Dark Ship (Apollo/Sharon) Revelations: Request to track down fics (updated)
It turns out that I was not the first person to discover the Dark Ship....
Collective gasp
That's right. To my chagrin I have discovered that it appears that the first person to ever write an Apollo/Sharon fic was in fact - ancarett who wrote a drabble called Cover. It's good - so you should read it.
To be fair to ancarett, this doesn't mean that she's a Dark Shipper. She was in fact goaded into writing the drabble by the Evil (but always lovable) bantha_fodder. The thing is, bantha_fodder herself is also not a Dark Shipper - this merely being an intellectual exercise in inflicting maximum angst and pain on characters by having unconventional pairings ......
Nonetheless, I have added Cover to Koala Memories: Dark Ship Materials - being my attempt at tracking down and indexing all Apollo/Sharon materials.
What is my point? My point is that there are probably other Apollo/Sharon pieces out there, hiding away just waiting to be found. ancarett surely isn't the only person secretly hording a Dark Piece. The purpose of this post is as follows. Even though you yourself may not consciously (or even unconsciously) be a Dark Shipper - search your feelings, your memories and your LJ ..... Then search the feelings, memories and LJs of your friends and help me track down any other Hidden Gems.
If they're shy - dob them in, everybody loves a tattletale ;)
koala: Let's start with you ...ancarett. If you have one, you must have others..... hand them over.
ancarett: Nope. Sorry. Lee and Kara forever .... maybe a bit of Lee & Dee but that's just cos it rhymes. The Apollo/Sharon thing was just an exercise in fun! Nothing deeper intended. I gave you everything I've got.
koala: Do you expect me to believe that???? Do I have to turn you upside down and shake you?
ancarett: I gave you an icon, what more do you want?
koala: True .... You sure there's nothing else.
ancarett: Yup. Blame her, she's evil. She made me do it. (points at bantha_fodder)
koala: OK I believe you now. Bantha - hand it over.
bantha_fodder: Nope, ain't got none sorry. I can give you Kara/Lee, Zarek / Meirs, Lee/Roslin, Lex/Chloe, Zarek/Cooper, McQueen/Tigh, Lex/Kara .... ummm.....
koala: You can stop now you mistress of torture and angst.
bantha_fodder: Hey that's not nice! That's the last time I give you any Muppet icons! And you know what? You're not even a bear, so there!
koala: Ouch. All right ... you!
kiaforrest: Uh uh. Adama/Roslin sorry.
koala: Oh. (Snoops into kiaforrest's interests ) No secret scribblings, dark pairings at night? Angst of the Cylon and the Commander's son?
kiaforrest: Uh uh ...
koala: All right then ... thanks anyway. By the way Happy Birthday
kiaforrest: Thanks. You going to the Great Wall today?
koala:: Nope, but thanks for asking. How about you!!! (stares accusingly at dangermousie)
dangermousie: You gotta be outta your frakkin' mind. Logan and Veronica forever, man. Down with VD!
koala: Pssst - BSG!
dangermousie: Oops yeah sorry. No Apollo/Sharon hidden here. I'm prolific but not that prolific.
koala: Oh come on, you lover of angst only second to the Evil Bantha Fodder?
dangermousie: Look here, Helo and Boomer are my OTP .... and I play with the whole Kara/Lee thing. I tolerate your Out There fascination with Apollo/Sharon and you're just lucky I haven't removed you from my friends list over this lunacy!
koala: Ok ok, I believe you. Please don't remove me. You're my lifeline to Season 2 VM. How about you?
ginger001: Sorry I don't even watch Battlestar Galactica
koala: Good point. What about your friend?
alexandral: Who me? Aren't I your friend too?
koala: Yes of course but 'what about my friend' sounds silly. 'What about your friend' sounds more dramatic.
alexandral: Oh I get it. Sorry I'm Kara/Lee. I even made icons - see?
syliasyliasylia: Me too! See?
koala sighs.
koala: petitevanou! you added Apollo/Sharon to your interests ....
petitevanou: Yes they're intriguing but I haven't written anything. You of all people know that my pairing of choice is Leoben/Kara
koala: But she let him be put out an airlock
petitevanou: Yeah but what is a fandom pairing without a bit of angst, doom and bittersweet longing.
koala: Airlock?
petitevanou: chacun à son goût! (each to their own)
koala: amsie.
shadowserenity: Go away. I already gave you my two icons.
koala: Hand over your fics
shadowserenity: I haven't got any.
koala: I don't believe you
shadowserenity: You keep this up and I'll kick you out of hidden_elysium
koala: Bye! thanks for your time!
sabaceanbabe: I'm not here
koala: Come on sbabe - if anyone's written Apollo/Sharon it's you .... I even distinctly remember you saying ...
sabaceanbabe: I said I was thinking about writing an Apollo/Sharon piece.
