Date: 24 Mar 2015 06:14 Title: Colleagues
I like Joss. And not just because, perhaps coincidentally, that happens to be my 13 year old son's name (he goes by it, or Miah, which he chose himself when he was two).
Cyril's story is gripping and profound, and I loved the connection that developed so quickly about those two...
And I'm still smiling about those antennae enhancements!
Author's Response:
Oh, thank you! You're very kind.
Joss is (and his siblings, too) kind of an everychild. In so much of Trek, childhood is either one long miserable slog (nuKirk) or you're a genius (Wesley Crusher), it seems.
Joss, Marie Patrice, Tommy, Neil, and Declan live off the Earth and fly in rockets at times, etc., but they also go to Prom, engage in sibling rivalry, and need help finding their way. Kinda like kids really do. :)
Cyril is someone who in the MU is a torturer, but here he's an older guy and I didn't just want him to be Pamela's uncle or Cindy's grandfather. He's a person and he has a backstory like we all do.
Miah? How neat!
Date: 07 Mar 2015 19:17 Title: Colleagues
Doctor "Skip" really opened up to young Joss, though it was difficult for him to relate that wartime tale. He has given the budding veterinarian excellent advice.
It was funny how differently Auntie Pam...oops..."Pamela" and Skip expected Joss to address them. Kids have to walk a minefield of adult relationships, don't they?
Author's Response:
They sure do. These stories are a lot about identity. Pamela is the sort of person who wasn't treated too well, whereas Skip was held at arm's length. So now they want the opposite.
Thank you for reading!
Date: 17 Feb 2015 15:36 Title: Legends
I loved the little detail of even the small children playing tag in the dream as they follow the instructions to "be with who you desire." Very innocent and sweet. As always, this family is a complicated web, but they seem to be striving valiantly to make it work. You clearly spend a lot of time worldbuilding in your mind -- it must be a very interesting place. :)
Author's Response:
My mind or Lafa II? :)
PS Thank you for reading and reviewing. And of course this is Tommy with Takara, the woman whose name is his last-ever word.
Date: 16 Feb 2015 14:10 Title: More, More, More!
Looking good in that suit, Jonathan. Good luck with Captain Erika.
Nice story! That meatball infestation caused some amusing difficulties, but his time traveling friend helped him through it. Seems a rather hard way to get immunized. Personally, I'll take the injection.
Author's Response:
Oh my gosh, this old story! Thank you for reading - in some ways, it's a start to Times of the HG Wells.
Date: 07 Feb 2015 18:28 Title: Third Worth More Than First
What a sad tale. You could not have made the contrast between these two societies any sharper. I can see why the Daranaeans call the afterlife the "place of good smells". Their society stinks.
I do wish that Moralia and her pouchling could have survived and perhaps sought refuge on a more hospitable planet in the Federation, but alas...her conditioning might have made that impossible.
You packed a lot into this small story, and it definitely drew me in.
Date: 31 Jan 2015 01:35 Title: Theorizing
Interesting that you did this, Jes. Thinking of the QL jokes in ENT screencaps on STL.
Author's Response:
Thanks for reading.
Date: 04 Jan 2015 17:32 Title: Eight
Haha. Always a pleasure to see Levi.
Date: 04 Jan 2015 17:29 Title: Eight
I echo Janeway: temporal mechanics gives me a headache. Sweet scene, though.
Date: 04 Jan 2015 17:27 Title: Eight
Quite a sacrifice. I haven't read your Eriecho stories, but now I'm curious how this all turns out.
Author's Response:
Oh, thanks - I had never (spoiler alert) written H'Shema alive before.
Date: 04 Jan 2015 17:24 Title: Eight
You write Daniels sleeping around the timeline quite a bit, but nice to see he cares somewhat for the consequences. (Unless, of course he plans to go sleep with Wendy, too. Yes, I went there.)
Author's Response:
Ha - he's actually not allowed to return to the MU during Hoshi's lifetime. It's a condition of allowing Jun to live.
Date: 01 Jan 2015 20:12 Title: Eight
Didn't explain it right - I knew who Jun was, and his background and history, but didn't understand the reference at the end to the name 'Wendy' - literally. ;-)
Author's Response:
Oh - it's that she's Jun's wife. Up until that moment, Rick has no idea who his daughter-in-law is. He has to send Tom on a mission to get that information.
[Report This]Date: 01 Jan 2015 06:24 Title: Theorizing
I must admit crossovers are nit my cup of tea, however this one works brilliantly. It would have made a cool episode of Enterprise or Quantam Leap. And I'll bet Scott Bakula would have had fun with it.
