Comments | bratfarrar: and i in my bed again [sga]

bratfarrar

and i in my bed again [sga]

Sep 20, 2013 10:25

Look! I come bearing SGA again, after many moons. This is to fill kristen999's long ago request: "five times John Sheppard wished the coin had turned heads instead of tails. (Thought of doing random coin tosses throughout John’s life, but decided that wasn’t exactly fair.)" And because I am stubborn about doing things I've said I would, no matter how long it ( Read more... )

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timespirt September 20 2013, 15:15:47 UTC

Cool, more SGA!

bratfarrar September 20 2013, 15:27:23 UTC

Well, I did say I'd try... :P

It's all part of my NaNoWriMo preparation: get used to writing on a regular basis, clear out the mental attic currently full of various SGA stories I started but never finished (which means finally finishing them), remind my (former) audience that I exist in hopes of securing a cheering section before November arrives, etc.

timespirt September 20 2013, 18:49:43 UTC

Hey, I'm still here and I love SGA!

kensieg September 21 2013, 00:22:23 UTC

me too! I liked this short story.

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leesa_perrie September 21 2013, 12:26:50 UTC

Poor John *hugs him* Great fic!

bratfarrar September 21 2013, 13:46:16 UTC

Thanks!

Yeah, I'm afraid it's a bit of a downer, due to the nature of the prompt. I have a few, more cheerful, prompts left, that I'm trying to get written within the next week, so John shouldn't be stuck in regret for too long.

patk September 26 2013, 19:46:30 UTC

>> I'm afraid it's a bit of a downer, due to the nature of the prompt. <<

To me it's not so much a downer but just insightful moments. :-) I love how you can draw a full picture with just a few sentences - that's a real gift.

I expecially like no 2 - John is so heartbreakingly homesick and it ties nicely into the canon fact of John calling Atlantis their home.

No 1 reminded me immediately of The Siege 2 when John tells Everett: "There isn't a night that doesn't go by where that moment doesn't play in my head -- and every time it does ..."

But the best one is number 5 - dark-ish and somewhat creepy in the best possible way.

Yes, I really like what you've done here.

bratfarrar September 27 2013, 21:56:34 UTC

I love how you can draw a full picture with just a few sentences - that's a real gift.

Thanks! Graceful but succinct writing is something I aim for, so it's nice to hear I'm succeeding.

#5 was inevitable when I started thinking about some of the morally dubious things they wind up doing as a group, and what the long-term/cumulative effects might be to the individuals.