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Okay ... I've decided to stop doing fic recs. There are so many other sites out there that do a much better, more thorough job than I do, and I feel like I should rec everything I read and liked (which means I'm behind, oh, about thirty or forty Stargate Atlantis fics), and I don't update frequently enough to make people want to come back and read it, and on top of that, I feel horribly guilty for all the ones I *SHOULD* rec, with ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
xparrot and her fantastic anime fanfic topping the list.
Really, the only reason why I was doing it was to get myself to write in this journal, and since I haven't been anyway ... blech. So basically, this is not a recs journal anymore. But I'll still mention ones I like, when the mood strikes me.
Right now, my usual anime fandoms are taking a backseat because I am thoroughly, totally, pathetically hooked on Stargate Atlantis and its wonderful cast of characters. I had no idea I'd fall so hard for this show, especially since the first episode didn't really grab me and I had given up on it for a while after that. But ... the wonderful snarking! The banter! And of course the neat little moments when they save each other's lives, and then pretend like it didn't mean anything, 'cuz they're macho that way.
There is a lot of frustration in this particular fandom for me, because I'm an h/c addict and there is quite a lot of h in the show but not a whole lot of the c ... I mean, there's so much *potential*, but not a whole lot of actual follow-through. Luckily, as with SG1 fandom, there are metric tons of fics out there that celebrate the friendship dynamic in much greater detail than the show ever does. And every once in a while the show will surprise me and tip me over the edge into pure squee (well, quiet squee, because I'm watching it with my husband). The ofttimes subtleness and rareness of it just gives it that much more impact. You have to *look* to find it. But it's there.
P.S. And I made me a McKay icon -- wee!
xparrot and her fantastic anime fanfic topping the list.Really, the only reason why I was doing it was to get myself to write in this journal, and since I haven't been anyway ... blech. So basically, this is not a recs journal anymore. But I'll still mention ones I like, when the mood strikes me.
Right now, my usual anime fandoms are taking a backseat because I am thoroughly, totally, pathetically hooked on Stargate Atlantis and its wonderful cast of characters. I had no idea I'd fall so hard for this show, especially since the first episode didn't really grab me and I had given up on it for a while after that. But ... the wonderful snarking! The banter! And of course the neat little moments when they save each other's lives, and then pretend like it didn't mean anything, 'cuz they're macho that way.
There is a lot of frustration in this particular fandom for me, because I'm an h/c addict and there is quite a lot of h in the show but not a whole lot of the c ... I mean, there's so much *potential*, but not a whole lot of actual follow-through. Luckily, as with SG1 fandom, there are metric tons of fics out there that celebrate the friendship dynamic in much greater detail than the show ever does. And every once in a while the show will surprise me and tip me over the edge into pure squee (well, quiet squee, because I'm watching it with my husband). The ofttimes subtleness and rareness of it just gives it that much more impact. You have to *look* to find it. But it's there.
P.S. And I made me a McKay icon -- wee!
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I tend not to do fic recs myself, because I just know I'd miss too many good ones...though if you still feel like rec'ing on occasion you could join one of the fic-rec comms out there, then you'd have access to a wider audience for your recs while not being obliged to do them as often as a regular rec'er.
--and I've caught a few random minutes of SGA and wasn't sucked in...and now I'm terrified of it, because given half a chance it seems to devour fangirl souls at a positively alarming rate. ('sides, Supernatural is scratching the h/c itch at the moment...) Especially since McKay, what little I know of him, just sounds like exactly my favorite brand of snarky asshole...
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I watched the first episode of Supernatural and wasn't really sucked in, but I remember thinking that I *could* be, given time. Snarking brothers, one of my most favorite things ... I think the only reason why I didn't just flip head over heels for it is that neither of the actors really appealed to me all that much -- I mean, in the sense of being interesting to watch, not necessarily in the sense of being fantasy fodder. But, again, all that could change if I watched more. I might take a look when it comes out on DVD. Right now I feel about that one kinda like you do about SGA ... the absolute last thing I need right now is ANOTHER fandom!
After spending so long in anime fandoms, it's really quite nice to be back in a fandom that has a lot of *good* fic writers and, better yet, a lot of good writers writing gen, angst and h/c. And I wrote half of an SGA fic this morning. Help! I also have a couple of unfinished YGO ones and, wonder of wonders, I recently picked up a Saiyuki one that I started writing *ages* ago. Every time I decide I'm going to be good and spend all my time on my original projects, some shiny new fandom comes flirtatiously along and it's all over again ...
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