halfamoon | Recs: Farscape (Other Female Characters)

And still more Farscape recs!

This last post has a variety of female characters: the minor, re-occuring, and one-shot women who filled in the background against which Our Crew had their adventures. From the enemies they faced through the people they passed along the way to the very ship that carried them though the stars...As always - 'ware spoiler warnings! And as always - I could not have done this without

kernezelda.

Picking out just a score of stories was hard. Check out the longer list that Kernie put together here.

On to the recs!

Gilina:

Hold by Ebonbird, NR, (give it a PG), mild het, Season One She is such a little mermaid. What happens to the girl you leave behind?

Foolish Girl by

fourteenlines, R, Season One She thinks she can save him. Foolish girl. Gilina, keeping on, keeping on.

Mele-on Grayza:

In Bloom by

kixxa,R, het/bob, pre-series - Kixxa tells us a tale about how it began.

Undercover Blues by

life_on_queen, PG, post-series and PKW Grayza's undercover. Aeryn isn't. This could end badly. Polished and well-written. The Graza voice is convincing in its threatening undercurrents.

Jool:

Let Them Eat Cake by

astrogirl2, PG, mild slash. Season 3 Jool gets a lesson. Chiana gets dessert. Jool and Chiana, and a conflict of priorities. *Funny*.

Lost by BetanSurvey, G, gen, Season 3 She wasn't lying - she couldn't remember. Short and solid Jool background. For me, it was one of those "change the way you see the character" stories.

Leslie Chricton

Lost Saints by

fourteenlines PG, het, Pre-series Leslie travels over oceans. It's about Leslie, but it weaves in the rest of the Crichtons as well.

Olivia Crichton

Meeting Family by

kernezelda, G, Season 4, "Terra Firma" She look at Moya's walls with awe. Aeryn escorts John's sister through the living ship.

A New Direction by

cretkid, G, Season 4, "Terra Firma". Sometimes it's not what people tell you. Olivia and her brother talk. Sort of. (Ignore the formating on this one. I think the story's worth it.)

Ephemera by

fourteenlines, PG, gen, Season 4, "Terra Firma", futurefic. She will grow old. Oh, Olivia.

Susan Crichton

The Other Sister by

life_on_queen, G, gen, pre-series Susan keeps the faith. This is not a happy story. But to me it seems real. (This author has written several other (more hopeful) stories about this same character.)

Noranti:

Recipere by KodiakkeMax, PG-13, Season 4. He cried out for the perfect sauce, but they wanted the leavings of his mind, brain-stem soup supped down and lapped with long pink tongues. One of the creepiest and most unsettling things to come out of the fanfic for this fandom - which, imo, is saying something.

Xhalax Sun:

Threnody for Innocence by

kerlin, PG-13, pre-series Impossible choices and damned from the start. This is Xhalax Sun. Highly recommended

Butterfly Effect by

kernezelda, PG, gen/bob, AU from Season 3, "Relativity" "It's a girl," she whispered. "The medtech said I'll have a daughter." Cause and effect and unforseen consequences.

Five Things that Never Happened to Xhalax Sun by

pellucid, R, het/bob, Season 3, With Talyn it's like flying in that storm over and over, the terror always warring with the thrill. One night it's too much, and she's crying for the first time since she was a young cadet; he's holding her, trying to help but making it worse, and she can't stop falling.

Moya:

Finally Free by

veritykindle, PG, gen, Season 3 Chains come in more than one form.

Burial by

queenal, PG, bob, Season 3. Short and chilling.

Various Others:

First Loyalty by

florastuart, PG, gen, pre-series. She knows this is the end. A plausable and engrossing incident in the pre-series life of Lt Teeg.

Better Living Through Chemistry by

rubberneck, R, gen, Season 3, "Scratch 'N' Sniff (Raxil) I think I liked this short fic best because of the excellent voices.

Linear Progression by

sugargroupie, R, het, Season 4, "Terra Firma" A longer story, exploring the earth woman that Crichton left behind. (Caroline)

Third Wheel by

sugargroupie, PG, het, Season 4, "Bringing Home the Beacon" AU. It's billed as crack!fic, and I can't argue, but the central premise is one that's been done in canon, I can't help but laugh and keep reading.

As always, feel free to add your own recs.