Oh my.
I think that's the most powerful SGA fic I've ever read (no small feat when people like shalott and Speranza and Minnow and Consuela are contributing to the fandom).
River: 1001. 1002. Simon: River... River: Shh. I'm counting between the lightning and the thunder to see if the storm is coming or going. .1005
'The Message'
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.
Matt the Bruins fan - Mar 12, 2006 5:29:07 am PST #1929 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
Theodosia - Mar 12, 2006 7:01:22 am PST #1930 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"
It reminds me of the kind of story you get from Kat Allison!
P.M. Marc - Mar 12, 2006 7:52:10 am PST #1931 of 10434
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
That was damn good.
I'd seen all the recs last night, and decided a single episode of SGA was enough for me to dive in and read it. I'm glad I did.
Consuela - Mar 12, 2006 7:59:35 am PST #1932 of 10434
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
no small feat when people like shalott and Speranza and Minnow and Consuela are contributing to the fandom
!!!
Matt, I can't say what an honor it is to have my name listed in that company.
You're dead wrong, you realize, but it's very kind of you to say so. t grins
And yeah, I shoulda recced "Freedom" here yesterday after I read it, I'm sorry I forgot. Fabulous story, although it's one of the most interesting ones, from a story-telling point of view. Because it's almost all telling, rather than showing. Lots of exposition, very little immediacy, and yet it all works so very well. Really impressive.
Betsy HP - Mar 12, 2006 3:38:49 pm PST #1933 of 10434
If I only had a brain...
So, is the First Rule of Slash Club "Don't talk about slash to the actors"?
(sparked by a comment here [link] )
DebetEsse - Mar 12, 2006 3:43:56 pm PST #1934 of 10434
Woe to the fucking wicked.
Oh, dear God, yes, it is, but I think we've know that for years. At the very least, you wait for them to bring it up.
Matt the Bruins fan - Mar 12, 2006 4:35:35 pm PST #1935 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
Also depends on the actor, doesn't it? I mean, everyone with a Mutant Enemy pedigree knows better than to be shocked, and Browder was joking about slashy subtext with Michael Shanks even before he started acting on Stargate.
DebetEsse - Mar 12, 2006 4:43:27 pm PST #1936 of 10434
Woe to the fucking wicked.
That's sort of what I meant by waiting for them to bring it up.
Rosenbaum also falls into that category, I think.
Nutty - Mar 12, 2006 4:55:54 pm PST #1937 of 10434
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
Freedom was a pretty good story, but I hated the title. Also, I'm unclear on why the framing device of the grave was necessary. (I mean, I know that spoily events occur, etc., but, said events didn't figure nearly as heavily into the resulting story as they might have.)
Still, yes, good story -- and very much a telling story rather than an intimate one. I find the fannish attachment to viewpoint character intimacy (and, oft-times, to lyric excess in prose) kind of overwhelming, so this story came across as -- minimalist. Good style.
Consuela - Mar 12, 2006 5:29:41 pm PST #1938 of 10434
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Oh, I'm so glad I'm not the only one thrown off by the title. I thought it was kind of over-dramatic.