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I signed up for
gateverse_remix, because clearly I do not have enough to do, what with Big Bang and, oh, my original writing and all. XD (Signups are open until May 26, btw in case anyone else cares to join me in my madness and increase my chances of getting a gen author to remix! Not that I'd mind remixing a pairing-focused fic, but the more, the merrier. You need 5+ stories of 1000 words or more to be eligible.)
Completely unrelated to that, I have a spoilery question for anyone who has seen Ashes to Ashes. (This is probably also quite spoilery for the Life on Mars finale.)
Do they mention anything at all about Annie? I haven't seen the show yet, but I know from cast photos and so forth that she's not in it. I know what happened to Sam, more or less, but I'm wondering if Annie's absence is explained away somehow, or if she's just gone.
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Completely unrelated to that, I have a spoilery question for anyone who has seen Ashes to Ashes. (This is probably also quite spoilery for the Life on Mars finale.)
Do they mention anything at all about Annie? I haven't seen the show yet, but I know from cast photos and so forth that she's not in it. I know what happened to Sam, more or less, but I'm wondering if Annie's absence is explained away somehow, or if she's just gone.
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*mutters to selve about squeezing it in*
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sigh
Annie
Sam is meantioned a few times and he is seen in photos twice in the first episode. No other mentions of him or Annie in any of the other episodes... but then again, only season 1 has aired so far. I REALLY hoping Sam makes an appearance further down the track because I think it could work well.
Have you watch Ashes to Ashes yet? You know, it's good .. but its just so hard to see Gene Hunt without Sam Tyler. But if you just forget for a little bit, its not bad (at least that's what I think). I've got some theories about A2A and Sam. But I'm not going to say if you haven't watched it yet =)
Re: Annie
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No, no, no!
I really love the idea of the remix challenge, but man... why does it have to fall in line so close with Big Bang? Perhaps I'll continue to flounder a bit until Labor Day.
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I really like the idea of a remix, and to my surprise I'm actually not as opposed as to writing a (light) pairing as I may have been last year. And I think I just talked myself into signing up. Come August, I swear I'm not writing anything else for the rest of the... month.
It's like crack! (Angsty icon since I can't seem to stop my crack addiction.)
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Oh yeah, definitely! I mean, it kinda sucks for those of us who are trying to do both, but most people aren't trying to do both, and it certainly isn't fair for the rest of the fandom to be on hold for those of us who are doing Big Bang.
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And I've covered my eyes on the LoM spoilers, but have grabbed the first four episodes to watch when I'm feeling less prolific.
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I'm not signing up at the moment as my writing is hit and miss - sometimes I can sit down and write something - and then I hit periods where I can't seem to get anything much written (maybe the odd ficlet at most). I'm also having a problem actually finishing any longer stories!! Frustrating, but as I write for pleasure I've told myself to chill and just let it happen when it happens!!
Ashes to Ashes - no mention of Annie at all, which is a little disappointing. Just got two more eps to watch - the fact it is taking me this long to get through them tells you that I'm not overly keen. But there are these brilliant scenes here and there that just keep me watching - even though I don't really like the new girl all that much...
I think it's a case of watching it and making your own mind up - I know some people thought it was great; me, not so much.
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Life On Mars (US)
Colm Meaney's in it and I do like his acting (have seen some of his films as well as ST and SGA) - if anyone could play an American Gene Hunt I think he could - but overall...not sure about this!
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I've asked if they could not pair me with a slash (or explicit het) only writer, but I guess I'll just have to wait and see what happens! *fingers crossed*
Of course, if I get you then I'm going to panic - 'cos there's no way I could do your stories justice!!!
Okay, off to have a little panic attack now - what have I done?!
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...welllll, I was debating, so you decided me, I'm signed up for the remix! (Especially since it doesn't look like Big Bang is going to happen for me, eheheh... *runs away quickly*)
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... and yay, you're watching it! Signe is watching it too, as you're no doubt aware. I'm looking forward to seeing what you think!
Sorry to hear about Big Bang, but yay remix!
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The Big Bang, well, the idea I have I might do something with anyway. Right now I'm working hard on "Closer to Ordinary" (that McShep thing I've been poking at forever, which probably will be BB-length anyway...)
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But... so tempting! I really enjoy challenges. I always have plenty of ideas but never the motivation to write, and challenges give me the motivation.
I'll have to ponder this carefully.
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Has anything like that been done? Just out of curiosity. Or would it be a bit hard since there aren't exactly a ton of strictly gen writers out there?
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If anyone wants to have-at the idea, well, then... have at it, I say ;)
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a little OT, a little not
On topic. My yes, I'd love to see GEN remixes of some stories. Why isn't there more Gen, anyway? Is it easier to write romance/lust than Gen? I don't read a lot of slash, mostly just stories that come highly recommended by people whose opinions I trust, but I've read some that read more like sex (insert generic partner here) manuals than Stargate stories about Stargate characters. Is it that slash audiences are more supportive of their writers? I recall a friend who wrote only Gen in another fandom for the longest time but then dipped a toe into slash waters to play with an idea and was overwhelmed with LOCs. Is that a common experience and does that play a role in what authors choose to write?
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My one big worry with the remix idea is that it would turn into a gen vs. slash thing, or one ship vs. another, and I don't want that -- I tried very hard with the genficathon to indicate that it was very much its own thing and not an attempt to be critical of the slash/het wings of fandom. A remix like the one being discussed would have quite a bit of potential for a rapid downward slide into fanwank if it wasn't handled delicately.
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