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.
Oh, Pacey! You blind idiot. Can't you see she doesn't love you?
Spike ,'Help'
Fan Fiction II: Great story! Where's the sequel?
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Matt the Bruins fan - Oct 30, 2005 10:02:46 am PST #1303 of 10434
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Betsy HP - Oct 30, 2005 11:10:54 am PST #1304 of 10434
If I only had a brain...
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.
Theodosia - Oct 30, 2005 11:41:05 am PST #1305 of 10434
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
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.
Fay - Oct 30, 2005 12:07:30 pm PST #1306 of 10434
"Fuck Western ideologically-motivated gender identification!" Sulu gasped, and came.
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.
Jars - Oct 30, 2005 1:29:13 pm PST #1307 of 10434
I think the thing I find most charming about SGA slash is the hot men that do sex.
Nutty - Oct 30, 2005 4:46:44 pm PST #1308 of 10434
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
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.
§ ita § - Oct 30, 2005 4:51:03 pm PST #1309 of 10434
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Like dandruff?
Nutty - Oct 30, 2005 5:07:32 pm PST #1310 of 10434
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
Dandruff is not a character flaw. Dandruff is like flatulence, love-handles, and allergies -- physical flaw. Although if a character were simultaneously to have dandruff, flatulence, love-handles, and allergies, he might be insecure enough to develop character flaws.
Not that I particularly want to read fanfic about black garments turning gray and sex acts being interrupted by farts and sneezing.
§ ita § - Oct 30, 2005 5:12:09 pm PST #1311 of 10434
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
You're very optimistic. I was trying to match the degree of flaw to the fandom. Still, maybe Ronon could ... I guess hiccoughs don't count either, huh?
Nutty - Oct 30, 2005 5:21:25 pm PST #1312 of 10434
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
Ronon could stink up the joint with massive B.O. Being naturally stinky is a physical flaw, but being unwilling to bathe regularly would be a character flaw.
Still and all, B.O. is not so much with the interpersonal angst, so much as the Ivory jokes. When I think character flaw, I think relatively big.