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Sholio ([personal profile] sholio) wrote2007-01-09 10:19 am

A request

Okay, this hasn't actually *happened* yet, so maybe I'm borrowing trouble by even mentioning it, but I thought I'd say something now.

With the last part of SGA Season 3 airing now, I'm kinda locking myself down into rabid spoiler-avoidance mode. And I just wanted to request if people can please avoid mentioning anything you may have read or heard about the rest of the season or the next one in comments on my blog.

I don't mind what you do elsewhere and I'm not gonna go all "spoiler police" on you (I've had bouts of that and I think I'm over it) but for just the next few weeks, I'd really like to remain spoiler-free for the remaining episodes, and discussion of certain spoilers has become so rampant that it's getting difficult to avoid. I don't even want to hear general stuff, like if anything's been confirmed or if you're depressed or elated over the news -- PLEASE. Let me remain in my nonspoilery little blog bubble for another 4 weeks ... then we can all talk about it as much as we want.

Like I said, it hasn't happened yet and most people on my f-list are pretty good about locking spoilers anyway. But with new people coming in lately, I just wanted to make that request. Like I said, I'm not telling you what to do on your blog, just asking you to respect my spoiler-free space on mine.

(Spoilers for episodes up to the most current one airing in Canada are fair game, however.)

Thank you!

[identity profile] blade-girl.livejournal.com 2007-01-09 07:43 pm (UTC)(link)
So for instance, you don't want people mentioning the rumor that Sheppard, Rodney, and Elizabeth get possessed by the spirits of the Three Stooges and run around trying to poke people in the eyes and slamming their fists down on one another's heads?

Oops.

[identity profile] with-apostrophe.livejournal.com 2007-01-09 08:06 pm (UTC)(link)
They what?! *runs amok because that sends my current WIP *spiraling* out of being canon into the nether regions of non-canonicity*

In MY fic, Ronon was going to be possessed by Basil Fawlty, Radek by Manuel, Elizabeth was going to be Sybil, Rodney was going to be the chef, Teyla the maid, and John was goign to be there too, and they were going to turn Atlantis into a hotel on the English Riviera!!!

Foiled, foiled, by your spoilers!!!


(Actually the hotel thing isn't a bad idea for a crackfic....*ruminates*)

[identity profile] blade-girl.livejournal.com 2007-01-09 08:10 pm (UTC)(link)
Oooh, yes! I can so Radek intoning with a flourish, "I know nahtheeng." And Elizabeth gossiping on the radio: "Oh, I knoooooow!"
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[identity profile] friendshipper.livejournal.com 2007-01-09 08:21 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh FINE! Spoil me then, see if I care! And I suppose you're also going to mention the one about firing the entire cast next season, replacing them with the American Idol finalists and turning it into "Pegasus, the Musical". The Wraith will be played by the Vienna Boys' Choir.

All purely subject to rumor and speculation, of course.

[identity profile] blade-girl.livejournal.com 2007-01-09 08:27 pm (UTC)(link)
Pfft! At least I didn't mention the guest appearance of Shamu as Sam-the-whale's cousin, with whom Rodney has an ill-fated affair.
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[identity profile] friendshipper.livejournal.com 2007-01-09 09:01 pm (UTC)(link)
*shiver* *reach for brainsoap*

You know, Rodney/Whale is an actual pairing in fanfic-land ... even *before* Echoes came out.

[identity profile] blade-girl.livejournal.com 2007-01-09 09:07 pm (UTC)(link)
Hmm. *swallows reflexively*

Maybe that's where the idea that Rodney's a fat slob was born...

[identity profile] with-apostrophe.livejournal.com 2007-01-09 08:29 pm (UTC)(link)
And then some Genii come to stay, and Ronon gets hit on the head, and keeps on telling everyone not to mention the coup, but finally ends up doing impressions of Kolya in the Mess Hall.

(Thus proving that SGA IS "Fawlty Towers: The Pegasus Generation")

[identity profile] blade-girl.livejournal.com 2007-01-09 08:34 pm (UTC)(link)
ROFLMAO!

And then Lucius the young undercover cop comes to stay, asks for a single room, then "No, make it a double. I feel lucky," and waves a bottle of the herb juice.

