No SGA ESP flashfic this week. :(

[amalthia]

I planned to write a story for the SGA_flashfic challenge but i never got around to it this week, because I was working on the archive and today instead of writing the story, or a story, didn't have anything really in mind. I ended up finishing my revisions for a Stargate SG-1 fic I wrote over three months ago. I think I'm about ready to post the story. I'm kind of nervous about it because it's really my first Stargate SG-1 fan fic and the content is a bit extreme, but I kind of like it myself. *Edited* realized I needed to clarify something. I love this story I wrote, I spent months obsessed with the story. I don't just like my story, I actually enjoyed re-reading it, which for me is quite remarkable. Normally after you've read a story a few times it gets boring....for any story not just the ones I write. But I really like this story. I think my writing is improving as I get older. And then I had some wonderful advice from a friend and that I think helped the story improve, a lot. *end edit*

Anyway the point is I never got around to writing a ESP story and I love ESP fan fics. But I figured it's okay because I finished the revisions my beta reader recommended on my other story. I love my beta readers. I love them a lot. I'd read through this story four or five times and never caught the errors she found.

I think if I were to write a telepathy story it would have to have bad memories being found out by the other person. The thing is Sheppard and McKay (why would I want to use any other characters) seem like they've lived charmed lives. Daniel had the whole orphan thing going for him, Jack spent some time in an Iraqi prison, and well who really cared about Sam or teal'c???

I guess I could make stuff up, I'm writing another SG-1 fan fic and I'm incoporating McKay into it.

I realized I suck at recovery stories. I like torturing my characters then leaving them high and dry. Once I get them home safely I'm kind of like, shit what do I do with them? Maybe I should end the stories with them getting rescued and leave it at that. Only I think stories need closure of some sort. I'm just not that good at the recovery aspects. I guess I should just practice. I know some of my favorite stories ahve the torture then the months of therapy. (okay actually after a while the months of therapy gets kind of old, I kind of feel like slapping characters that go catatonic for more than a minute)

anyway just some thoughts of mine on a Satureday night.

Comments

[inyron.livejournal.com]

The thing is Sheppard and McKay (why would I want to use any other characters) seem like they've lived charmed lives.

Some people have put forth Sheppard or McKay's childhoods as sources of angst. Actually, in McKay's case, I've heard it being referred to as a cliche. The most well done I've ever seen it was in one of Leah's stories: http://www.wraithbait.com/viewstory.php?sid=12&i=1

In any case, I think either all their parents are dead, or they have bad relationships. Sheppard declined to sent a message back to earth in "Letters from Pegasus" (though there are hints he recorded a message later, privately )and McKay identified his sister Jeannie as "the only family I've got." (I think that's the right quote?)

Another place you might want to look would be Sheppard's time in the Middle East. He lost a lot of friends there, and all that have affected him, enough for him to disobey orders that time.

[amalthia]

I read the Balcony Sessions...I think I might have recced them in my journal. Loved every part but the one with the wraith dogs was particularly good. I loved the adventure and the tension she built up in her story. And Rodney's reactions great character development, I'm checking her website for updates about three times a week. I'm not sure if she'd done with the Balcony Sessions but I'd love to read whatever else she comes up with.

[inyron.livejournal.com]

From her last post, before she deleted her LJ, it seems she is planning on adding one more part to the series, but it might not be out for a few more months.

She's basically on fandom leave, because she has a baby on the way and a lot of other things to do. I'm hoping that when the baby, and the new seasons of Stargate come, she'll be too inspired to stay away for long.

[amalthia]

I don't think I'm ever going to want kids if it means I don't have time to read fan fics or write anymore. I hope she's inspired by the new season too. :)

personally, I'm not too sure about this new guy...he reminds me too much of Tyr Anazzai from Andromeda but not as handsome. Dreadlocks NEVER look good on a person.

[inyron.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I was unimpressed with what I saw of him in the commercials.

[amalthia]

I saw some season 2 promotional pictures and I think they had too much make-up or something...none of the characters look okay.

I'm going to try and be patient and watch the show before I make any judgements about the new guy. I mean he might be a good actor and with luck they'll get rid of the dreadlocks as soon as the character discovers the showers in Atlantis.