Masquerade, by Sophonisba

[saphanibaal]

-title- Masquerade
-author- Sophonisba (saphanibaal)
-warnings- None, really. Gen.
-characters- Ford, Sheppard, McKay, Teyla
-disclaimer- I own no part of Stargate: Atlantis. Nor of Star Wars or Back To The Future, for that matter. One of Teyla's lines was inspired by one of Delenn's in Eyrie Productions' Symphony of the Sword -- the second symphony, IIRC.
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Comments

[seekergeek]

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhh! Sheppard in the SCA! *dies* Sheppard costuming! *dies again* Sheppard in a corset! *is so total dead now*

[saphanibaal]

Er... is that a good dead or a bad dead?

And most of the cosplayers I know (granted, in anime fandom) do gender-blind (not to mention color-blind) cosplaying, so it's mostly "who do I like the most?" with a side note of "how easy/interesting would this be to create?"

[seekergeek]

Good dead. I found it hilarious. I'm in the SCA, so it really hit me there. There are a select few in the SCA who do opposite gender characters (all of them female though). My hubby has an alternate persona who is flamingly gay though. It is an absolute scream to see him put on the pink outfit and go into his "Serge" bit.

[saphanibaal]

//It is an absolute scream to see him put on the pink outfit and go into his "Serge" bit.//

Oh, dear. I should think it would be.

Sheppard-in-the-SCA started as the purely self-indulgent idea that John knowing what to do with a sword does all sorts of things for me. Then, after a bit of "where would he keep in practice?... SCA, probably," some research into Antarctica brought up both the relatively small amount of time he might be able to fly and the presence of an SCA... do you call it a chapter, or what?, and I decided "very well, personal fanon."

[seekergeek]

Yeah, Sheppard going into killer warrior mode with a sword would be totally hot. I'd have to look the Antarctica group to be sure, but they are probably designated as a 'shire' because they're likely very small. A large group can elect to become a 'barony' and pick a baron and baroness to be ceremonial heads of the group in addition to the usual president, treasurer, etc. offices. There are other small groups called 'cantons' that choose to align themselves with baronies (for various reasons) as well.

It would make a lot of sense for Sheppard to have been in the SCA group, actually. The sword fighting appeals to a lot of military and there are many SCA groups centered around military installations.

And that's probably way more than you wanted or needed to know. *wry smile*

[saphanibaal]

Well, they say they're applying to be a barony, but I wasn't sure whether the generic catchall term would be branch or chapter or unit or whatever.

//And that's probably way more than you wanted or needed to know. *wry smile*//

I'm a reference-and-catalogue librarian -- there's no such animal. ^_^

[seekergeek]

The generic term is group, actually.

You're a reference librarian? Cool! I'm a research nut with a penchant for picking up the oddest trivia. My husband claims that I know EVERYTHING. We should adopt each other as sisters!

[saphanibaal]

Sure! ^_^

[seekergeek]

Yay! Hi sis! I friend you, too!