Although she may try anyway...
With Daniel? That's not right.
Mal: Yeah, well, just be careful. We cheated Badger out of good money to buy that frippery, and you're supposed to make me look respectable. Kaylee: Yes, sir, Captain Tightpants.
'Shindig'
Fan Fiction: Writers, Readers, and Enablers
This thread is for fanfic recs, links, and discussion, but not for actual posting of fanfic.
§ ita § - Jul 30, 2004 1:48:43 pm PDT #8724 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Consuela - Jul 30, 2004 1:49:14 pm PDT #8725 of 10000
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
No, with Jack. Daniel's... gone. Except Jack keeps hallucinating him.
§ ita § - Jul 30, 2004 1:49:52 pm PDT #8726 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Whew. That is very good. The hallucinations are also.
Consuela - Jul 30, 2004 1:53:51 pm PDT #8727 of 10000
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Yeah, I was gonna have Jack hallucinate Daniel while having sex with Carter (thus contributing a virtual apocathreesome), but it's just not working. Neither Jack nor Sam really want to participate, despite the lure of angsty end-of-the-world sex.
§ ita § - Jul 30, 2004 1:58:12 pm PDT #8728 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I'd say Jack and Sam need to be spanked and shown who's boss, but that's really me getting distracted.
I'm reading The Scarab, and I like the way they've tied the mythologies together in the little ways -- the nish'ta, for instance.
Katie M - Jul 30, 2004 2:00:15 pm PDT #8729 of 10000
I was charmed (albeit somewhat perplexed) by the fannish sensibility of many of the music choices -- it's like the director was trying to vid Canada. --loligo on the Olympic Opening Ceremonies
And, have I said lately how much I love In the Wrong Story? It may be my favorite story in this fandom. Cause it's got teamliness, and hints of sex, and witty banter, and drunk!Jack, and The End of the World!
Not lately, no. Feel free. I'm a veritable black hole for compliments, and am easily flattered. (Thank you.)
Yeah, I was gonna have Jack hallucinate Daniel while having sex with Carter (thus contributing a virtual apocathreesome), but it's just not working.
See, now, that's funny. Virtual apocathreesome! I'm sorry you can't make them cooperate. I'd suggest that you try to lure them into it by promising to make it a comedy, but I suspect they're too depressed.
It did occur to me recently that they could just as easily never find out what happened to Daniel because they all die and he survives. I'm not sure if I'm being perverse or overly attached to Daniel with that one, though. Hmm.
Consuela - Jul 30, 2004 2:04:28 pm PDT #8730 of 10000
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
It did occur to me recently that they could just as easily never find out what happened to Daniel because they all die and he survives.
Okay, now that's fucking depressing. I was bemoaning my fate with Viv over Mexican the other night, that I'd locked myself into this with a throw-away line at the end of the Teal'c snippet. And I can't go back, because it was definitely omniscient voice there. Argh.
No retconning, no.
I'm reading The Scarab, and I like the way they've tied the mythologies together in the little ways -- the nish'ta, for instance.
Yeah. Maayan wrote a short piece with O'Neill and Buffy and vampires and stuff, and I told her I had a real hard time getting over the incongruities. But for some reason this one flows easier. Possibly because the writer spent so much time building up to it, and everyone on both sides got to spend some time going, "Huh?"
§ ita § - Jul 30, 2004 2:06:11 pm PDT #8731 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
had a real hard time getting over the incongruities
How was her characterisation? I'm not sure what's off to me in this one -- I'm finding myself skimming for plot points more than anything else. None of the people are sending me to my happy place, and the writing isn't as smooth as the integration, I think.
Oh, and I always adore the idea that the NID and Initiative are linked. I've seen that somewhere else too, and it's just perfect.
Consuela - Jul 30, 2004 2:09:49 pm PDT #8732 of 10000
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
How was her characterisation?
Fine, but it was a very very short piece, part of the seven-part apocalyptic series she wrote in honor of Apocalypse Later. But I think maybe that's the problem -- the crossover only really works if you have the time to build into it, and work at smoothing the incongruities.
the writing isn't as smooth as the integration, I think.
No, but those sorts of things rarely are. I'm a little more flexible when it comes to be plotty adventure pieces like this, willing to cut the writing some slack if I can tell it's a bang-up job plot-wise.
Vonnie K - Jul 30, 2004 2:13:51 pm PDT #8733 of 10000
Kiss me, my girl, before I'm sick.
Yeah. Maayan wrote a short piece with O'Neill and Buffy and vampires and stuff, and I told her I had a real hard time getting over the incongruities.
You mean the stealth crossover in Five Billion Years Of Sunshine? I admit, I really didn't 'get' that segment. I had no clue what the hell Jack was doing there, and the future tense kind of threw me off. I love all other segments in the story though, especially the one with the transsexual and the Sam & Teal'c one with that killer last line.
BK the Irregular, who wrote The Scarab, spent a lot of time establishing links between two worlds--The Nish'ta bit and how that gets incorporated into Buffyverse was particularly clever, I thought--and she/he had a really nice grasp on both the Buffyverse and SGverse dialog rhythm. The voices and characterizations were spot-on.