I will eat your fandom alive.

[trinityofone]

Er, hi.

So, since I last updated, I've:

*Worked many long hours at a job I'm finding increasingly mediocre despite the fact that last night I got to sell a gay sex book to Amanda Bynes, who took care to tell me it was "for a friend";

*Failed to secure housing in Dublin, which is bad;

*Met monanotlisa, which was good;

and,

*Gotten hopelessly addicted to Stargate: Atlantis, much to my own shock, believe me.

Er, yeah. So about that. I think I'm going to want to post about this now. A lot. And unless I'm greatly mistaken (please, please let me be greatly mistaken) I don't think many (any?) people on my friends list are into this show. (Besides the people I just friended...hiiiiiii!) I see two solutions to this problem. This first is that you all get into it...right now! Go read daughtershade's introduction (with pretty pictures); then read astolat's A Beautiful Lifetime Event. That should be all it takes, really. Although I'm a little unsure of my pimping skills, to be honest. I forced spazatron to watch two episodes and I couldn't crack his anti-SGA resolve. (Damn you, spazatron! Damn you and your stony, stony resolve!)

Option two, of course, is that you shake your heads and with wry smiles upon your infinitely tolerant faces, ignore my odd geeky ways. You can also comfort yourselves with the knowledge that if I have something fandom-y to post about occasionally, the volume of my posts in general tends to increase as well. So that means SGA!squee with a side of B&N bitching! I can hear you shouting for joy from here.

So, in summary: work sucks. Rodney rocks. The end.

Comments

[rashaka.livejournal.com]

LJ ate my comment! ARGH.

Anyway, I'm watching SGA every week too. It's fun scifi adventures. I'm not yo-yo in love with it, but I consider myself a fan and am certainly not above occaisional squeeage over SciFiFriday.

[trinityofone.livejournal.com]

Yay! I'm glad I'm not the only one.

And to be honest, I know what you mean about not being (great phrase!) yo-yo in love. The show I very much enjoy, but it's the fic...mmm, yes. So yeah: come for the show, stay for the fic--that tends to be the MO for the fandoms I really fall in love with.

[rashaka.livejournal.com]

I haven't really gotten into the fic of it much. I don't go for the slash pairings, and not going for slash cuts away at a lot of Stargate fic opportunities, from what I have looked at.

[trinityofone.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I think Stargate fandoms are pretty slashy, perhaps by nature of both teams being 75% male and thus pushing the dynamic in a m/m direction. Plus, from what I've seen, none of the female characters is very interesting.

Personally, I'm very happy shipping Sheppard/McKay, although I do find myself in the unique position of having a slash OTP for the first time in a TV fandom. Because as much as I flirted with slash in the Jossverse, my previous OTPs have all been het: Mulder/Scully, Buffy/Spike, Wesley/Lilah. So I'm growing as a pervert person, I guess. ;-)

But I'll let you know if I run into any good het. Part of me would just like to see McKay get laid. *eg*

[rashaka.livejournal.com]

I wasn't really shipping anyone in the first season, but with the new episodes I've been leaning seriously toward Weir/Sheppard stuff.

McKay is one of those characters that I just don't want to see in a ship with anyone. I want him perpetually on the sidelines and bitching at everyone else.

I do find myself in the unique position of having a slash OTP for the first time in a TV fandom

I haven't had that yet in a tv or movie fandom. When it comes to anime, though, I've got one serious but far-from-canon slashy OTF: Kabuto & Kakashi from Naruto. I call it "serious" because I would read EVERYTHING about/relating to that pairing, if only there were more of it. But canon-wise it's not even a remotely serious possibility. ::shrug:: For FMA I have a weird liking for pre-series Kimblee/Roy fic, which is sort of my vice for FMA fic, but I can't say I'd like them actually in canon. That is mostly the extent of my slash tendencies where fic is concerned. Though Joss fandom *has* taught me to appreciate slash humor w/ subtext. Just ficwise it's still not something I seek out in tv fandom yet.

[trinityofone.livejournal.com]

McKay is one of those characters that I just don't want to see in a ship with anyone. I want him perpetually on the sidelines and bitching at everyone else.

