Epiphanize This

I am currently writing the world's worst essay on James Joyce's Dubliners (except for any essay ever written by my 12th grade English teacher, who claimed that the creepy old dude in "An Encounter" wasn't whacking off, when clearly...he's whacking off*), but an important question has arisen that must be answered:

[Poll #700967]

ETA: Dude, why're y'all voting for The Puddlejumpers for Shortest Band in the World? I'm sure Shep appreciates the publicity, but don't you think they're disqualified on the strength of Ronon alone?

Also, in other random Irish literature news, suitemate Jean just told me that John McGahern just died. That is so weird: I just finished reading his Amongst Women, and we're discussing it in class on Monday (with hot Scottish tutor Peter Mackay, no less!). All this, I know, has absolutely zero cosmic significance, but...I still feel it as odd, as quite sad.

*She also claimed that the line in "The Convergence of the Twain" about "that august event" referred to the month, "because the Titanic sank in August." When I pointed out that no, the Titanic sank in April, she got really huffy and was weird with me for the rest of the year.

Comment drabbles, 'Human Vacillation'-verse snippets

James Joyce essay: draft totally finished! Next up: Alexander Pope! I can totally do this! *waves pom poms at self*

But first, the comment drabbles from the other day. 19 this time, mostly McKay/Sheppard with some Lorne/Parrish, Teyla/Michael, and Teyla/Carson (bwah?) thrown in to keep things interesting.

For slodwick: ( Will you say to them when I’m gone/'I loved your son for his sturdy arms/We both learned to cradle then live without' )

For dogeared: ( And later, when I say it to you in the dark/ you are the bell/ and I am the tongue of the bell, ringing you )

For siriaeve: ( West of Her Spine )

For tardis80: ( He turns his head and John sees them: little plum-colored bruises dotting Rodney’s neck. )

For 20thcenturyvole: ( Rodney, and how his affections transferred from Sam to John )

For adannu: ( Lay your sleeping head, my love/Human on my faithless arm )

For svmadelyn: ( I do not give one single shit/for anything less/than my happiest thought )

For aurora_84: ( I Will Follow You Into the Dark )

For tikiberry: ( McKay/Sheppard (duh), kiwi (of fruit variety) and erm...lettuce )

For niannah: ( And what if there were two/Side by side in orbit/Around the fairest sun? )

For reccea: ( John, Rodney, 'When the evening is spread out against the sky' )

Two for wychwood: ( Rueful pining )

For rokeon: ( In this whole world/There is only you and I and this boat/On this ocean. And what happens/depends on us or the ocean )

For rashaka: ( Dr. Beckett and a little quirk of Asthosian culture )

For echoing0comfort: ( Coconuts, tennis shoes, and someone mocking Rodney's taste in music )

For delurker: ( Lorne, and 'a truly noble and impressive fish' )

For seikaitsukimizu: ( John and Rodney at dinner on Earth, Sam is at the same place (bonus points for jealous!John) )

For megolas: ( The Good Times Are Killing Me )

notpoetry and saturnalia both asked for drabbles set in the Human Vacillation-verse. I kind of got carried away, so here are 7 of those, all set pre-HV.

( Human Vacillation drabbles )