semi-ficcishness!
A few entires back, I asked people to give me specific characters from my stories, and I'd write up three pieces of personal canon. As I was in the middle of doing that, I remembered that a long time ago, I started one of those "twenty pieces of personal canon" memes as well, and abandoned it when I hit six.
A few hours later...and I have thirteen! And canon facts for John from Golden Boy (waaaah!) and Lorne from disco ball! And a small chunk of a Golden Boy sequel!
But that one will take a lot longer. For now, here's 1300ish words of character facts (as seen by chopchica) for you!
1. The night the disco ball split Colonel Sheppard in two, Lorne was on his was back from a patrol and saw Sheppard leaving McKay’s room. He doesn’t know which Sheppard it was, but decided it didn’t matter and never asked.
The next day, he rearranged the early morning patrol schedules, leaving a fifteen minute window of emptiness in the corridors around Sheppard’s and McKay’s rooms…just in case. He left the new schedule on Sheppard’s desk.
The day after that, Sheppard permanently assigned Parrish to Lorne’s team.
2. Sometimes he comes across Teyla doing her early evening yoga and joins her. His mother was a big believer in yoga (and granola and Birkenstocks) and while he may not like hemp clothing, he’s always found that a few minutes in the warrior pose and doing a downward facing dog never fail to improve his day.
3. Every time Parrish talks about trees, Lorne wants to climb him like one.
1. For two years, John holds his breath every time somebody named William appears on the Roster. He can never decide if he wants it to be Billy Miller or not.
At the end of the third year, he finally gives in and looks Billy up back on Earth. Billy’s running an eco-tourist company out of Venice Beach, and living with some guy who’s apparently a computer programming genius. John never contacts him, just wishes him well and deliberately doesn’t think about the parallels.
2. After bringing Carson’s body back to Earth, he hangs around at the SGC and waits for Rodney to come back from Scotland. His second day there, he sees O’Neill and Jackson eating lunch together. O’Neill raises an eyebrow at him and John actually takes a step forward before he remembers where he is, *who* he is.. He tries to control the rage - usually he’s good at that, but something must get through, because O’Neill blinks and looks away. It’s the only time he ever sees O’Neill back down first.
3. Sometimes when he’s thinking about Rodney and can’t sleep, he goes and lurks around outside Ronon’s door three doors down from Rodney’s. No matter what time of night it is, Ronon comes out and runs with him, never asks him why or tells him he should talk about Rodney, just runs until he’s exhausted and drenched with sweat and maybe now he can sleep without dreaming about…things(Rodney). John always finishes up by walking Ronon back to his room. Every time they pass by Rodney’s door, Ronon reaches out and taps twice, and John never says a word.
1. John brought a skateboard back to Atlantis because he thought it’d be cool and because it seemed like something the people there would expect from him. The truth is, he’d never been on one before, and the first time he tried it, he crashed into a wall and fell through a door that hadn’t been there until just that moment. After that, he traded the board to Thompson for a set of clubs.
2. Elizabeth never wanted children. Sometimes she’d look around at staff meetings and wonder how she ended up with them anyway. She wasn’t looking forward to the day John and Rodney started puberty.
3. Radek learned most of his English from his older sister, who sang nursery rhymes to him each night before he went to sleep. There was a brief period where she read him stories and poems from tattered books, but one day there was a knock on the door, and after that, the English went away.
He doesn’t talk to his sister much anymore, and his nephew annoys him, but he hopes she still hums Three Blind Mice to herself when she’s thinking, and reads fairy tales to her son before pulling up his blankets and pushing his hair out of his eyes.
4. Teyla isn’t ashamed of the time she lost her temper and punched Bates. If it happened again, she’d do it the exact same way.
5. After Doranda, Elizabeth called John into a private meeting, and suggested they might want to consider replacing Rodney as head scientist. John told her if she did, she could expect his resignation on her desk the next morning, and walked out without looking back.
6. After Sheppard was drained by the Wraith, Ronon went for a run in a new part of the city and found McKay sitting out on some balcony, surrounded by broken machinery. They sat together for a long time.
Sheppard thinks he’s the first person who Ronon told about Melena. He’s wrong.
