Crickets chirping...? Appeal for gen fic! (Let's call it SG-1 Gen Fic Day.)

[sg_fignewton]

I have the immense privilege of tagging for sg1_debrief, which mostly entails skimming through the newsletter's flist in search of gen fic. (The maintainers do the really hard work, and I think the other taggers cope with a lot more volume than I do.) There's always less gen fic than ship fic, but I'm resigned to that as par for the course by now

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[egelantier]

I'm afraid I can't write good fic to save my life, but I can rec you wonderful gen story (if you haven't seen it before, of course). it's guardian of the gate by Jb - very long, hurt/comfort, sort of teamfic, and it's written in pov of absolutely brilliant OC.

[sg_fignewton]

Oh, yes. All of Jb's fics can be summed up in two words: OUCH and GOOD. :)

I have a low tolerance for language in any circumstances, though, and this one was kinda... overwhelming. :) I ended up doing an S&R just so I could read it, and I loved it, but I don't think it'll ever end up on my list of recs.

But thank you for the rec! And I always, always welcome suggestions like this.

[egelantier]

ah, sorry, I didn't think to warn for it: I guess I just don't register English obscene language as, well, obscene - I translate it into 'mild' Russian obscenities, and don't object. thanks for mentioning it, I'll watch it in future.

still, I'm glad you loved it. such an intense story.

[sg_fignewton]

Oh, don't worry, I'd read it before. Jb herself warns about the language, and I'm always cautious about that kind of thing, since my personal tolerance is so much lower than most. It's still one of the best SG-1 OC voices, with an amazingly dramatic storyline.

You've got more recs? Keep 'em coming!

[crazedturkey]

there's a whole bunch in jack_built, but not all of it got tagged!

I'll definately add it to the post exam list..write genfic for Fig :)

[crazedturkey]

OMG that totally wasn't meant as a criticism of your tagging skillz :(. It was meant to be a not so subtle, go read jack_built it's awesome cracky fun. I just realised it didn't sound that way :(.

Sorry.

[sg_fignewton]

Don't worry, it didn't come across like that at all. :)

jack_built isn't on the newsletter's watch list, so it's not getting tagged. dknightshade reposted her T fic on her own LJ, which is on the watchlist, and therefore did get tagged.

It's as simple as that. :)

I did wander over there and read a few of them (the Sha'uri ones had me melting in a puddle), but while it's quite a fun AU, I really do need that big stone circle in the basement. ;)

[splash_the_cat]

Um. I sat down to get all the jack_built stuff for the last issue, since I realized at the last minute it wasn't on the watch list, and just ran out of time. You people are too prolific! :)

[uniquinum]

As a big fan of a well written bit of Gen I will attempt to help, sorry it's short but it's past my bedtime. Pre "Into the Fire".

Squinting and cocking her head slightly to the side Sam scrutinised the sight before her. It wasn't something she had seen before but then in her line of work that wasn't an oddity.

Reaching out she ran a finger along the edge of the entity in question and let out a small huff.

"Well?" the only other occupant questioned her.

"Give me a moment" she replied "This isn't something you can rush. It requires, time and an attentiveness that I'm not able to give because you keep interrupting me."

"Fine, fine" her companion held his hands up in defense and acquiesced to her request for quiet.

Reaching back down onto the bench Sam picked up one of the multitude of tools lying there and applied is to the entity, attempting to entice it to do what she wanted.

Finally she gave up.

"Sorry Daniel but the Colonel is right, that goo is never going to come out. You're definitely going to have to get a haircut."

[sg_fignewton]

Bwa ha ha! Yes! I can just see some alien goo happily taking residence in Daniel's hair. :)

Thank you! This definitely put a grin on my face.

[uniquinum]

I should be thanking you, writing this forced me to face a ficathon piece due in 3 weeks that I've been putting off, but I'm glad you enjoyed it.

contemplates making comment fic into proper story

[aurora_novarum]

LOL! Goo induced haircut! Nice explanation for the Hamlet hair. :-)

[moonshayde]

But but I recently wrote gen fic! Just not of the classic team. And I'm working on more now.

I *know* there has to be more on LJ land. There has to be.

[sg_fignewton]

Yes, you did. Vala and Teal'c pwn the rest of SG-1, yes? :) That was the very last fic I tagged last week.

Since then, though...? Just the one from dknightshade. And I don't mean from my rather small flist; I mean in the entire newsletter flist!

So if there's more gen fic out there, I need it to find its way here. :)

[moonshayde]

Yes, you did. Vala and Teal'c pwn the rest of SG-1, yes? :) That was the very last fic I tagged last week.

Oh. That's very sad then. And the only one you found was for the AU?
*sniff*

I'm barely reading right now, so I'm not very helpful. (RL plus original fic is distracting.) But I put out an APB on my journal for gen fic to help you in your righteous cause.

[sg_fignewton]

Hee hee! Thank you! Yes, let's spread the good word and get more gen love. :)

[rydra_wong]

I have nothing postable right now, but FWIW, my WIP Of Doom is SG-1 gen and heading for novel-length.

[moonshayde]

I think that's the thing with good hearty gen - it tends to be long. I have about 4 WIPs that are gen right now and are going to be novel length. I just haven't had the patience to sit down and finish them. (RL takes away all the fun.)

[sg_fignewton]

Oooh, wonderful news! ::points to icon::

I don't suppose you're in the market for a beta? :)

I'm still hoping to see more people posting gen fic today, but I will absolutely wait impatiently for longer gen fic another time!

[rydra_wong]

I don't suppose you're in the market for a beta?

Not at the moment; I'm currently trying to get it from an appallingly sketchy messy zeroth draft into something resembling a first draft, so am only showing it to a few people (in order to avoid death by embarrassment).

But thank you for the offer!