Then, of course, Teyla, as Polly, must inform him that Atlantis only seems to have singles.

[identity profile] with-apostrophe.livejournal.com 2007-01-09 08:47 pm (UTC)(link)
Heeee!!!

Polly! That's her name! I got as far as 'Connie Booth' but couldn't remember the character.

Rodney refuses to cook for 'Gourmet Night' because Ronon insists that duck a la orange be on the menu.

Radek gets a pet, which he insists is 'genuine Pegasus guinea pig'. It finally ends up the vat of blue jello when Woolsey, the IOA hotel inspector, turns up.

[identity profile] blade-girl.livejournal.com 2007-01-09 09:12 pm (UTC)(link)
LMAO!

Then later, Elizabeth flounces out of the city on the day that SG-1 and Gen. O'Neill are due for a visit, and Ronon dresses Teyla up in a red top and dark brown wig and tells everyone that "Elizabeth" is too ill to socialize and makes them all wave to her from the door of the infirmary!

[identity profile] with-apostrophe.livejournal.com 2007-01-09 08:10 pm (UTC)(link)
On a serious note - I ventured along to Gateworld today, for the first time in a long time - and there's an interview there I will NOT be touching, because it's about next season. I don't want to know more than I currently know either.

I love the experience of not having a clue what's coming next. It heightens the thrills for me.
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[identity profile] friendshipper.livejournal.com 2007-01-09 08:23 pm (UTC)(link)
I love the experience of not having a clue what's coming next. It heightens the thrills for me.

Yes, EXACTLY! I much prefer to go into a show, book or movie totally blind. In fact, sometimes when I'm reading a suspenseful book I'll actually cover the next page with my hand to keep my eyes from skipping ahead.

It's impossible to totally avoid spoilers on the Internet, but with the end of the season so close now, I'm gonna do my darnedest.

[identity profile] atlantis-fan.livejournal.com 2007-01-09 08:52 pm (UTC)(link)
Maybe SOMEDAY I will attempt to not go hunting for spoilers before I see an episode... but my problem is that I have a need to know about EVERYTHING. I think the only way I could keep myself from finding out anything is to never get on the computer at all...
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[identity profile] friendshipper.livejournal.com 2007-01-09 09:03 pm (UTC)(link)
What's really sad about me is I KNOW that 90% of the time I enjoy things much more if I don't know, and I *still* have a hard time not clicking on those "spoiler" tags. It's very pathetic.

It's a far, far better experience for me if I don't know, though. And then, too, when I get spoiled by accident, most of what sticks in my head is the "aaargh!" moment of finding out (x) spoiler, rather than the actual experience of watching the episode.

[identity profile] atlantis-fan.livejournal.com 2007-01-09 09:07 pm (UTC)(link)
And I tottally understand that.

I was going to post about what [livejournal.com profile] with_apostrophe mentioned yesterdsay but I couldn't figure out how to word the subject heading of the post without giving away a spoiler... and then I rememberd that most of my friends list doesn't WANT spoilers or to know more about what they already know... so I didn't post... LOL!

Kind of tricky being someone who loves spoilers and being serounded by people who don't.

[identity profile] elynittria.livejournal.com 2007-01-10 05:13 am (UTC)(link)
I totally agree with you about spoilers. I avoid them like the plague, for both SGA and my other main fandom (House). Unfortunately, that means I haven't been able to read some of your stories and journal entries yet, since I haven't seen the second part of S3. (I know I could download it from the Net somehow, but trying to figure out how to make my Mac do that makes my brain hurt, so I just wait until the SciFi Channel gets around to airing them.)

I was very tempted to read the discussion about "Meridien" vs. "The Tao of Rodney" in your journal, but I stopped myself. I really want to see that episode without knowing anything about it. Sigh. The wait isn't too much longer now: just another week until SciFi starts up again.
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[identity profile] friendshipper.livejournal.com 2007-01-11 05:42 am (UTC)(link)
It *is* hard to stay spoiler-free on the Internet, isn't it?

And you probably don't want to read that discussion in my LJ 'till you see the episode. It is *awfully* tempting sometimes and some of the worst spoilers I've gotten are because I just couldn't say no to myself and wait to read someone's post on something I hadn't seen yet. And then I feel like a giant dork because I have only myself to blame. :)