7. Four days after he got back from Scotland, Rodney showed up at Laura’s door, looking uncomfortable and silent, his eyes as bruised as hers had been the last time she’d looked in the mirror, well over a week ago. She tried everything she can to make him go away: mocking him, poking at secret sore spots - things she’d sworn to herself she’d never use against him, even losing her temper for the first time since boot camp and yelling. Nothing worked and he just stood there watching her until she started crying and couldn’t stop. He came in and held her, and she still couldn’t stop, she could barely even breathe and the hand stroking her hair was too rough, but she was glad it hurt, because Carson was always too gentle, like she’d break if he touched her the wrong way. Afterwards, Rodney touched her cheek and left without saying a word.
8. Teyla enjoys sex. A lot.
9. Ronon liked it that he made Weir nervous, because nothing else did. She didn’t know it, but sometimes, when she was working late and walked back to her room by herself, he followed, just to make sure she was safe.
10. Katie grew up with a cat named Spot and a dog named Fluffy. She doesn’t think it’s that funny, but everybody else does. Whenever somebody calls her over to tell the story, she wonders if it’s the only truly interesting thing about her, because nobody ever seems to want to hear anything else.
One day, a few weeks after Rodney breaks up with her, Torres waves her over to his table of Marines and says, “tell them about the time you spiked the volleyball into the head cheerleader’s face.” Then Grant says, “Aren’t you one of the cancer plant people? If you need anything…tested, call me anytime, night or day.” He winks at her and she never talks about Fluffy and Spot again.
11. John feels guilty about enough things in his life; he doesn’t need Katie Brown’s broken heart on his conscience. He knows Grant has a thing for eggheads, and Torres has a sister back home majoring in chem. A few offhanded mentions later, and a trip off-world with Torres, and she’s sitting at their table, smiling.
12. Keller never worked out much back on Earth (despite touting the benefits to all of her patients) - she was just too busy, but after she finishes Dr. Beckett’s notes, she hunts out the gym and starts going. She’s still too busy, but now she just sleeps three hours a night instead of four, because the next time she’s needed off-world, she’s got to be prepared.
13. Six weeks after they started fucking, Rodney still wouldn’t call John by his first name, like he was making some sort of personal point. John had never been that good at advance tactical planning, but he could do it when the outcome was worth the effort. He tried a variety of methods, and then remembered the things he’d said the first time he’d been rimmed. After that, it was only a matter of time.
If you'd like to do more of the character/story-specific ones, you can comment here or back on the original entry.
A few hours later...and I have thirteen! And canon facts for John from Golden Boy (waaaah!) and Lorne from disco ball! And a small chunk of a Golden Boy sequel!
But that one will take a lot longer. For now, here's 1300ish words of character facts (as seen by chopchica) for you!
1. The night the disco ball split Colonel Sheppard in two, Lorne was on his was back from a patrol and saw Sheppard leaving McKay’s room. He doesn’t know which Sheppard it was, but decided it didn’t matter and never asked.
The next day, he rearranged the early morning patrol schedules, leaving a fifteen minute window of emptiness in the corridors around Sheppard’s and McKay’s rooms…just in case. He left the new schedule on Sheppard’s desk.
The day after that, Sheppard permanently assigned Parrish to Lorne’s team.
2. Sometimes he comes across Teyla doing her early evening yoga and joins her. His mother was a big believer in yoga (and granola and Birkenstocks) and while he may not like hemp clothing, he’s always found that a few minutes in the warrior pose and doing a downward facing dog never fail to improve his day.
3. Every time Parrish talks about trees, Lorne wants to climb him like one.
1. For two years, John holds his breath every time somebody named William appears on the Roster. He can never decide if he wants it to be Billy Miller or not.
At the end of the third year, he finally gives in and looks Billy up back on Earth. Billy’s running an eco-tourist company out of Venice Beach, and living with some guy who’s apparently a computer programming genius. John never contacts him, just wishes him well and deliberately doesn’t think about the parallels.
2. After bringing Carson’s body back to Earth, he hangs around at the SGC and waits for Rodney to come back from Scotland. His second day there, he sees O’Neill and Jackson eating lunch together. O’Neill raises an eyebrow at him and John actually takes a step forward before he remembers where he is, *who* he is.. He tries to control the rage - usually he’s good at that, but something must get through, because O’Neill blinks and looks away. It’s the only time he ever sees O’Neill back down first.
