Anoikis (B5, S5, Lyta, rated G)

[vjs2259.livejournal.com]

Title: Anoikis (homelessness)

Author: vjs2259 

Character(s): Lyta Alexander

Rated: G

Word Count: ~270

Warnings: mid-Season 5, Phoenix Rising

Author's Note:  I heard the concept of anoikis discussed in a lecture, and the word stuck in my head. Being who I am, I (almost) immediately thought of Babylon 5. :)

from The Wiki: The word Anoikis was coined by Frisch and Francis in a paper published in the Journal of Cell Biology in 1994. Anoikis, in their words, means "(...the state of being without a home) to describe the cells' apoptotic response to the absence of cell–matrix interactions."

 

Comments

[flarn-chef.livejournal.com]

revealing a small tidy room that smelled of emptiness
...and a telepath of her magnitude could most likely smell emptiness... that simply.
What a multi-sensory picture you've offered to us mundanes!

[vjs2259.livejournal.com]

Thank you! Empty rooms have a certain feel, don't they? Poor Lyta was yanked from pillar to post in the series. B5-Earth-Mars-B5 again-Vorlon space-B5 AGAIN, with one set of quarters, then it was stripped, then re-furnished, then she was shuffled off to a smaller place, then her stint in Brown Sector.
For human telepaths, PsiCorps is meant to be their home, and it never was for her.

[benswoman.livejournal.com]

I always liked Lyta, much more than I ever liked Talia (which was easy since I couldn't stand her). I wished that they'd explored Lyta more and what the Vorlons did to her rather than the Byron storyline.

You did an excellent job of portraying how she must have felt with each change her life took. She indeed had no home, especially after the Vorlons changed her.

[vjs2259.livejournal.com]

The telepaths as a whole fascinate me, although Talia was a bit insufferable. Lovely smoky voice though. Lyta is more real due to her vulnerability and her seeming anxiety to fit in, to find her place. Thanks for reading!