I have a present for penguin!fic fans

[sholio]

(All, um, none? of you on my friend list? But seriously, this is cute.)

Okay ... somehow, I have actually managed to make it through two years in this fandom without reading penguin!fic. Until tonight. Because one such story was rec'd on sgastoryfinders, and it was by an author I like, and I was all, "Oh hell," and clicked on it, and it was so freakin' cute, and there goes my penguin-free streak in fandom. So, if you're a John/Rodney pairing person, and you haven't read lavvyan's Antarctic Drift, go forth and read. SO. DAMN. CUTE.

And this got me to scan in a photo from a recent issue of National Geographic. I swear to God I have not tampered with this photo in any way. This is EXACTLY how it ran in the August 2007 issue of National Geographic.




Yes, you read that right. Rodney the emperor penguin.

And I can actually SEE the scene, with Rodney!penguin all tranquilized and limp, and the hapless biologist trying to radio-collar him while furious John!penguin attacks his ankles with his useless penguin beak. And of course, Rodney thinks the radio collar is really cool, and tries to figure out how it works, and John's all bristling and glowering at human photographers taking pictures of them from the other side of the ice floe ....

Comments

[lavvyan.livejournal.com]

Ahaha! *sporfles*

Kudos to you for digging that out! I might still have a slot left for the 14valentines project, so. Ahem. *coughs*

[leesa_perrie]

ROTFL!! Oh, how freaky is that, that the penguin is called Rodney! I love your little scenerio as well!!!

[sholio]

Hey ... does a person have to do 14 different things for 14 Valentines, or can you do just one? I've never really been able to figure it out from the FAQ ...

[sholio]

From a slash or a gen perspective, the idea of overprotective-penguin-John is just killing me! Because he would totally attack anyone who "hurt" Rodney, but I can't imagine that a penguin would really be that effective in a combat situation. (Although I suppose I wouldn't want to be attacked by one.)

[foliogal.livejournal.com]

I *loves* penguin gic! I loved the one you linked to having read it some time ago, and it's so darned good I just sat here and read it again. I think this time of the year is perfect for penguin!fic. Rodney the Penguin! Oh, how perfect! And his little camera too! Sweet! :)

[lavvyan.livejournal.com]

You can sign up for just one day, or three, or however many you'd like, including of course the entire 14. Or you could post one story in 14 parts, or rec 14 stories, or knit 14 things (or three or seven... you get the drift). You don't even have to sign up, necessarily - just do your think and post the link in the link-collecting post for the respective day and later they'll post a round-up. At least that's how it's supposed to work this year.

I'm going for 14 with 10 already done, but January's going to be busy-busy, so we'll see. :>

Also, your icon. Ouch. *g*

[xparrot.livejournal.com]

...

Penguin!fic!?

This fandom...this...there are no words.

(The fic was too cute, though, and the National Geo scan is hysterical, as is your imagined scenario XD)

[sholio]

It's an actual GENRE in this fandom! Apparently, the story is that one of the very first influential slash stories in the fandom was one in which John and Rodney got turned into penguins and had lots of sex as penguins, and it kind of ... caught on. But, seriously, this is THE most crack-happy fandom I have EVER been in. I primarily read sgastoryfinders just for the requests, such as "The one in which John and Rodney get turned into walls" (an actual story ... and actually pretty cute, I must say).

I think SGA fandom has totally recalibrated my crack threshhold. I remember that one of the very first SGA stories that I read was a gen one in which John accidentally got turned into a dog by an Ancient device, and it completely weirded me out. Now? I don't think I'd give it a second glance. *g*

[sholio]

Isn't it cute? I love how the Rodney penguin in the article is completely unconcerned by the camera on his back, because it's just so perfect that Rodney (the actual Rodney) would be mostly interested in how the thing works, not whether it's going to slow him down as he swims.

Rodney!penguin: *turns head around backwards to look at camera*
John!penguin: *smacks him with flipper*

[sholio]

Thank you very much! I've been trying to figure that one out for awhile ...

