Writing In Twilight

TITLE: The Astonishing Persistence Of Memory - Past Time
SUMMARY: The last they saw of him was as Kolya's prisoner, drained by the Wraith. When Atlantis finds John Sheppard living in a Pegasus village, with no memory of who he is, they endeavour to restore his memory. But a lot of things have changed in six months, including John himself. And there are some things he doesn't want to remember.
CATEGORY: drama, action-adventure, team
RATING: PG-13
PAIRINGS: John/Teyla UST, John/other
WORD COUNT: 66,000
SPOILERS: SGA 3.07 - Common Ground
NOTES: Written for the sgabigbang challenge - write 40,000+ words in 4 months. Assuming I get the profic finished in October (as is scheduled), then I might try to do the sequel come November!

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And the three pieces of artwork created for my story:

The Astonishing Persistence Of Memory: Promo Vid
by tli

The Astonishing Persistence Of Memory: Cover Art
by almostnever

John Remembers Her: Story Art
by liviapenn

seldear = tielan

( what, where, when, why, and how, since the 'who' has already been answered )

Because I haven't posted anything for a while, but I've been writing like a madwoman.

From an SG1/SGA crossover that obviously isn't going to have taken place anywhere in canon for the simple fact that it would require some major retconning, and people waking up in showers. I'm not sure that these parts are still going to be kept in the text, either - I had to do a rewrite, and I don't think they fit anymore. Pity. I particularly like Jack's thoughts on kinesthetic senses in the second excerpt.

I've really missed writing Jack. He's got such a distinctive voice.

( The Dark Horse: excerpt 1 )

( The Dark Horse: excerpt 2 )

Pure silliness.

Over at Gateworld Forums, in the Rachel Luttrell/Teyla Emmagan WOW thread, they're doing a Teyla photomanip challenge for each episode of Atlantis.

And then they got to SGA: Grace Under Pressure, which is problematic in that it has no Teyla at all. Creativity was required!

( So I got creative...in a PG-13 way! )

*giggles*

I'll never understand how Marvel can come out with such awesome movies as the X-Men and Spiderman series, and then such complete clunkers as Daredevil, Electra, and Ghost Rider.

( bad plot, bad acting, bad exposition...the badness - it burns us, precious! )

After we got out of the movie, I railed about the movie to my companion. He good-humouredly observed, "You have trouble just accepting the stupidity and laughing at it, don't you?" To which I noted that the things that I watch uncritically are those that I don't feel a need to criticise - that hit my buttons and work for me.

I could have written a better script for this movie without reading the books, in a week of menstrual cramps without medication, and with my cat nagging at me to feed her every five minutes.

*sigh*

This is why going to see movies based on the coolness of the trailers is a really bad idea.

And I might have to sleep with the light on for a couple of nights. My horror imagination is very good.

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Heroes: ( Read more... )

Specifically, an SG1 S9/10 vid to Monty Python's song Camelot, from Holy Grail.

There's gotta be at least one in existance!

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In Stargate fandom forecasts, we have panic tending towards rage, a probable storm of Gateworld forum posts from the south and the east, with scattered LJ-rants for the next few months.

Monday in Canada looks to bring tearstorms, and those scattered LJ-rants will probably be blocking the sunshine for a while yet, so keep a watch out for sudden outbursts of despair and anger.

This is your 'Eye On The Fandom Sky' report by seldear!

Sense of humour about a bad situation, folks.

FANDOM: Stargate Atlantis
TITLE: Happy Beginnings
SUMMARY: Rodney glances down at his computer tablet and begins poking at the readings there with short, frantic movements. "She's not just in the city - she is the city!"
CATEGORY: drama, futurefic, John/Teyla
RATING: R for sex scene
NOTES: ZOMG. This story was impossible to write. I had the idea in my head, but it took two rewrites to get it out in a format that worked for me and the story. About 15,000 words later, I have a 5,000 word entry for the John/Teyla ficathon. Dayum. For ladyjax, whose request was: "John and Teyla at the end of a long life together. Happy endings do not always turn out the way you expect."

( Happy Beginnings )

TITLE: Clinging Prerogatives
SUMMARY: Sheppard swung back to glare at the unoffending surroundings. "If I knew who suggested the Gilbert & Sullivan society, I'd shoot them."
CATEGORY: smarm, humour
RATING: PG
NOTES: Someone requested this the last time I asked for prompts. I nearly had Rodney filking to 'So Please You, Sir' in the dining hall, but figured it was a little further than Rodney would go unless he was under an Influence of some sort. And that might take, you know, plot.

( Clinging Prerogatives )

FANDOM: Stargate Atlantis
TITLE: All That's Said And Done
SUMMARY: Atlantis gave him a reason to live; the Ancients and the SGC took that away from him.
CATEGORY: gen, thoughts, vignette, John Sheppard
RATING: G
SPOILERS: The Return - Part 1
NOTES: requested by majorsamfan. Thanks for the inspiration, hon. It was nice to get out and write something short and to the point. A little introspective, perhaps, but a nice change.

( All That's Said And Done )

Next!

I was checking out the glockart community (which I tend to go without checking for looooong periods of time, then try to madly catch up on).

gwemegil, you might like this pic of Batgirl.

R/Hr and H/G fen might like the fic "Believe That Magic Works by schocolate (10 chapters, the author's version of "the Horcrux Hunt")

I strongly recommend The Drawbles Meme, in particular the Harry Potter/Les Miserables, Firefly/archery, Supernatural/X-Files, Red Dwarf/Beatles, Naruto/Calvin&Hobbes, Phedre no Delaunay, and Draco/Drusilla bondage...

And pixiesio and madjm wrote me SGA fic! Choices (Sio) and Just A Guy (Jamie).

*SMOOCHES*

Love you guys.