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.
I am a large, semi-muscular man. I can take it. Don't hide behind Mal 'cause you know he'll shoot it down for you. Tell me.
Wash ,'War Stories'
Fan Fiction II: Great story! Where's the sequel?
This thread is for fanfic recs, links, and discussion, but not for actual posting of fanfic.
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"
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.
§ ita § - Oct 30, 2005 5:26:54 pm PST #1313 of 10434
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
If you don't think Ivory jokes around Ronon don't have the potential to get real painful real fast, you're not thinking big at all.
Matt the Bruins fan - Oct 30, 2005 7:50:48 pm PST #1314 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
McKay has the love handles and the allergies (real or imagined), and an argumentative tactless personality to boot. The good writers tend to employ at least some of that in service of realism.