not only writing outside the fannish mainstream but messing around with canon a bit, as well.
Yeah, I get that. I'll admit to enjoying SGA fandom now that most people have left for precisely that reason--freedom to write outside the mainstream. (Kinda mainstream. I'm still writing a lot of boyslash.) You certainly aren't flinching from stirring things up, though, writing Cassandra and Ahriman, neither of them particularly popular.
Methos and sexual desire are probably incredibly intertwined in her "love map" or whatever psychologists call it, so even though she doesn't want to feel an attraction, she can't excise him entirely. It's a lot like Joe, and Ahriman tempting him with his legs. Old wounds and phantom limbs.
Yes, exactly, that contrast of ancient and modern is what I find so interesting about Methos and Cassandra. In many ways, they're very alike, with experiences no one else (still alive) shares--and I don't just mean the Horsemen. The world has changed in 5000 and 3000 years.
I haven't had a chance to read your HL/Sanctuary fic yet--I keep thinking I should watch more Sanctuary before I try reading the fic. *g*
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Yeah, I get that. I'll admit to enjoying SGA fandom now that most people have left for precisely that reason--freedom to write outside the mainstream. (Kinda mainstream. I'm still writing a lot of boyslash.) You certainly aren't flinching from stirring things up, though, writing Cassandra and Ahriman, neither of them particularly popular.
Methos and sexual desire are probably incredibly intertwined in her "love map" or whatever psychologists call it, so even though she doesn't want to feel an attraction, she can't excise him entirely. It's a lot like Joe, and Ahriman tempting him with his legs. Old wounds and phantom limbs.
Yes, exactly, that contrast of ancient and modern is what I find so interesting about Methos and Cassandra. In many ways, they're very alike, with experiences no one else (still alive) shares--and I don't just mean the Horsemen. The world has changed in 5000 and 3000 years.
I haven't had a chance to read your HL/Sanctuary fic yet--I keep thinking I should watch more Sanctuary before I try reading the fic. *g*