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9/25/2014 c1 Vwchick
Another great glimpse that should be in the books! I haven't checked your profile yet, but it would be amazing if you could write Petra/ peters story? Anyway thank you for this beautifully written piece. Btw the "i love you" Peter tells her is from bean gets me too, lol :)
1/16/2014 c1 6millernumber1
Amazing! Petra/Peter is something I wish had been explore more, for all the power it had at the end of Giant.
11/10/2013 c1 36CountryGrl
This is really lovely. There should be more Petra/Peter around. Thank you for sharing this :)
8/14/2013 c1 Jen
Oh god this was so perfect. I agree with you on the relationship, character development, the "fortunate tragedy" of it all, and so forth. You really have a good grasp of how significant and surprising this ship was. Beautifully written piece by the way. To me it was the perfect addendum; completely in the style/voice of the original series. Bravo! Truly a touching moment you caught here!
6/13/2013 c1 Guest
A beautiful story. Like you, I found the Peter/Petra relationship to be one of the most compelling and wished that Card had written more about them. I think that your story fits their characters beautifully and in my mind, what Card would have made their relationship like. Very well done.
4/17/2013 c1 27Lady White
I love this story very much and would love to see you write more Ender's Game fic's. Peter is a great person in the story and I think you did him very well. I hope see more of your writing.
2/28/2013 c1 Anon
I've read this story upwards of five times now, and I cry every time. Peter is one of the few fictional characters that I hold close to my heart, and you really did him justice in this story. There is a depth to him - a vulnerable strength - that resonates with me. Great job! I will undoubtedly be back to read this for a sixth (seventh, eighth...) time.
1/29/2013 c1 Julia n
Your comment thingy at the bottom was better than the story, and the story was really good. You just opened up a door of confusion on Petra/Bean/Peter love triangle.
4/27/2011 c1 4ConstellationPip
You know, when I first began reading the Ender saga I was disgusted by Peter. I felt the same fear and hatred in me that Ender felt towards Peter. I would read online quotes from people saying that they loved Peter and I just couldn't understand. I remember thinking to myself "How sick and twisted must someone be to love a boy like Peter?" It didn't take long for me realize something - I am Peter Wiggin. I am the same hateful, flawed, busted up person as Peter Wiggin. And when I read the end of his story, his quiet, hidden "I love you" to Petra, I cried. Not the shallow tears of a girl with a crush. Heavy, silent, bittersweet tears born from being so thankful that Peter might yet find love. That he wouldn't be alone, hated by everyone who never took the time to know him. In the beginning we all fall in love with Ender, his tormented life, and the salvation he brings to the human race. But it is Peter whom we are drawn to at the end of the day. I wonder if people see how complete the allegory is in the series? Ender may be the "savior" but Peter is every one of us who so desperately need to be saved. What would one be without the other?

I'm not sure how but I knew that Peter and Petra would be together. Or at least, I wanted it to be so. I think that as I fell in love with Peter I hoped and prayed that he would have love in the end. I saw Petra struggling after Bean's departure and felt myself willing them to open their eyes and find each other. I wanted it so badly for them. It was a sort of catharsis when I read Peter's "I love you" and then realized that it was not a part of Bean's letter. And yes, you're right, Bean saw everything so clearly and did what he knew should be done. So perfectly tragic.

I keep re-reading these books and I know they will always end the same, and yet they mean something a little different to me each time I close one to begin another. Truly great authoring is like that. It's what we aspire to as writers. To make someone hate a character and then love them with a devotion that most others would find silly, beyond that, unhealthy. But what is to say that what we find in a greatly loved story doesn't heal our hurts better than any medicine ever could?

Look at how I've blathered on when all I really meant to say was - Beautiful story.

(On a constructive criticism note - just a few grammatical errors, always best to check and double check. All in all very well done, just needs a little polishing.)

Bess
2/21/2011 c1 ohgodwhydidimakethis
I'm not a huge fan of Peter/Petra, but this fic actually made me sniffle a little...but that could have been my cold.

I like this. I like it a lot. Please, continue with writing for this fandom.

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