DPP: Mythology

[useyourlove.livejournal.com]

I'm pretty fond of all the Greek (and later Roman) references that are woven throughout BSG. For some reason, I love when people incorporate the mythologies into their fics. What's your favorite thing for people to work into fics? What's your favorite bit of mythology related to pilots (see my icon for mine! The whole Arrow of Apollo thing is just priceless.)

I also like when the actual historical mythology comes up in BSG discussions and meta, and it tends to illuminate things in different ways. What pieces of mythology have you come across that make you rethink some of your assumptions? What make you see the story in a different way?

We've pretty much been talking about this all week, haven't we?? ;-)

Comments

[rachelindeed.livejournal.com]

I've enjoyed playing with mythology in my stories as well. I wrote a Kara/Lee version of the Persephone myth called He Kindly Stopped for Me (http://rachelindeed.livejournal.com/11816.html), which was fun, and a post-finale ficlet about Lee called Telemachus (http://rachelindeed.livejournal.com/8915.html) which explored some parallels with The Odyssey. And the fourth little section in Five histories and one present (http://rachelindeed.livejournal.com/10716.html) is set during the Trojan War, with Lee as Hector and Kara as Iphegenia. So yeah, I dabble. I think that kind of storytelling can be beautiful.

I think one of the very best stories out there is shah_of_blah's amazing Portraits (http://shah-of-blah.livejournal.com/30531.html), which is about how Kara's memory grows into legend.

And taragel's lovely, tragic Maelstrom fic that she mentioned above is called Faith Like Wings (http://taragel.livejournal.com/76433.html#cutid1).

My personal favorite Artemis reference comes in the middle of brynnmck's gorgeous Academy fic One Taste of the Apple (http://brynnmck.livejournal.com/32749.html).

And I know that both kag523 and deborah_judge incorporate mythology very deeply in their stories.

[useyourlove.livejournal.com]

Oh my great goodness your stories sound amazing and are going on my long list of to-read. And ah! You bring more! :-) I always love the way kag523 weaves her own bit of mythology with show canon and existing myths. That's one of my favorite parts of her stories.

[callmeonetrack.livejournal.com]

Oops--that wasn't the fic I meant actually. But thank you for the kind rec!(I wrote a really short drabble-like fic that literally was Lee dreaming that he was the real Apollo as he died, and Kara opening the gates to heaven for him. I'm not sure where it is now, it was here on N_T somewhere in commentland!)

[rachelindeed.livejournal.com]

Oh, yes, of course, I remember that. It was back in my relatively early fandom days, I think.

I wrote something about Apollo & Aurora that time, too. I can google a sentence from it and find the post. Hang on...

Here it is: Apollo and Aurora taragel comment!fic (http://no-takebacks.livejournal.com/59290.html?thread=4257946#t4257946)

*i can haz mad google skillz*

[useyourlove.livejournal.com]

GOOGLE FOO! ;-)

[callmeonetrack.livejournal.com]

ah thanks bb! I'll archive it on my site this time!