May Round-Up

[abyssinia4077]

Wow, May passed really fast and fannish-wise seemed mostly dominated by the sd_ficathon (I hear some of the S/J crazies are freaking out about the sudden influx of S/D fic?). That and fandom freaking out about stuff rather than writing.

Stories I recced:

For May I got to rec both Jack O'Neill and Original Character over at stargateficrec.

Comments

[pepper_field]

I hear some of the S/J crazies are freaking out about the sudden influx of S/D fic?

But it's WRONG! It's INCEST! They're BROTHER AND SISTER! *freaks, wails, gnashes teeth, faintz ded*

;D

I'm so glad you recced that Five Ways Mitchell found out about O'Neill and Jackson. Because I probably wouldn't have read it, otherwise, and holy cow would I have missed out.

[abyssinia4077]

OMG YOUR ICON! *clutches it*

But it's WRONG! It's INCEST! They're BROTHER AND SISTER! *freaks, wails, gnashes teeth, faintz ded**sticks tongue out at you

[pepper_field]

"Maybe...they think it's our last name?"

*laughs, coughs, wheezes, laughs some more* Hahahaa! Yes. That's obviously it. You've put yourself successfully into the mind of a crazy. *g*

That fic - yeah, all the Mitchell stuff is just wonderful. It just seemed to fit exactly with what (little) I know of the guy - it just works. And what it says about Jack, too. 'Tis most excellent.

[abyssinia4077]

You've put yourself successfully into the mind of a crazy. *g*

Okay. That's a SCARY thought.

I know! I enjoy Mitchell but I have't *thought* about him all that much. But the Mitchell in that fic? Just clicks.

[aurora_novarum]

I'm going to learn to copy/save any comment before hitting send. Stupid overblown LJ servers.

I'm disappointed no Sam and Daniel recs at all this month at the rec site. No offense to Liz and Teyla, but it just doesn't seem right!

Some J/S shippers are upset at the influx of S/D fic? Really? Um...really? *scratches head and shrugs*

"Maybe...they think it's our last name?"

Hee hee hee hee hee.

Someone, and I'm blanking on who at the moment, wrote a hilarious (and hot) fic about Sam and Daniel having sex on the gate ramp as a revolt against Sam and Daniel being called siblings in too many fic.

Personally, I'm not a sensitive to the sibling suggestion. MS and AT have referenced it. And as you know, I'm more a they're all friends/family/colleagues kinda gal. But I've always thought Sam and Daniel were cute together, and they would have smart and beautiful babies. ;-)

[abyssinia4077]

That's why I love Firefox - doesn't eat my comments when LJ goes nuts - though it's behaving okay for me today.

I know! I mean, they want more reccers - why can't you have more than one other friendship, especially since there's only two official friendship categories? Oh well. Soon enough.

I've heard that the S/J yahoo group is up in arms. Haven't seen it. The idea makes me laugh, honestly.

I agree they are sibling-esque in their behavior in terms of being really close, thinking similarly and being comfortable with each other. But that doesn't *make* them siblings. I'm not sensitive to it - I just think it's ridiculous.
Ultimately, I agree they're all friends (I would argue more like family) - but that doesn't stop the tiny voice in my head that whispers that Sam and Daniel would be perfect together and would have amazingly beautiful, brilliant babies (Pepper and I are chatting right now about that - and about the trouble uncles Jack and Teal'c and Cam and aunt Vala would get them in)

[pepper_field]

Sickeningly cute, but I blame you, Abyssis

[abyssinia4077]

There are no words to express how much I love you right this minute.

*squishes fic*

The bed conversation! The Hyena Squad! Jack in his cereal-box prison! Cam cooking! Vala! Teal'c helping the kid fly! Everything they fed him! Daniel's going to kill Teal'c and his philosophical reasoning!

*squishes it again*
*etches adorable scene into memory forever and ever amen*

[holdouttrout]

Thanks for the rec to the Five Things--I never would have read it, either.

*continues to laugh at S/J sillyness. even though she's one of them*

[abyssinia4077]

I was the same way - ignored at first, eventually clicked on it and was So Glad I did.

