Sheer randomness

[sholio]

I was answering a comment over on AO3 on my old Stargate fic Old Soldiers Die Hard, the one with Annie the candystriper viewpoint OC, and got to thinking about the elapsed time since I posted it in 2006. She was probably meant to be in her late teens in the story, something like 17 or 18, which means that if she aged in realtime, she'd be in her late 30s now.

I was thinking about this in particular because it was always one of my most popular fics in that fandom, and people often asked for a sequel to that story about Annie grown up (and still do now and then). I don't mind being asked, although it is definitely not happening because I've long since moved on, but it's a bit wild to consider the passage of time in that particular way.

(Annie is grown up and doing fine, btw.)

Comments

[sovay]

my old Stargate fic Old Soldiers Die Hard, the one with Annie the candystriper viewpoint OC

It works great without knowing canon, too. Sfnal mechanics perfectly clear.

[sholio]

Thank you! <3 That is genuinely really lovely to hear.

[sovay]

That is genuinely really lovely to hear.

(I also wouldn't expect it to have a sequel because of its particular kind of open ending.)

[lunabee34]

I love that story so much. Outsider POV is so great.

[trobadora]

Oh damn, that takes me back. That was such a fantastic story! I still love it.

[philomytha]

Another to vouch that the story works even if you don't know canon - and is really great! And wow, yeah, the passage of time _@