What's sad is that before reading any of the fanfic, I absolutely didn't see any subtext on the show (while rolling my eyes that the then Xena-esque Teyla and Sheppard were so obviously headed for coupledom). Now not only is Teyla cool, but I can't watch Sheppard and McKay hopping with excitement after the former flings the latter over a railing without thinking "yeah, they're doing it."
Mal: You tell me right now, little Kaylee, you really think you can do this? Kaylee: Sure. Yeah. I think so. 'Sides, if I mess up, not like you'll be able to yell at me.
'Bushwhacked'
Fan Fiction: Writers, Readers, and Enablers
This thread is for fanfic recs, links, and discussion, but not for actual posting of fanfic.
Matt the Bruins fan - May 09, 2005 12:17:07 pm PDT #9956 of 10000
"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
Consuela - May 09, 2005 3:17:02 pm PDT #9957 of 10000
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Man, they are way behind on deaths and resurrections.
Give them time. By this point in SG-1...
Okay, yeah, by this point Daniel had already died twice. No, three times -- isn't The Nox season 1? In which case Daniel had died three times and everyone else once.
I'm with Katie: the story was great fun, but oh so... self-indulgent. That's as good a descriptor as any. A steady diet of that would give me ulcers, but once in a while, and as well-written as it is, I don't mind. And I'm not even a Shep/McKay shipper, it's just that much of the best writing in SGA appears to be that pairing.
Emily - May 09, 2005 6:05:24 pm PDT #9958 of 10000
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola
Oh, man, that story really was good. Mind you, I should have been reading some of the 75 pages of boring textbook material that has to be read by Wednesday. Still, it was lovely. Loved the Google results.
Consuela - May 09, 2005 8:56:02 pm PDT #9959 of 10000
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
It was a really well done example of a type of story I don't much like. But I liked it. Hah.
Lee - May 09, 2005 9:04:21 pm PDT #9960 of 10000
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
Apart from what shrift wrote, has there been any good Lost fic to speak of?
Anne W. - May 10, 2005 4:50:40 am PDT #9961 of 10000
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
That was a fun story. It's the fanfic equivalent of comfort food, IMO. It's nice to have something like that to wallow in when the angst becomes a bit much.
Dana - May 10, 2005 5:20:59 am PDT #9962 of 10000
"I'm useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."
The only thing that really kept niggling at me the whole time was that they lived in that pseudo-marriage that long without either getting together or getting into some kind of relationship with other people. It wasn't long in story terms, but it was a few years, and it just seemed weird that they'd be in this not-quite-gay holding pattern that long.
Matt the Bruins fan - May 10, 2005 5:33:53 am PDT #9963 of 10000
"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
Perkins, Yahtzee has a couple of good stories in her livejournal back around November 2004. There's an archive of fanfiction for the show here, but it's pretty hit or miss.
Lee - May 10, 2005 5:39:14 am PDT #9964 of 10000
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
Thanks Matt, I have been to the site, which scares me a little. I will try Yahtzee's.
Emily - May 10, 2005 6:35:29 am PDT #9965 of 10000
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola
It was a little weird for me, because I bought everything except the sex. Which is weird, because I'm All About the Slash, but -- and I'm a bit embarrassed to say it -- I don't see the chemistry there. I think they're adorable, and they make a wonderful comedic team, but I suppose I just see them both as overgrown boys. And not the chemistry-having kind.
It didn't bother me, I just didn't quite buy it. But the rest of the story was quite sweet and funny anyway.