beatrice_otter: Finn holding a blue lightsaber (Finn)
beatrice_otter ([personal profile] beatrice_otter) wrote2016-07-31 04:47 pm

Fic rec: no room for sympathy

no room for sympathy (9837 words) by apricots
Fandom: Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens (2015), Star Wars: Before the Awakening - Greg Rucka
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: phasma/original female character
Characters: Phasma (Star Wars), Original Female Character(s), Finn (Star Wars)
Additional Tags: Character Study, Origin Story, Pre-Canon, Angst, stormtroopers in training, Canon-Typical Violence, Unhappy Ending, Canon Compliant, Doomed Relationship, Slow Burn, Brainwashing, Emotional Hurt, Hurt No Comfort, Child Soldiers, a potentially dangerous level of empathy
Summary: Captain Phasma in her years as a young stormtrooper-in-training. Everything she says about being a stormtrooper, she learned the hard way.

This is an AWESOME look at Phasma and her backstory and what it's like to be a trooper in the First Order.  Chilling and perfect.