I think the shop is called The King of Cups.

[antennapedia]

While skimming coffeeshop AU bookmarks on pinboard yesterday, I had the following thought: Wow, you can get away with a lot of nonsense when your readers are pre-invested in your story. Nonsense stops being nonsense and starts being the most sensible thing ever when the readers are there rooting for your story to go where they need it to go. Fanfic

Comments

[seldomifever]

Death is an obscenity. It is the enemy of all human beings and something we should work unceasingly to conquer. We shouldn't have to lose anybody.

Yes! Very sad news about Jobs. :(

And yeah, I think coffee shop au calls for het. BG het. :)

[antennapedia]

That's a pretty good one: threat to the coffee shop itself!

[clavally]

I feel like there was SGA-writer bashing somewhere in there, but I can't quite put my finger on it, lol.

Coffeeshop AUs tend to be all about the relationship. One of them owns the shop, the other is an oblivious customer who finds some reason to keep spending more and more time in the shop without realizing it's because they're in love with the owner until some pivotal point in the story while the owner pines over them. Also, it's a chance to explore what things are essential about each character to make them those characters.

[antennapedia]

If I bashed anything, it was all fanfic in all fandoms, 'cause I have never read SGA or watched more than a minute of it. I do love it all while enjoying its silliness.

[stexgirl2000]

Starbucks moving in is the conflict

[antennapedia]

Hmmmmmmm. Hmmm. I am thinking.

[lynnylou]

I have never read coffee shop au before but it does sound interesting. I would cast my vote B/G version of it. It was sad to hear about Steve Job that man was just brilliant. I just love my ipod and ipod shuffle. I never lean home with out one of them.