Catalysts & Crucibles

Fanfiction
Title:	Catalysts & Crucibles
Author(s):	Carolyn Fulton
Date(s):	1996
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Fandom(s):	Star Trek: DS9
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External Links:	Catalysts & Crucibles AO3
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Catalysts & Crucibles is a Star Trek: DS9 story by Carolyn Fulton.

It was the winner of an ASC Award.

It was posted to alt.startrek.creative and printed in Love and Justice.

Reactions and Reviews

Another damn good one, putting 'em both through the wringer and all that. Unsettled ending -- good thing we didn't have to wait for the sequel to *that* one -- hint, hint! (Still waiting on the follow-up to "About Face", *and* the next installment of "Changed Perceptions"!) I admit I had some problems at first with *Odo* getting custody of Lwaxana's kid instead of his *real* father, but on further consideration -- given that the whole wedding business was to *make* Odo the kid's legal father -- I can see how Odo *would* be the next in line to take care of Ry'mell. Now why doesn't anyone else follow up on this? And why hasn't the show at least *mentioned* the fact that Odo has a "son" on Betazed? I can just see Lwaxana using that as a ploy to get more time around Odo -- except she isn't *doing* that anymore, is she? (Sigh. Another good plot idea going to waste.) Definitely like Kira and Odo playing mommy and daddy, and this is a hell of a lot more plausible post-Kirayoshi. I still think Kira needs to have Odo come "help her babysit". Of course, that would be even *better* were Odo still human and actually plausibly capable of having a few kids of his own -- not that we really care if it's *plausible* in fanfic, do we? Oh, and I just have to say that I absolutely *loved* Odo's comment about his, shall we say, former sex life? Which I won't repeat here, for the benefit of the easily offended and/or those who haven't read the story -- wouldn't want to ruin the shock of the line! (Trust me, you'll know it when you come to it!)