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Fan Fiction: Writers, Readers, and Enablers  

This thread is for fanfic recs, links, and discussion, but not for actual posting of fanfic.


P.M. Marc - Sep 07, 2003 3:39:46 am PDT #6161 of 10000
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear

In a fit of MADNESS, and perhaps insomnia, I have updated Recalibration (and redesigned it, kinda--now with images! a whopping 6k of 'em! totally not fandom related!) and Latitude. Buttery will be updated soon-ish, but I'm going to bed before I break something with poor coding. Or worse.


helentm - Sep 12, 2003 12:20:44 pm PDT #6162 of 10000
Religion isn't the cause of wars. It's the excuse. - Christopher Brookmyre

Does anyone know of any good Stargate gen, other than Rheanna's stories?


Katie M - Sep 12, 2003 12:41:37 pm PDT #6163 of 10000
I was charmed (albeit somewhat perplexed) by the fannish sensibility of many of the music choices -- it's like the director was trying to vid Canada. --loligo on the Olympic Opening Ceremonies

What's your taste, helen? I'm personally very fond of Tripoli's stuff, but want to issue a warning that The Cost of Doing Business is a bit harrowing. Destina's recommendations lean heavily slashward, but there is some good gen in there as well; come to think of it I believe Tripoli has a rec page also. Yeah, here it is.

Now that I look at Destina's page she's not labeling all the gen anymore. Note that Lovely and Willing (both of which I like a lot) are gen. The author of Willing has another one out, called Surface Tension, which I'd also recommend.

Bright Shiny Objects does Stargate recs as well, though a lot of them are ship rather than gen.

Also, one of the two posts in my lj is a look at the gen nominees from this year's SG-1 fanfic awards. Rather astonishing amounts of crap (which I did not write about, because it felt mean, though you will note a few that I damned with faint praise) but I think I mention a few others there that aren't on the rec lists above. The award site itself, which has links to all of these stories, is here.


helentm - Sep 13, 2003 11:37:35 pm PDT #6164 of 10000
Religion isn't the cause of wars. It's the excuse. - Christopher Brookmyre

Thanks! Some lovely stories there, though I haven't read all of them yet. For Stargate, I like gen character stuff, not too angsty. A good plot is cool, but it's mainly the characters. I'm an absolute sucker for anything which combines 'normal' people with the SGC, but I haven't found much of that.


esse - Sep 14, 2003 6:38:35 am PDT #6165 of 10000
S to the A -- using they/them pronouns!

Anyone around? I pretty much need a quick and dirty beta. (xposted with bfic)


Deena - Sep 14, 2003 7:15:59 am PDT #6166 of 10000
How are you me? You need to stop that. Only I can be me. ~Kara

SA, do you still need the beta? I can give it a shot if you like. Profile addy is good.


P.M. Marc - Sep 14, 2003 9:39:45 am PDT #6167 of 10000
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear

So, yeah.

Latitude has once again been updated. There's, like, new shit, and shit.

Anyone have any good, non-pairing specific essays on writing relationships they'd like to submit?


esse - Sep 14, 2003 1:19:02 pm PDT #6168 of 10000
S to the A -- using they/them pronouns!

Insent, Deena. Thanks.


Katie M - Sep 14, 2003 4:52:05 pm PDT #6169 of 10000
I was charmed (albeit somewhat perplexed) by the fannish sensibility of many of the music choices -- it's like the director was trying to vid Canada. --loligo on the Olympic Opening Ceremonies

Thanks!

You're welcome! Though looking back I note that I made a mistake; "Willing" is slash. Arguably. (Of course, I can think of stories that include explicit gay sex that my internal sorter thinks of as gen, so you can't really trust me...)

For Stargate, I like gen character stuff, not too angsty. A good plot is cool, but it's mainly the characters. I'm an absolute sucker for anything which combines 'normal' people with the SGC, but I haven't found much of that.

Yeah, that isn't something that I've seen done very much. The closest thing I can think of is actually "Lovely," but I'm not sure if you want to count a Sentinel as Normal People. I wonder if that's partly because the show itself hasn't gone there very much.

Ooh, here's a rec for you, though - Gavilan. Non-SGC POV on a test flight with Teal'c.


helentm - Sep 15, 2003 12:22:46 am PDT #6170 of 10000
Religion isn't the cause of wars. It's the excuse. - Christopher Brookmyre

Yeah, I read that one. It's pretty cool. What do you like in Stargate fanfic?