sholio | Jan. 7th, 2011

Jan. 7th, 2011

Slowly filling in the gaps of my Sanctuary viewing ... I've now watched nearly all of season one (I did quit halfway through a couple of episodes, but enjoyed the others) and a big chunk of season two, though I haven't gotten around to the back half of it yet, other than the couple of character-arc-centric eps that I'd watched earlier (the Tesla one and the Druitt one). "Fragments" was the last one I watched, because I couldn't end the evening on "Pavor Nocturnus" -- that is NOT a good episode to watch when your mate is out of town and you're all alone in a dark house right before going to bed.

Random nonspoilery thought:

I adore Helen. I really, truly do. It's so rare and refreshing to have a female hero on an action show who is the kind of character that she is: not a femme fatale or an ingenue in skin-tight black leather, but basically a female Indiana Jones. She dresses comfortably and practically for the situation; she's never over-sexualized (even in the one episode that required her to strip for decontam, it was scary and brutal rather than sexy, and mostly we just saw her head). She has the dignity, calm and gravitas that makes her a believable and convincing leader, and she's equally capable of thinking her way out of plot problems with SCIENCE!!, or getting a big honking gun and shooting her way out. And she's not paired sexually with her male co-star, nor do I get the feeling that they ever would be. (But she also has lovers; she's not desexualized, either.) She's even front and center of the promo shots and the fanfic.

A++ job, Show.

( A few more slightly spoilery thoughts )

My interest in fanfic/fandom for this show is already starting to flag, though. Probably I think this one is going to be like Doctor Who and some of the other things I'm into, where I enjoy the show and watch some vids and occasionally read a fanfic that seems to be up my alley (or write one), but I'm not obsessively seeking out everything in the fandom.

I'm looking forward to watching the rest of the eps I haven't seen yet, though, and really looking forward to new eps in April, yay!

Crossposts: http://friendshipper.livejournal.com/324970.html

comments.

The

fandom_stocking reveals are up! :) I didn't have a stocking but I wrote, um ... a bunch of fic ... most of which ended up posted in multiple comments, so I'm going to repost it here for ease of reading. (I noticed AFTER I'd posted all of my long fics that some people post it on their LJ/DW and link to it, which ... does make more sense than posting something in three or four comments, doesn't it? *headdesk*)

Anyway, yeah, get your umbrellas and prepare for incoming fic deluge. :D

But I'll go ahead and link from here to the short ones. (It's not poor etiquette to link to a fic in someone else's stocking if you wrote it, right?)

For

trobadora, I wrote Coffee Break - Supernatural, 400 wds, was supposed to be Dean/Castiel but really came out more gen than anything.

I pinch-hit an A:tLA fic for

beckyh2112, Devil's Bargain - Azula & Long Feng, 700 wds, tag to the season two ender. (Once again, I was going for a pairing but missed by a country mile. You will notice that is a common theme with me. *g*)

ETA: WOOPS, dammit, forgot one of the short ones! For

skieswideopen I wrote Games We Play - SG1/SGA, Sam & Vala friendship post-Enemy At the Gate, 600 wds

Everything else is SGA. Re-posting to commence momentarily ...

(ETA2: 11,200 wds of fic total, for my own reference ...)

Crossposts: http://friendshipper.livejournal.com/325358.html

The

trobadora, I wrote Coffee Break - Supernatural, 400 wds, was supposed to be Dean/Castiel but really came out more gen than anything.

I pinch-hit an A:tLA fic for

comments.

Ice ~ team gen, John-centric, 2100 wds
For

kriadydragon at

fandom_stocking. Originally posted here at fandom_stocking.

( The thought occurred to John that 'Ronon, where are the explosives' was a depressingly predictable choice of last words. )

Crossposts: http://friendshipper.livejournal.com/325515.html

Ice ~ team gen, John-centric, 2100 wds
For

kriadydragon at

fandom_stocking. Originally posted here at fandom_stocking.

( The thought occurred to John that 'Ronon, where are the explosives' was a depressingly predictable choice of last words. )

This entry is also posted at http://friendshipper.dreamwidth.org/308395.html with

comments.

taking care of business ~ John & Teyla, 1000 wds
For

tielan at

fandom_stocking. Originally posted here at fandom_stocking.

( taking care of business )

Crossposts: http://friendshipper.livejournal.com/325849.html

taking care of business ~ John & Teyla, 1000 wds
For

tielan at

fandom_stocking. Originally posted here at fandom_stocking.

( taking care of business )

This entry is also posted at http://friendshipper.dreamwidth.org/308720.html with

comments.

Box of Sunshine ~ team gen, 1700 wds
For

penknife at

fandom_stocking. Originally posted here at fandom_stocking.

( Box of Sunshine )

Crossposts: http://friendshipper.livejournal.com/325979.html

Box of Sunshine ~ team gen, 1700 wds
For

penknife at

fandom_stocking. Originally posted here at fandom_stocking.

( Box of Sunshine )

This entry is also posted at http://friendshipper.dreamwidth.org/308969.html with

comments.

Tea and Candy ~ Rodney & Teyla (post-EATG - references to canon pairings, perhaps a bit of Rodney/Teyla subtext), 2200 wds
For

astridv at

fandom_stocking. Originally posted here at fandom_stocking.

( This will be the fourth year for their private little ritual. )

Crossposts: http://friendshipper.livejournal.com/326318.html

Tea and Candy ~ Rodney & Teyla (post-EATG - references to canon pairings, perhaps a bit of Rodney/Teyla subtext), 2200 wds
For

astridv at

fandom_stocking. Originally posted here at fandom_stocking.

( This will be the fourth year for their private little ritual. )

This entry is also posted at http://friendshipper.dreamwidth.org/309202.html with

comments.