Also, your icon. Ouch.

I am a total sucker for dead Rodneys ... as long as they come back to life again. *g*

[lavvyan.livejournal.com]

Yeah, me too. That's why I like your stuff so much. It's very gratifying in that respective (with both Rodney and John). *g* That one story where Rodney beams drowned!John into the Wraith dart? Awesome.

[xparrot.livejournal.com]

Oh, I guessed from the way you said it that p!fic was a genre. (but penguins...birds...they don't even have...the sex would be...um?) Umm. Yes. CRACK.

I think I love it!

--walls, though?!

[leesa_perrie]

Oh, I know, from a gen perspective here, the thought is just sooo funny! And so very believable as well!! Not sure how sharp those beaks are...but I don't think I'd like to be attacked by a penguin! As for Rodney!penguin trying to work out how the collar works...snort!

You going to write this? Go on, I double dog dare you! *grins*

[sholio]

eeeee! Thank you! I didn't know you had read all that much of mine; thank you! (And, yes, total shameless love for the dead!Rodney and dead!John. "Doppelganger" sent me into paroxysms of helpless squee.)

[sholio]

heh, I already offered it up to lavvyan. But I think she'll do a much better job than I could do!

[lavvyan.livejournal.com]

Uh, actually I think I've read all your stuff, I'm just horrible at leaving comments. *blushes*

And so true! I don't even know how often I watched the last ten minutes of Doppelganger, because Rodney dead and John's face and then when he's just about to give up Rodney appears and announces boldly that he's not dead and askdjfsldfjlasdjflkjl! *flails*

[sholio]

--walls, though?!

That was an actual request in storyfinders. I think it was the oddest one I'd seen up to that point. I am waiting to see what they come up with now.

There is also a greenhouse AU in which they are all flowers, by lavvyan, above. (And there's h/c when they start running out of water!) I'm sure I've got a link to it somewhere ...

[sholio]

Heh, well, I think "But Never The Nights" is the only one of yours that I'd commented on prior to the penguin one (and that was mostly to comment that I'm a total doofus who doesn't understand the concept of WIPs), so I am well and truly acquainted with the non-commenting. *g* But I've liked pretty much everything of yours that I've read, so I'm very flattered!

And a;lkdsfja;ldskfjasdk;fkasdf;sdf;;;;; is pretty much the only response that I can squeeze out of my brain for the last ten minutes or so of Doppelganger. Up to that point, I thought Tao of Rodney was the height of squee for this series. I was very happy to be proven wrong. Total fanfic, that episode. And the good sort, too!

[joolz01.livejournal.com]

There's a reason we loves us our penguin!fic in this zany, wonderful, cracked-out fandom! I'm glad you joined the madness. ;)

[abyssinia4077.livejournal.com]

*cracks up*
*cracks up again*

You know, I still haven't read penguin!fic but that is fantastic and hilarious and now I want to read that scene so bad. Oh, silly penguins. (and OF COURSE Rodney would think the collar was really cool and John would attack the humans and...AW)

[foliogal.livejournal.com]

You know, I've never been in a fandom with *this much crack*. When I first ran across it, I was like...wha?? But now I've embraced it. And penguin!fic is kind of my ultra-comfort fic in this fandom. It just does it for me. As you say, this is a zany, wonderful, cracked-out fandom, and I wouldn't have it any other way!

[holdouttrout.livejournal.com]

RODNEY THE EMPEROR PENGUIN. OMG.

Also, SGA is by far the crackiest fandom ever.

[sol-se.livejournal.com]

I can't believe you just made me read penguin fic...


I love you.

[winter-elf.livejournal.com]

*hides head* oh yea, and I've READ penguin fic..... Pretty darn funny National Geographic!

[briar_pipe]

I want to "swim with" Rodney! *snuggles his penguin-y self*

If you don't write this, the fandom will suffer a great loss. ^_^