But McKay needs love! 'Cause if he can find love, then maybe it could even happen to meeeeeeeee! ;-)

But canon-wise it's not even a remotely serious possibility.

There's almost something comforting about that kind of ship, you know what I mean? If you know it's never going to happen, you don't have to get too worked up over it. When Buffy and Spike didn't end up together forever the way I had wanted, I was pissed, because it seemed so likely, for so long, and when it didn't happen, I felt like something had been taken away from me. There's a comfort in not being able to expect too much. In theory, anyway. ;-)

That said, I don't see Sheppard/Weir at all. But we all tend to see what we want to see...

[rashaka.livejournal.com]

I know what you mean with Sheppard/Weir, in a way. For the entire first season I didn't see them that way at ALL. I was like, "Sheppard/Weir? You're imganing things." And then the new episodes with the new season, and BAM! Little Sheppard/Weir stuff falling all around it seems. Especially the first two episodes of season 2.

There's almost something comforting about that kind of ship, you know what I mean?

Yep. No expectations, and in some ways it's so unlikely you don't even need to explain WHY they're together in the fic, because even your readers know that you'd never be able to come up with a good reason anyway.

[trinityofone.livejournal.com]

We must repeat this experience

YES! On your home turf, next time. ;-)

Want links to the post prolific and talented ones among them?

And OH! Yes, please. *eg*

[thalassius.livejournal.com]

When are you coming to visit England? (believe me, after a few weeks of Irish weather even northern England will start to seem inviting). You must come to see Oxford, and if you manage to come during our term-time, I can introduce you to the Oxford slash and Firefly obsessives as well.

[trinityofone.livejournal.com]

I'm actually going to be in England first--I have a three-day orientation in London starting Sept. 28th. Then I have a few days off before I have to be in Dublin--maybe I could come to Oxford then? Because I would so love to see it--and you, and your obsessives, too! I'll let you know when I know my schedule better.

[thalassius.livejournal.com]

When exactly are you flying on to Ireland? I ought to have space in Oxford from October 3rd, but don't know if you'll have gone by then.

[trinityofone.livejournal.com]

Dammit! I think the 3rd is the day I'm supposed to arrive in Dublin! But maybe we can still work something out for later in the year...?

[darcydodo]

Don't forget that linley is going to be visiting in September, if you're around at all.

[thalassius.livejournal.com]

When? I kept forgetting to ask you this question.

[darcydodo]

I know her flight to England is on the 6th of September, but I don't know her precise plans within England nor when she's coming back. I've given her your e-mail address.

[adrienneherbst.livejournal.com]

AHHH! SGA! YOU TOO! *wails*

[trinityofone.livejournal.com]

It's the fandom that ate LJ, isn't it? ::sighs happily::

[trinityofone.livejournal.com]

I don't think so, I'm afraid. I really wanted to come up one last time, but time and monetary restrictions are going to make it impossible, I think. I feel really bad about it.

[taosterman.livejournal.com]

last night I got to sell a gay sex book to Amanda Bynes, who took care to tell me it was "for a friend"

[trinityofone.livejournal.com]

Well, if the bee-dog approves, you know it's a juicy piece of H-Wood gossip for sure!

I knew that was the kind of choice detail you'd appreciate. *eg*

[lordelessar.livejournal.com]

You're alive! When do you leave for dublin? Any chance you'll be swinging by Berkeley before you go? We'll all throw you a going away party.

[trinityofone.livejournal.com]

::checks pulse::

Why, so I am!

I'm leaving for London (and subsequently Dublin) on September 28th. Sadly, I don't think I'm going to be able to make it to Berkeley before then--too many problems of the time/money variety. I'm really sad about it--I would love to take you up on that offer of a going away party! Still, if anything changes, you'll be one of the first to know!

When does your AWESOME NEW JOB start?

[lordelessar.livejournal.com]

In less than two weeks! AAAH!

[trinityofone.livejournal.com]

So do you have to come up with your own syllabus/course of study? Are a bunch of pimply kids going to be calling you MR. FELDMAN?

*eeeeeeeeee!*

[trinityofone.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much for all the links. Although you are now officially an enabler. ;-)