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I had a lovely chat with Caro last night about how my newfound love for John & Rodney cannot be textually rendered. I NEED them. I need them to be in love, I need them to be together. At this stage I cannot read fic where one of them is dead. I cannot read fic which pairs either of them with anyone else. I cannot even read GEN fic. It is almost disturbing, like unto a drug addiction. It is like the old days of Denialcorp in SV fandom. The problem with SV was that the show itself let me down; I've learned my lesson, and I'm not getting attached to the plots of SGA other than in how they further my own interest in seeing what John and Rodney are up to this week in that universe.
AUs abound in SGA fanfic and I love it, love it, love it. Last night I read the one where Rodney becomes temporarily telepathic. I've read amnesia fic. I've read body switching fic. And I've read romance novel fic. There was even a fic where there was a DRAGON, so, almost all of my fanfiction cliche loves have been adequately recognized - and I'm only about 50 stories in (120 bookmarked still yet to be read, and I'm not scratching the surface yet, I can tell). This makes it even easier for me to write off anything I don't like on the show as just another AU (LOL). It cannot disturb my love; Joss taught me that anything can be undone, even character death, if you do it properly and with a polite enough nod to continuity.
I have been enjoying watching vids about them and dreaming up vids to make about them, although I can't seem to settle on a perfect song. My heart is mostly with John, because I identify more strongly with Rodney (genius! hypochondriac! high maintenance!) and therefore I = Rodney and so I <3 John. Since fan_eunice already made Running Down a Dream into a John vid, and I have it on my ipod (so I can even watch it WHEN I AM SITTING IN TRAFFIC IN MY CAR) - I don't have a pressing NEED to make a vid (which is good, actually, because at least until after this Brazil trip in June I won't have TIME to make a vid).
What I really want is a Dragonriders of Pegasus AU, in which John is telepathically bonded to a beautiful bronze dragon and Rodney, the ... you know, the engineer type genius guy ... somehow stumbles into a newly hatched queen. Can John's bronze outfly the rest in an attempt to secure him as Atlantis' Weyrleader, so he can lead the ongoing battle against Wraith thread? Or will the devious and deceiftul Koyla find a way to thwart John's plans and become Weyrleader? (Of course it is my story. John will win. But don't ruin the suspense for Rodney.) Elizabeth should be at the head of the Lord Holders, because Teyla seems like she'd be a fine Masterharper to me, or Masterfarmer, some other craftsman. Although Ronon could be Masterharper. Carson's the Masterhealer. What is Rodney? Mastersmith? Is there a Master over all the craftsmen - Mastermastercrafter? Hee. If there wasn't one, Rodney would probably appoint himself to the role anyway.
All I really want out of this effort is telepathic-dragonally enhanced John/Rodney. I'm so shallow.
AUs abound in SGA fanfic and I love it, love it, love it. Last night I read the one where Rodney becomes temporarily telepathic. I've read amnesia fic. I've read body switching fic. And I've read romance novel fic. There was even a fic where there was a DRAGON, so, almost all of my fanfiction cliche loves have been adequately recognized - and I'm only about 50 stories in (120 bookmarked still yet to be read, and I'm not scratching the surface yet, I can tell). This makes it even easier for me to write off anything I don't like on the show as just another AU (LOL). It cannot disturb my love; Joss taught me that anything can be undone, even character death, if you do it properly and with a polite enough nod to continuity.
I have been enjoying watching vids about them and dreaming up vids to make about them, although I can't seem to settle on a perfect song. My heart is mostly with John, because I identify more strongly with Rodney (genius! hypochondriac! high maintenance!) and therefore I = Rodney and so I <3 John. Since fan_eunice already made Running Down a Dream into a John vid, and I have it on my ipod (so I can even watch it WHEN I AM SITTING IN TRAFFIC IN MY CAR) - I don't have a pressing NEED to make a vid (which is good, actually, because at least until after this Brazil trip in June I won't have TIME to make a vid).
What I really want is a Dragonriders of Pegasus AU, in which John is telepathically bonded to a beautiful bronze dragon and Rodney, the ... you know, the engineer type genius guy ... somehow stumbles into a newly hatched queen. Can John's bronze outfly the rest in an attempt to secure him as Atlantis' Weyrleader, so he can lead the ongoing battle against Wraith thread? Or will the devious and deceiftul Koyla find a way to thwart John's plans and become Weyrleader? (Of course it is my story. John will win. But don't ruin the suspense for Rodney.) Elizabeth should be at the head of the Lord Holders, because Teyla seems like she'd be a fine Masterharper to me, or Masterfarmer, some other craftsman. Although Ronon could be Masterharper. Carson's the Masterhealer. What is Rodney? Mastersmith? Is there a Master over all the craftsmen - Mastermastercrafter? Hee. If there wasn't one, Rodney would probably appoint himself to the role anyway.
All I really want out of this effort is telepathic-dragonally enhanced John/Rodney. I'm so shallow.