After you first linked to fandom high a few weeks ago, Betsy, I went over and poked about a bit. I determined that there was no possible way I could hope to follow 1/10 of what was going on, without quitting my job and giving up all other leisure activities.

Fascinating but.

Brighid has posted a really lovely Halloweeny Firefly story here. [link] Spoilers for Serenity!

Owie. That was gorgeous.

And Atlantis watchers should go read Salieri's The Lay of Celoni More, which may be the most creative Atlantis story I've yet read. Just brilliant. Gen.

So much of Atlantis fic pairs up the two male leads, I'm almost surprised to be reminded that the slash isn't canon for the most part.

Oddly enough, I never ran into that problem with Angel.

What I find especially charming about SGA slash is the way in which writers cheerfully admit that "aliens made us do it" is a total wish-fulfilment fantasy -- and then go ahead and write it anyway, and do it well. It's as if they're on a mission from God to improve all the bad premises.

Lawrence Watt Evans used to regularly say that (paraphrasing) there's no really bad ideas, just unimaginative writers, and the older I get, the more I believe him.

What I find especially charming about SGA slash is the penguins.

Crazy. But cute.

...oh, damn. And now I want to go and read more John/Rodney goodness, just because they're So. Damned. Adorable. In an almost Due South- ish kind of way. Bless.

Plus - Ronan. Or possibly Ronon. Teh hot. Gah.

I think the thing I find most charming about SGA slash is the hot men that do sex.

My expectations are powerfully colored by the fandoms I've been in, but, dude -- all these relationships, where is my angst? It is confounding how nice and well-adjusted everybody seems to be.

There needs to be an outbreak of the un-charming kind of character flaws.