She came, she saw, she wrote fanfic

I read a lot of fanfic. A lot.

I consume, devour, regroup and then do it all over again.

When I first came into SG fandom, I read anything I could lay my hands on. I often emerged twitching and red-eyed and certain I wasn't watching the same show these people were writing about. FFnet virtually turned me off reading fic altogether; Daniel cries a lot over there and Sam has a lot of babies and Jack is some sort of Terminator clone, and Teal'C? (sic) Who he? *shudders*

Since then, I've become much more discerning. We all do. It's natural. We learn what we like, what we don't, what works and what doesn't.

As a voracious reader, I feel I should share the stories I love, for the very good reason that I think you'll probably like them too. Even if you don't love them. I don't expect anyone's tastes to match my own completely. That would be unreasonable ... not to say weird. *g* But I like to think I know you well enough to know what might just work for you.

So, I've decided that I should rec a whole lot more often than I do now.

What I'm going to do is share older stories; ones that you may have missed or have read and consigned to memory. They may be new to you; people join fandoms at different times, and that would be great.

This is my intention this year. I'll still rec new stuff when it hits my squee button (and if it's from the usual suspects, your buttons will being pinged even without me reccing!) but mostly this will feature fic posted some time ago.

First up: A story I read when I came into fandom, shied away from because it had an element of Jack/Sam, but OMG I re-read again this week and knelt at its feet and unashamedly wept my joy.

Descant by destina is beautiful in its complexity, bold in its subject matter and executed to perfection.

This is a Jack/Daniel piece that tells of their love not only through Jack/Daniel but through Daniel/Sarah and Jack/Sam. These relationships are dealt with in a realistic and heartbreaking way. It was never going to work, for either couple, not while there was Jack/Daniel, which there was, from the very beginning, even if they tried a million ways not to acknowledge it.

In this story, we watch Daniel at Sam and Jack's engagement party, floundering in his love for both of them and aching for the one thing he'll never have; we also see the final, sad deconstruction of his marriage. We see, and feel for, Sam, trying to make a marriage work that Jack knew -- and probably she did, too -- was doomed from the beginning. She is stoic and pragmatic and honest enough to want to move on.

There is a huge emotional cost to all four.

And then ... then we reach the moment when it boils down to the two men and their feelings. Which way will they go, now that there is a choice to be freely made?

I love this fic so much. It is beautiful and hard and real.

It is written in trademark straightforward but eloquent and incisive language by a writer who knows these characters down to the marrow and knows what she's doing.

It's a joy, from beginning to end.

If anyone knows this story, or reads it now, do let me know what you think.

*loves my fandom, loves the writers*

1,600-word Jack/Daniel ficlet based on a pic prompt over at jackdanielpromptfic

Passing Impressions

Enjoy!

Porn Battle IX is go!

List of prompts is here and some jolly delicious ones there are too. SG-1 is pretty well represented, and there are some yummy Jack/Daniel suggestions. Hopefully, I'll snaffle the odd one myself, RL permitting. New Trek and Supernatural appear at first (very quick) glance to win the internetz in terms of number of prompts for individual shows/films.

Go here for rules and posting details etc.

Go forth and commit porn, people. You have until February 1.


In other news: 1,200 words so far of Jack/Sara/Kawalsky for Gateverse OT3. Not a huge amount, but it's coming along.

I'm watching Glee (glee!) and Being Human (am in love) and Mad Men returns on Wednesday.

I so need a viewing clone. And a writing one. Please oblige with all haste.

I've just left a few prompts over at sg1_beyond_otp, Prompts can be left until the 20th.

They are great prompts. Awesome prompts. I mean, look, really. How can you resist??? And if someone doesn't write them, I will be very, very upset and probably have to flounce right out of the fandom.

Just sayin'.

Heh.

Check them out discodiva76 . There's one that might look familiar!

I watched the new (now new-ish, I suppose) Star Trek movie on DVD the other night. I'd seen it once before, on the night flight back from Vancouver, but I don't count that as a real "watch" since I was gripping the seat arm rests and chanting "notgonnadieupherenotgonnadieuphere" too much to, you, know, enjoy the film.

Anyway. I have a question.

As someone who was never wholly into the original series ... I've seen most of it over the years on re-runs etc ... was there ever a "thing" between Uhura and Spock in the Nichols/Nimoy era? Was it ever hinted at, or was it ever realised? I liked that there was a "thing" in the new movie. I thought Uhura rocked. I liked the Bones/Kirk stuff more though. *g*

I also gather there was some sort of Uhura backlash in fandom over the new movie. Was this simply because of the whole Kirk/Spock OTP thing?

Answers on a postcard ...

The insta-quick-post-it-don't-sweat-it-a-thon has ended!

Some wonderful ficlets and artwork guaranteed to warm up the coldest winter; funny, warm, scorchingly hot, loving ...

Thanks so much to everyone who contributed and left feedback. The cockles of my heart are truly warmed right through. :-))

I'll post a round-up in the next couple of days.

Thanks again ... we must do it again sometime.

*hugs*

Jack/Daniel, 680 words, set post-series. A gentle piece, I hope.

For princessofgeeks  for no reason beyond the usual. :-)

 

( Life is Good )

 

It means, oh beloved flist, that I have a new squee in my life. :-)

Let me explain. For Christmas, Mr Junkie bought me one of the Donald Strachey Mysteries movies ... Third Man Out, to be exact. I watched it and immediately fell head over heels in love with Donald and Timothy. Seriously. This pairing ... loving, tender, snarky, funny, they dance (OMG so beautifully, points to icon) and they cry together. I am in heaven. I ordered a second movie (there are four) Shock to the System. I fell even more in love. There are books, too, six or seven, I believe.

Donald is a private investigator and Timothy, his husband, is aide to a politician. The stories are set in NY but filmed in Toronto and Vancouver and the films are jam-packed with Stargate alumni. So far, I have spotted Nyan (yes, he's alive and well!), Commander Reiger (nasty man who caged our heroes and really pissed Daniel off when he zapped Jack), Anne-Marie deLuise (the blonde woman in The Other Side and I think she was also Cam's beloved Amy Vandenburg) and a Jaffa!

And ... there is fanfic, people! I even recognise a couple of the authors from J/D.

This is the first pairing I have wanted to wallow in since Jack/Daniel. I mean, I love Supernatural but I don't read the fic and avoid the fandom like the plague. But I can see myself dipping my toe in what is a very small fandom, which is something new for me.

So, the question is ... any of my flisters share my squee? If so, please speak up. I cannot be the only one to adore the awesomeness that is Donald and Timothy.

PS This does not mean I love Jack and Daniel any less, and I have plot bunnies hopping again like mad March hares. Yay!

PPS Happy New Year. May 2010 be great for all of us.

A slightly early Christmas present from me.

Breaking the Ice.

Rated: R

Jack/Daniel.

3,950 words.

This is set on Christmas Eve in season seven, three months after Daniel's return. There is some bad language and a modicum of seasonal sap, I fear. Hopefully nothing too distressing. *g*

With love to my glorious, inspiring, wonderful fandom.

Happy Holidays.

 

( Breaking the Ice )

Title: Sanctuary
Author: jdjunkie 
Word count: 933
Pairing: Jack/Daniel
Rating: R
A/N: This ficlet is set a few weeks after Fallen/Homecoming.

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