Now we sink into a summer afternoon
Central park in june
Marveling at the bounty our days contain
And I feel it like the shiver
Of a passing train
That other life, deep underground
You and I, side by side
We are the next time around
--"In Another Life" by Vienna Teng
One of the things that came up in the Joe's Bar post the other day was The Poof, and more specifically people who thought the Poof was not the end. Whether it be that Kara had the choice to leave and come back at will, that they would see each other in the afterlife, or would be reincarnated, the poof was not going to keep Pilots apart forever.
I'm going to open with a couple of fic recs:
leiascully 's
New York AU. Which is multi-part and made of so much wonderful I can't even begin. The title sort of says it all. Kara and Lee, reincarnated in New York. (A few parts of this story are A/R)
ariastar 's
This Is Not Our Fate. I love this fic, though possibly because I spent so much time talking it out with the author on trips to the pizza place. It's an ensemble cast (Kara, Lee, Sam, Dee, Zak, Helo, Boomer, Athena, Gaeta, Adama, Roslin, and Leoben) college reincarnation story--all about getting things right this time. There is a big shuffle of who everyone is to each other (i.e. certain people who were siblings are not and vice-versa, there's some change in who is whose parent, etc... Leoben is not a creeper... not very creepy at least...) Kara/Lee is definitely a part of it, most apparent at the end though.
wisteria_ 's
Aegis (Part 1) and
(Part 2) A crossover with L&O UK. Matt Devlin/Kara Thrace. ABSOLUTELY AMAZING. Kara has been going around, through the ages, helping Lee out of scrapes in various lives... she's not supposed to really be a part of his life, just save it... but when she meets him as Matt Devlin, it becomes much harder to resist. LOVE IT.
Did I Fall Asleep? Part 1 (and Part 2) is my own story, so shamelessly plugging here. A crossover with Dollhouse, Paul Ballard meets a new handler, just transferred from the Dollhouse in London. His name is Lee Josephs and it is the second time this week Paul has been struck with the most intense feeling of déjà vu he’s ever had.
I'm a big proponent of the reincarnation idea when it comes to BSG, since there's an already established cycle of time. (Whether or not RDM admits it, I feel like it's completely backed up with Kat, Stinger, Duck, and Hadrian being on
Caprica...er... the folks who played them. You know what I mean.) So I always believed that Kara and Lee would meet again in another life, and keep meeting over and over, and they'd probably mess it up a couple of times, but they'd get it right sometimes too.
What do you think Kara and Lee would be like in reincarnated lives--whether they be present, historical, or possibly before BSG? What would they do, would they be at all familiar with other reincarnated souls or are they alone? Fic recs? Thoughts?