koala: Well...?.
sabaceanbabe: Well I'm still thinking!
koala sighs. eats a gum leaf. continues her hunt.
vauxhall cross: Go away, I'm busy writing my latest Helo/Sharon fic. you bug me and I'll get shadowserenity to talk to you.....
koala: OK. Gone.
winterspel: No ..no!! ...... I don't have anything, I swear! (backs away)
koala (advancing on winterspel): I was sure I saw something with 'Apollo/Sharon' on it in your possession...
winterspel: it was his (points at repr0b8) Apollo/Sharon story Under the Surface .... I was reading it. I may have posted some feedback but I haven't written anything. Honestly!
koala: I believe you
winterspel: Was it the sincerity in my eyes that convinced you?
koala: No, you have cool icons.
repr0b8: So koala. We meet again. I've been expecting you and I'm telling you your bullying tactics won't work here.
koala: Is that so?
repr0b8: Would you really threaten an injured fan fic writer?
koala: You're going to have to come up with a better excuse. I've heard them all before.
repr0b8: You mean someone else has used the 'I've torn my pterodactyl' excuse?
koala: Don't try and distract me .... I know you're still typing. Give me the story.
repr0b8: it's not ready yet. koala, I just had surgery! I can only type one-handed .... I can't use the shift key .... it looks like an e e cummings poem.
koala: Hey what are you doing?
repr0b8: Everybody! I got her. petitevanou - is the airlock ready?
petitevanou: Mais oui!
koala's friends list pushes her towards the airlock
koala: What the frak?
repr0b8: You've gone too far this time koala .... the Overly Long Posts were the first step, the exploration of the Dark Ship ... and now this unrelenting hunt for non-existent Dark Ship Materials This is the last time you cause eyestrain and pain!!!!!!
koala stuffed out the airlock.
koala: It wasn't my fault ... it wasn't meeeeeeeee ....... it was ... eeeeeevil koala ..........!!!
PS:
kiaforrest has since assured me that she is not keeping any Apollo/Sharon fics from me but has pointed me towards a Doc Cottle icon created by xflsgrl. The relevant post is here over at the community adama_roslin. If you use the icon please let xflsgrl know and also credit.
Before you start giving me funny looks, yeah - I wrote a Doc Cottle fic..... What can I say? The spirit moved me :)
Updated: Updated user icon count.
Icons by shadowserenity
Icons by ancarett
Icon by alexandral
Icons by tshirtgirl
Icons by bluebear_74
Icon by repr0b8
Collective gasp
That's right. To my chagrin I have discovered that it appears that the first person to ever write an Apollo/Sharon fic was in fact - ancarett who wrote a drabble called Cover. It's good - so you should read it.
To be fair to ancarett, this doesn't mean that she's a Dark Shipper. She was in fact goaded into writing the drabble by the Evil (but always lovable) bantha_fodder. The thing is, bantha_fodder herself is also not a Dark Shipper - this merely being an intellectual exercise in inflicting maximum angst and pain on characters by having unconventional pairings ......
Nonetheless, I have added Cover to Koala Memories: Dark Ship Materials - being my attempt at tracking down and indexing all Apollo/Sharon materials.
What is my point? My point is that there are probably other Apollo/Sharon pieces out there, hiding away just waiting to be found. ancarett surely isn't the only person secretly hording a Dark Piece. The purpose of this post is as follows. Even though you yourself may not consciously (or even unconsciously) be a Dark Shipper - search your feelings, your memories and your LJ ..... Then search the feelings, memories and LJs of your friends and help me track down any other Hidden Gems.
If they're shy - dob them in, everybody loves a tattletale ;)
koala: Let's start with you ...ancarett. If you have one, you must have others..... hand them over.
ancarett: Nope. Sorry. Lee and Kara forever .... maybe a bit of Lee & Dee but that's just cos it rhymes. The Apollo/Sharon thing was just an exercise in fun! Nothing deeper intended. I gave you everything I've got.
koala: Do you expect me to believe that???? Do I have to turn you upside down and shake you?
ancarett: I gave you an icon, what more do you want?
koala: True .... You sure there's nothing else.
ancarett: Yup. Blame her, she's evil. She made me do it. (points at bantha_fodder)
koala: OK I believe you now. Bantha - hand it over.
bantha_fodder: Nope, ain't got none sorry. I can give you Kara/Lee, Zarek / Meirs, Lee/Roslin, Lex/Chloe, Zarek/Cooper, McQueen/Tigh, Lex/Kara .... ummm.....
koala: You can stop now you mistress of torture and angst.
bantha_fodder: Hey that's not nice! That's the last time I give you any Muppet icons! And you know what? You're not even a bear, so there!
koala: Ouch. All right ... you!
kiaforrest: Uh uh. Adama/Roslin sorry.
