I'm moving to Dreamwidth! As much as possible, anyway. I've copied over the parts of my content that I care about preserving (the stories, not the meta). I haven't yet reconstructed my friends list / reading page, but will work on that soon.

Since this LJ is a free account, I'm not going to delete it yet, but I will probably only post to Dreamwidth next time I actually finish a story. Which could be ages! :o

Eccentricweft at Dreamwidth

ETA: Almost forgot the real reason for this post, I've got two Dreamwidth invite codes. Comment here or send me your email if you want one.

Title: Testament
Length: 550 words
Pairing: John & Rodney
Rating: PG

Now on my Dreamwidth page: all three stories in reading order and with edits on the rough spots that were bothering me... so please read that version!

Sequel to Tomorrow, which is a sequel to Where the Heart Is. Best to start there.

I wasn't going to write any more in this 'verse, but two commenters suggested it, and I think this provides some closure.

( Testament )

Title: Tomorrow
Length: 700 words
Pairing: John & Rodney
Rating: PG

Now on my Dreamwidth page: all three stories in reading order and with edits on the rough spots that were bothering me... so please read that version!

Sequel to: Where the Heart Is, written for casa_mcshep. Best to read that first.

This is utterly self-indulgent, but if you want to get weepy with me, then forge ahead. Warnings at the bottom.


( Tomorrow )

This was inspired, oddly, by spuffyduds' hilarious Five Planets Atlantis is Never Contacting Again, or at Least If They Do, They're Sending Another Damn Team, Not John's. (Go read it!)

I don't have the gift of writing humor (this is h/c instead) but the other thing I admired about Five Planets... was that there was a story arc in the progression of the five things. I experimented with that here. Aaaaand I used a McSheplets prompt.

Spoilers for Doppelganger and The Shrine. PG.

( Five Symptoms John Sheppard Isn't Used to Having )

I was just about to post something new and I realized I never made a link to my McShep Match story! (Despite using the icon for months. The colors are nice with my page design...)

This was for the prompt "call of duty."

The Thought That Counts (McShep Match home team)

A comment fic for berlinghoff79's Inventory Day comment fest. My real reason for re-posting here is that I want to change a few words. Perfectionist? You could say that. *cringe*

( Inventory ficlet )

Last week I saw the film The Shoes of the Fisherman. It was released in 1968, based on a 1963 novel. I saw it years ago and read the book as a teenager in the 70s.

I was reminded of this film & book by Kassrachel and Sihaya Black's incredibly wonderful McKay/Sheppard story Si Muovo...

( Warning - spoilers for the story and the movie! )

A bit of fluff for the McFleece challenge:

( SGA Ficlet: Getting Warm )

Goodness, I'm productive tonight. Here's another from the depths of my hard-drive. Maybe I'm finally connecting with my inner angst again? That would make me very happy!

( SGA ficlet: Promise )

This has been languishing on my hard drive, 90% complete, and I had a notion to finish it this evening.

I'm feeling a certain amount of authorial identity crisis. In previous fandoms, I craved angst like a drug, both in my reading and writing. I still do, but don't seem to be able to write it anymore.

Instead, I give you:

( The Numbers Game: Or, Atlantis Reads Harry Potter )

Wow, back in July I certainly didn't think it would be three months before I had time to post again! Since then I've been out of the country for two and a half weeks and had five sets of houseguests (!) and a killer sinus infection.

But I'm all better now and I finished a little story, hurray!

( Ficlet: Scarf )

The use of the word "unholy" in SGA fiction has been intriguing me for a while. I was curious enough to search my computer for every instance of that word. It appeared in 11 of the McKay/Sheppard stories on my hard drive, as well as a few comments-to-stories and authors' intros.

It didn't occur in any of the non-SGA stories on my hard drive, which include a few dozen Star Trek: Voyager stories and several hundred Emergency! stories (the paramedics-in-LA show from the 70s). Obviously that is in no way a scientific sample, but I was a little surprised not to find the word ever used in E! fic because serial killers and firefighter-stalking rapists are standard fare in that fandom. I've even read a novella about firemen turned devil worshippers. There are lots of texts in E! fic where the word unholy would fit pretty easily, but instead, it keeps popping up in SGA.

So I decided to look at all the examples I had from SGA (just the fiction, not the comments or author notes) and see if I could discern any patterns. These are all McKay/Sheppard because that's pretty much all I read or save.

Further discussion below the cut. There are quotes (potential spoilers) from the stories listed below. Personally I think the spoilers are extremely minor for 9 of the 11 stories, but YMMV.
Danvers, Fell in Love with a Girl
kHo, A Soldier and a Coward
LadyCat, Condescending to Earth [serious spoilers]
LadyCat and Yin, Liberty
Pru, Bell Curve
Sheafrotherdon, Bound by Will [serious spoilers]
Sheafrotherdon, Skies to Conquer, Gave Us Wings
Spacebabe, Viva Las Vegas
Speranza, Kid A
Wojelah, Where We Ought to Be
Wolfshark, Completely Necessary

I don't think I've said anything here that could qualify as criticism of anyone's writing, but if any of the authors whose work I've discussed feel criticized, I apologize. I just find it fascinating how language changes over time and how communities create new words or new meanings for old words.

( I'm intrigued too )

McKay/Sheppard established relationship; PG; no spoilers I can think of.
Disclaimer: not mine, no profit.

For semielliptical - Surprise!

( Story )

After seven years away from fandom, semielliptical lured me back with DVDs of the first season of Stargate: Atlantis. It worked brilliantly! (At one point she used the word "mainlining" to describe my consumption of McKay/Sheppard stories. Not sure if she was worried or impressed.)

Since then I've been astonished by the incredible number of talented and brilliant people writing utterly wonderful stories in this fandom. Brava to you all. You are amazing.