The best thing here is the characters. You handled Beckett's Leaping and handling a new, bizarre situation well. I also enjoyed seeing T'Pol in command while Archer is there but he isn't.
Well done all around.
Author's Response:
Oh, thank you so much! I always kind of wondered how he would feel, and how he would react, without guidance. I supposed he would make up his own rules and go from there.
Date: 31 Dec 2014 21:08 Title: Eight
Tommy and Takara conversation is like all of your inter-verse dream conversations always leave people wanting more.
Author's Response:
Oh, thank you!
Date: 24 Dec 2014 16:32 Title: Eight
All these bits and pieces were intriguing. "Human Units", pouch feeders, and a dream pregnancy? And there is something so right about a Klingon butcher. I can just see him in a big white apron, all Worfish, dreaming of pancakes.
Well written.
Author's Response:
Oh, thank you so much! They all come together under the one big banner of family. :)
[Report This]Date: 21 Dec 2014 20:30 Title: Eight
Naughty Otra D’Angelo I am sure she said that just to see Levi reaction.
Still I do like Admiral Carmen Calavicci team have the best parties.
Author's Response:
Oh, I hope so - and poor Levi! All he wants is to just blend into the background.
[Report This]Date: 21 Dec 2014 20:28 Title: Eight
Nice little drabble.
Yes that must be one massive headache to organize the food and seating planning when you have such large family units, still I bet it is a good old knees up once it gets started.
Author's Response:
They're at least cooperative. But man, the noise!!
[Report This]Date: 21 Dec 2014 20:26 Title: Eight
Lol, I do like the humor of your stories Jespah,
Yes the headaches of accidental temporal kick-backs and generational ships.
Author's Response:
Oh, many thanks!
Date: 21 Dec 2014 20:23 Title: Eight
So that how H’Shema and Saddik met and poor Eriecho got her name.
In so few words you recreated that horrible prison of Canamar and show what a little miracle Eriecho is.
Author's Response:
She's one of my fave characters (don't tell the others).
[Report This]Date: 21 Dec 2014 20:18 Title: Eight
So let see what drabble joy you have for us this time Jespah.
Well it seem Daniels can’t keep away from his Mirror family, to see an harsh Emperor soften for his daughter name Wendy.
Nicely done.
Author's Response:
Oh, thank you! :)
Date: 18 Nov 2014 21:47 Title: Theorizing
Wow, what a fantastic idea. When you read the pitch, it suddenly makes sense and I could not believe nobody has thought of writing something like this before.
You did a great job updating the Quantum Leap world, taking the ending of the series in a completely unexpected but eminently logical directon - I love the idea of Sam being moved on to a wider world, a larger canvas, and would love to read some of those other adventures.
He fits in well with the Star Trek world, his reaction to the sight of Phlox providing a humerous but realistic way of bringing him into this world as himself, and I really enjoyed the little letter that he received from Archer (I pictured the end of Back to the Future 2 where Marty receives the Old West letter from Doc... ) I liked the way he included Lili and Jenny into the conversation at the end, as well.
Very interesting indeed! Great stuff. Look forward to reading more.
Author's Response:
Oh, thank you so much! I will probably get crackin' one of these days and write more Sam. I really think they would have pulled him around to all sorts of wacky places. The Roman Colosseum? Why the hell not? :) I am a big fan of QL and the first fan fic I ever wrote was QL, in maybe (a guess) '98? It's long gone, lost to the dustbin of computer changes.
The letter is definitely inspired by the old west letter in BTTF2, although Sam and Al really do this in The Leap Back. That episode in particular was an inspiration for this storyline.
Thank you for reading.
Date: 11 Sep 2014 23:02 Title: Dear Naurr, Dear Lili
Yay another letter reply from Lili, Naurr tale will be waving as usual upon reading it.
I think you’ve done a good job of showing Lili good heart nature by her relationship with both Treve and with Yimar the sitter. Also a nice trick to highlight her tiredness with her unusually short reply.
Top marks as always.
Author's Response:
Aw, thanks - a short reply as I was kinda tired myself. :)
Date: 03 Sep 2014 22:16 Title: About Nine Months
Well Done Jespah after the bleakness of the early chapters you found a way to give back hope and inspiration to Lili family unit and show the littlest of things can have the biggest of impacts.
The old proverb you don’t know what you’ve got till you lose it seem to echo in that funeral thoughts from the various people.
Well done on completing that sad short story. The pain of their lose felt real but so to do the family unit inner strength at the end.
Author's Response:
Thank you. All I want is for them to feel real. I'm glad they did, even in their bleakest hour.