I have no problem with S/J shippers or the ship in general (though I tend to like it better in fic than onscreen) but the crazies are something else - the ones who claim the S/D fic is repressing them or that S/D are siblings and it's nasty incest...that just makes me quirk my eyebrow a la Teal'c and back away.

[rydra_wong]

It's so not the kind of thing I would read normally, so I ignored it at first until I saw other people reccing it - but what it tells you about Mitchell is AMAZING.

Psst, your gen is slipping ... :P

Actually, it makes me think of something I've been pondering for a while.

It would be fascinating to try to set up some sort of informal rec exchange or meme, where people could say: "Okay, I'm mostly into gen, these are my interests - rec me the slash/het stuff that you think I might like despite the fact that it's technically slash/het". Or vice versa. Or, "I don't get this particular pairing; rec me the fics that make you buy it". Etc.

IIRC, a while back _minxy_ had a post where she asked people to rec her Sam/Jack fics, because it was a pairing she didn't get.

[beanpot]

It would be fascinating to try to set up some sort of informal rec exchange or meme, where people could say: "Okay, I'm mostly into gen, these are my interests - rec me the slash/het stuff that you think I might like despite the fact that it's technically slash/het". Or vice versa. Or, "I don't get this particular pairing; rec me the fics that make you buy it". Etc.

Oh I like that idea. A lot of pairings work for me on some level, but there are others that make me go "really?"

[abyssinia4077]

Psst, your gen is slipping ... :P

*looks down* oh, crap! *pulls gen back up*

I'm...odd about fic. I'm a gen person and (without going back into that massive gen vs. ship debate I accidentally set off a while ago) I think a lot of that is due to being pretty strict about canon so I have trouble reading ships that canon doesn't specifically tell me exist and so...it takes a lot for me to buy a ship.

I do however, read and enjoy ship fic - but what I really appreciate is shipfic where I can actually believe that, in the set-up of the story, the ship/sex would actually happen. Off the top of my head, three examples I can think of for stories where I actually believed it are: Visting Hours (John/Rodney), A Heart for Every Fate (Jack/Daniel), The Rites of Hedona (Sam/Daniel) and All We Need of Hell (Sam/Jack

[lyore]

This is... almost unrelated to this comment, but reading this made me remember why I was going to friend you a while ago (LJ died, and then I got sidetracked). Which I am off to do right now, as soon as I hit 'post comment'.

I'm...odd about fic. I'm a gen person and (without going back into that massive gen vs. ship debate I accidentally set off a while ago) I think a lot of that is due to being pretty strict about canon so I have trouble reading ships that canon doesn't specifically tell me exist and so...it takes a lot for me to buy a ship.

And for the record, this is exactly the way I feel about gen.

[sg_fignewton]

Thanks for the lovely rec! I really appreciate it. :)

"You know how in official listings we have 'Ph.D.' written after our names?"

"Yeah?"

"Maybe...they think it's our last name?"

::snickers:: I could be catty and suggest that anyone who insists that Sam and Daniel are siblings just might possess an intelligence quotient capable of making that assumption... but that would be catty, so I won't. ;)

"It'll be Teal'c he throws up on," he said, philosophically.

Hee! This was a lot less sugary sweet than a lot of kid!fic I've plowed through. At least the kids aren't all big blue puppy-dog eyes and silky blond hair, or whatever. But where's Grandpa George?!

[abyssinia4077]

Oh, you so earned that rec. Ficzilla was AWESOME. I'm still thinking about it.

Oh, go ahead and be catty. I've only heard about these people - not met them - but they are Ca-razy!

I don't know about Pepper, but I'm having Way Too Much fun with this kid!fic world we're creating. As for Grandpa George - good question! Why don't you tell us? :)

[sg_fignewton]

Oh, no, I'll leave it to you experts...

::backs away hastily::

::points to Crystal Skull for Grandpa!George inspiration::

[abyssinia4077]

aw, it can be short and sweet, nothing as complicated as ficzilla :)

*lures you with chocolate Daniel um...assuming that would be remotely appealing. Perhaps chocolate AND Daniel*