I'm finally starting to read through the soups, and yay, A is first!
I love the worldbuilding here with the terms Bra'tac uses: higher count tongue Goa'uld (of Ra!) vs. lower, "throneworld," Jaffa rumors and whispers about ashraks.
"I am Bra'tac of Chulak. By what name are you known?"
"I am known most frequently by orak," the ashrak said. Abomination. "By name, I am Bakhu."
...Whew. And this:
Surely, Bra'tac thought, there would be songs of this quiet little mission, painted by the imaginations of those who thought a First Prime and an ashrak would never be wasted on a task so meaningless. These would be the same bards who sang of the infinite glory and wisdom of Apophis.
I LOVE how intelligent Bra'tac is here. So shrewd in recognizing the falsity of myths. I wonder if Apophis ever considered the risk of sending an ashrak with a Jaffa and expecting the Jaffa to be unchanged by the experience? Or, as Bra'tac would say, how very like Apophis to not even think of it. Or, even worse, think of it and not care.
Is there somewhere in your headcanon where the two of them met again?
Great fic, Magistrate. Thanks for contributing. :)
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Date: 2012-07-02 07:49 pm (UTC)I love the worldbuilding here with the terms Bra'tac uses: higher count tongue Goa'uld (of Ra!) vs. lower, "throneworld," Jaffa rumors and whispers about ashraks.
"I am Bra'tac of Chulak. By what name are you known?"
"I am known most frequently by orak," the ashrak said. Abomination. "By name, I am Bakhu."
...Whew. And this:
Surely, Bra'tac thought, there would be songs of this quiet little mission, painted by the imaginations of those who thought a First Prime and an ashrak would never be wasted on a task so meaningless. These would be the same bards who sang of the infinite glory and wisdom of Apophis.
I LOVE how intelligent Bra'tac is here. So shrewd in recognizing the falsity of myths. I wonder if Apophis ever considered the risk of sending an ashrak with a Jaffa and expecting the Jaffa to be unchanged by the experience? Or, as Bra'tac would say, how very like Apophis to not even think of it. Or, even worse, think of it and not care.
Is there somewhere in your headcanon where the two of them met again?
Great fic, Magistrate. Thanks for contributing. :)