3. Sometimes when he’s thinking about Rodney and can’t sleep, he goes and lurks around outside Ronon’s door three doors down from Rodney’s. No matter what time of night it is, Ronon comes out and runs with him, never asks him why or tells him he should talk about Rodney, just runs until he’s exhausted and drenched with sweat and maybe now he can sleep without dreaming about…things(Rodney). John always finishes up by walking Ronon back to his room. Every time they pass by Rodney’s door, Ronon reaches out and taps twice, and John never says a word.
1. John brought a skateboard back to Atlantis because he thought it’d be cool and because it seemed like something the people there would expect from him. The truth is, he’d never been on one before, and the first time he tried it, he crashed into a wall and fell through a door that hadn’t been there until just that moment. After that, he traded the board to Thompson for a set of clubs.
2. Elizabeth never wanted children. Sometimes she’d look around at staff meetings and wonder how she ended up with them anyway. She wasn’t looking forward to the day John and Rodney started puberty.
3. Radek learned most of his English from his older sister, who sang nursery rhymes to him each night before he went to sleep. There was a brief period where she read him stories and poems from tattered books, but one day there was a knock on the door, and after that, the English went away.
He doesn’t talk to his sister much anymore, and his nephew annoys him, but he hopes she still hums Three Blind Mice to herself when she’s thinking, and reads fairy tales to her son before pulling up his blankets and pushing his hair out of his eyes.
4. Teyla isn’t ashamed of the time she lost her temper and punched Bates. If it happened again, she’d do it the exact same way.
5. After Doranda, Elizabeth called John into a private meeting, and suggested they might want to consider replacing Rodney as head scientist. John told her if she did, she could expect his resignation on her desk the next morning, and walked out without looking back.
6. After Sheppard was drained by the Wraith, Ronon went for a run in a new part of the city and found McKay sitting out on some balcony, surrounded by broken machinery. They sat together for a long time.
Sheppard thinks he’s the first person who Ronon told about Melena. He’s wrong.
7. Four days after he got back from Scotland, Rodney showed up at Laura’s door, looking uncomfortable and silent, his eyes as bruised as hers had been the last time she’d looked in the mirror, well over a week ago. She tried everything she can to make him go away: mocking him, poking at secret sore spots - things she’d sworn to herself she’d never use against him, even losing her temper for the first time since boot camp and yelling. Nothing worked and he just stood there watching her until she started crying and couldn’t stop. He came in and held her, and she still couldn’t stop, she could barely even breathe and the hand stroking her hair was too rough, but she was glad it hurt, because Carson was always too gentle, like she’d break if he touched her the wrong way. Afterwards, Rodney touched her cheek and left without saying a word.
8. Teyla enjoys sex. A lot.
9. Ronon liked it that he made Weir nervous, because nothing else did. She didn’t know it, but sometimes, when she was working late and walked back to her room by herself, he followed, just to make sure she was safe.
10. Katie grew up with a cat named Spot and a dog named Fluffy. She doesn’t think it’s that funny, but everybody else does. Whenever somebody calls her over to tell the story, she wonders if it’s the only truly interesting thing about her, because nobody ever seems to want to hear anything else.
One day, a few weeks after Rodney breaks up with her, Torres waves her over to his table of Marines and says, “tell them about the time you spiked the volleyball into the head cheerleader’s face.” Then Grant says, “Aren’t you one of the cancer plant people? If you need anything…tested, call me anytime, night or day.” He winks at her and she never talks about Fluffy and Spot again.
11. John feels guilty about enough things in his life; he doesn’t need Katie Brown’s broken heart on his conscience. He knows Grant has a thing for eggheads, and Torres has a sister back home majoring in chem. A few offhanded mentions later, and a trip off-world with Torres, and she’s sitting at their table, smiling.
12. Keller never worked out much back on Earth (despite touting the benefits to all of her patients) - she was just too busy, but after she finishes Dr. Beckett’s notes, she hunts out the gym and starts going. She’s still too busy, but now she just sleeps three hours a night instead of four, because the next time she’s needed off-world, she’s got to be prepared.
13. Six weeks after they started fucking, Rodney still wouldn’t call John by his first name, like he was making some sort of personal point. John had never been that good at advance tactical planning, but he could do it when the outcome was worth the effort. He tried a variety of methods, and then remembered the things he’d said the first time he’d been rimmed. After that, it was only a matter of time.
If you'd like to do more of the character/story-specific ones, you can comment here or back on the original entry.