Rec: The Man In Black by aralias

[lyakahime.livejournal.com]

Story: The Man In Black
Author: aralias
Rating: All Ages
Word Count: 957
Author’s Summary: Like John Smith, Yana tells stories about a madman with his face and a time machine.
Characters/Pairings: Professor Yana, Chantho
Warnings: none

Recced because: In a word, haunting. We get so little time with Professor Yana in the series, and everything we see of him is focused on his work on the rocket. What else was he like? What were his hobbies? How did he interact with people who weren’t time-traveling alien scientists?

This wonderful piece – short and, yes, bitterly sweet – is a character study of Yana, through the medium of the stories he tells to children. After all, the truth lies at the bottom of the stories we tell of ourselves.

Comments

[aralias.livejournal.com]

thank you for this rec. it seems so long ago that i wrote it and indeed it is (five years ago and 19 days), but it works really well, i think. in fact, it feels a bit too clever for me. ah well.

thank you very much, anyway, for the rec.

[lyakahime.livejournal.com]

You are welcome, and thank YOU for writing it! (I just realized I never commented on the fic itself. Now i have guilt. In my defense, I was busy flailing over Meanwhile.) This one really stuck with me and I knew people would love it :)

[a-phoenixdragon.livejournal.com]

Definitely looking forward to reading this one!

*HUGS*

[lyakahime.livejournal.com]

::hugs back:: I am loving all the hugs on this comm :) come back and tell me if you liked it! (Also tell aralias. Maybe she will write MOAR. There could be a series of bedtime stories. Like the old Buck Rogers stuff!)