Had a glorious dinner out with china_shop and Mr China last night, so glorious in fact that I had to *cliche alert* undo my belt on the way home. Thanks Mr C ( Read more... )

In honour of Day 2 of 14valentines. Today's subject is hunger. There's an essay on the subject here. This post is a little bit of a cheat, I have to confess, because unexpected guests have just arrived at my door, derailing the best laid plans. As always happens. The first two chapters of this story were posted last year then forgotten about (mea culpa, ( Read more... )

Etrangere, or, The Last Last Remake of Beau Geste

Fandom: SGA
Pairing: Sheppard/McKay
Rating: R to NC-17
Warnings: No major ones needed. [For those who've read or seen Beau Geste, that one thing you're concerned about doesn't happen.]
Disclaimer: Clearly neither Stargate: Atlantis nor Beau Geste were created by me. This combination of the two, ( Read more... )

This story was inspired by, and written for, the reel_sga challenge1. It grew from a comparatively small idea to something much bigger and more involved than originally intended, and wasn't finished in time. On the principle, though, that where fic is concerned late really is better than never...

Etrangere, or, The Last Last Remake of Beau GesteFandom: ( Read more... )

The veil of secrecy has been lifted, and it's time to confess our sins.

I was lucky enough to be assigned jenn (seperis) for the remixredux, and while I had every intention of remixing one of her clex stories, the sheer tonnage of material she's contributed to the Smallville fandom over the last five years crushed my fragile spirit was more than I could really do ( Read more... )

I was reading MVP by cesperanza yesterday, and then mecurtin's thread about it, and the whole time I had floating around in the back of my mind a quote by General George Patton that was on the door of my thesis supervisor's office when I was at varsity, namely:

The object of war is not to die for your country, but to make the other bastard die for his.
To me, this ( Read more... )

Well I've clearly gone insane and lost the ability to both code and cut. I sincerely apologise to anyone I drove to join me.

I've also succumbed to the all conquering army that is Stargate: Atlantis. Herein my contribution to the sga_flashfic 'Documentation' challenge. Rodney/John, naturally. G.

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