koala: Oh. (Snoops into kiaforrest's interests ) No secret scribblings, dark pairings at night? Angst of the Cylon and the Commander's son?
kiaforrest: Uh uh ...
koala: All right then ... thanks anyway. By the way Happy Birthday
kiaforrest: Thanks. You going to the Great Wall today?
koala:: Nope, but thanks for asking. How about you!!! (stares accusingly at dangermousie)
dangermousie: You gotta be outta your frakkin' mind. Logan and Veronica forever, man. Down with VD!
koala: Pssst - BSG!
dangermousie: Oops yeah sorry. No Apollo/Sharon hidden here. I'm prolific but not that prolific.
koala: Oh come on, you lover of angst only second to the Evil Bantha Fodder?
dangermousie: Look here, Helo and Boomer are my OTP .... and I play with the whole Kara/Lee thing. I tolerate your Out There fascination with Apollo/Sharon and you're just lucky I haven't removed you from my friends list over this lunacy!
koala: Ok ok, I believe you. Please don't remove me. You're my lifeline to Season 2 VM. How about you?
ginger001: Sorry I don't even watch Battlestar Galactica
koala: Good point. What about your friend?
alexandral: Who me? Aren't I your friend too?
koala: Yes of course but 'what about my friend' sounds silly. 'What about your friend' sounds more dramatic.
alexandral: Oh I get it. Sorry I'm Kara/Lee. I even made icons - see?
syliasyliasylia: Me too! See?
koala sighs.
koala: petitevanou! you added Apollo/Sharon to your interests ....
petitevanou: Yes they're intriguing but I haven't written anything. You of all people know that my pairing of choice is Leoben/Kara
koala: But she let him be put out an airlock
petitevanou: Yeah but what is a fandom pairing without a bit of angst, doom and bittersweet longing.
koala: Airlock?
petitevanou: chacun à son goût! (each to their own)
koala: amsie.
shadowserenity: Go away. I already gave you my two icons.
koala: Hand over your fics
shadowserenity: I haven't got any.
koala: I don't believe you
shadowserenity: You keep this up and I'll kick you out of hidden_elysium
koala: Bye! thanks for your time!
sabaceanbabe: I'm not here
koala: Come on sbabe - if anyone's written Apollo/Sharon it's you .... I even distinctly remember you saying ...
sabaceanbabe: I said I was thinking about writing an Apollo/Sharon piece.
koala: Well...?.
sabaceanbabe: Well I'm still thinking!
koala sighs. eats a gum leaf. continues her hunt.
vauxhall cross: Go away, I'm busy writing my latest Helo/Sharon fic. you bug me and I'll get shadowserenity to talk to you.....
koala: OK. Gone.
winterspel: No ..no!! ...... I don't have anything, I swear! (backs away)
koala (advancing on winterspel): I was sure I saw something with 'Apollo/Sharon' on it in your possession...
winterspel: it was his (points at repr0b8) Apollo/Sharon story Under the Surface .... I was reading it. I may have posted some feedback but I haven't written anything. Honestly!
koala: I believe you
winterspel: Was it the sincerity in my eyes that convinced you?
koala: No, you have cool icons.
repr0b8: So koala. We meet again. I've been expecting you and I'm telling you your bullying tactics won't work here.
koala: Is that so?
repr0b8: Would you really threaten an injured fan fic writer?
koala: You're going to have to come up with a better excuse. I've heard them all before.
repr0b8: You mean someone else has used the 'I've torn my pterodactyl' excuse?
koala: Don't try and distract me .... I know you're still typing. Give me the story.
repr0b8: it's not ready yet. koala, I just had surgery! I can only type one-handed .... I can't use the shift key .... it looks like an e e cummings poem.
koala: Hey what are you doing?
repr0b8: Everybody! I got her. petitevanou - is the airlock ready?
petitevanou: Mais oui!
koala's friends list pushes her towards the airlock
koala: What the frak?
repr0b8: You've gone too far this time koala .... the Overly Long Posts were the first step, the exploration of the Dark Ship ... and now this unrelenting hunt for non-existent Dark Ship Materials This is the last time you cause eyestrain and pain!!!!!!
koala stuffed out the airlock.
koala: It wasn't my fault ... it wasn't meeeeeeeee ....... it was ... eeeeeevil koala ..........!!!
PS:
kiaforrest has since assured me that she is not keeping any Apollo/Sharon fics from me but has pointed me towards a Doc Cottle icon created by xflsgrl. The relevant post is here over at the community adama_roslin. If you use the icon please let xflsgrl know and also credit.
Before you start giving me funny looks, yeah - I wrote a Doc Cottle fic..... What can I say? The spirit moved me :)
Updated: Updated user icon count.
Icons by shadowserenity
Icons by ancarett
Icon by alexandral
Icons by tshirtgirl
Icons by bluebear_74
Icon by repr0b8