your nightly terrors since 1743 :)