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SGA Secret Santa fic is killliiiing meeeeeeeeee. And I can't whine about it in more detail because of, well, the secret part. But I'm starting to feel like this is the fic that never ends, it just goes on and on, my friends ...

Big Bang stories read so far:

A Wing and a Prayer by

kriadydragon - (gen, 97K words)
AU in which Milky Way people ride dragons, and Pegasus Galaxy people ride griffins. I went into it kind of wary about the premise, and then ended up really, really enjoying it -- there's solid worldbuilding (though I admit that I still had a few questions about how the dragon-enabled version of Earth would work, but not really moreso than, say, Temeraire) and some breathtaking action sequences. John's at the center of the story, but all the teammates get a good role.

Whipping Boy by

skinscript - (gen, 45K words)
This is so totally not what I was expecting -- and I mean that in a good way! The title and the fact that it's a slavefic scenario led me to expect massive woobification; in reality, though, it's an interesting and twisty sci-fi fic, focused on Sheppard, McKay, Lorne, Parrish and a group of OC soldiers that I ended up liking very much. Having enjoyed it a lot, I'm kind of worried that people will avoid it because of misconceptions of what it's about (which is what I almost did -- I clicked on it because I wanted a Rodney story, and was very pleasantly surprised that it wasn't what I'd guessed from the title).

Children of the Abyss by

writerjc - (gen, 40K words)
This one is a nice solid team adventure fic, pretty much in the style of an actual episode. Everyone gets something to do, and it has the "sense of wonder, exploring the galaxy" feeling that originally drew me to the series.

Obviously I'm working my way through the gen section. :) I'll start hitting the pairings a little later.

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SGA Secret Santa fic is killliiiing meeeeeeeeee.

I hear you, I hear you! Although in my case, it's not so much that it's growing as it's just not getting written! Still, I'm feeling a little better this week than last (stupid cold thing), so maybe I'll manage to get on with it!

I've only read one of the Big Bang gen fics so far, 'A Wing and a Prayer'. I started with that because, although I knew it would be John-centric, I know that when kriadydragon writes team she writes them well, and although I've never wanted to read original fic with dragons in (sorry, Anne McCaffrey fans), I do have a soft spot for SGA dragon stories!!

Whipping Boy, although being Rodney-centric, wasn't next on my list as I was concerned about content. Don't get me wrong, I love whumped woobie Rodney (I've written whumped woobie Rodney!), I just get a little worried about slavefic sometimes. It has now gone to the top of the list thanks to your comments! Though maybe not today, 'cos, you know, Secret Santa fic is getting urgent - but I wanna read it now!! *stamps foot*!!!

kriadydragon gives good team and great AUs; I always admire her worldbuilding and imagination. :) So far, I've really enjoyed all the stories I've read. I just finished The Magical Number Seven (Plus or Minus Two), which really blew me away -- I think it's going up there with the best long SGA fic I've read. I'm currently trying to figure out if it fits well enough it in my category this month at

stargateficrec to be rec'd there; I'm doing John and Rodney friendship, and while that's not the only thing in the story, it's a big enough part of it that I'm thinking it would probably appeal to other people of similar reading tastes to my own.

Thanks for the Whipping Boy rec... had given it a pass, but I loved it!

Heh, yeah, I was thinking that a lot of people might be passing it up based on the title and summary, which suggests a totally different sort of story than it actually is!

'But I'm starting to feel like this is the fic that never ends, it just goes on and on, my friends ...'

LOL! Mine too... now I'm worried that I'll get a 1000 word short-fic in exchange for my 15-20k mega-epic :o

I tried to read through some of those Big Bang fics, but none are my thing (I like Rodney-centric gen or het fics, with lots (and lots) of Rodney whumping) Too much AU and McShep for my tastes. Alas, I came too late to LJ to join in, otherwise I would probably have written one like *that* as my entry.

now I'm worried that I'll get a 1000 word short-fic in exchange for my 15-20k mega-epic

Hee! I'm not too worried about that; the minimum is 1000 words, so if I go above and beyond that, it would be awfully petty of me to be bothered if the other person doesn't also go above and beyond. There are going to be lots of fic to read, after all.

Regarding Big Bang -- it did skew noticeably in a non-Rodney direction this year, though so far all the team and/or John fics that I've read have given him a pretty good role. (I'm fairly easygoing in that area; though I do lean a bit more heavily in a Rodney direction if I *had* to choose, in fics I'll go for Rodney, or John, or team, or just the women, or whatever I'm in the mood for that day.) Still, I find fannish tastes and trends interesting. This year was pretty heavily focused on John in both the gen and the other-pairings area.

Thanks for the recs! Very helpful, particularly the second one. I haven't checked out all the stories yet, but the title and scenario might have scared me off as well. Though since I discovered SGA fandom I've come to enjoy a number of fics with slavery scenarios of the milder variety. But the hardcore stuff is still not my thing.

Anyway, this sounds really interesting, it goes to the top of the reading queue.

But I'm starting to feel like this is the fic that never ends, it just goes on and on, my friends ...

That sounds... rather intriguing, I admit.

Yeah, I was worried that the title/summary might scare away people, when in fact the fic is not at all what it sounds like, and I think might appeal to a broad range of tastes.

But I'm starting to feel like this is the fic that never ends, it just goes on and on, my friends...

Friendshipper started writing it, not knowing what it was, and then she kept on writing it forever, just because...

Ahem. Thanks for the big bang recs! I'd actually managed to miss hearing anything about it until you posted this! Not keen on dragon AUs, but I've read all of the other gen stuff now - they're really good. 'Whipping Boy' was my favourite, I'm really glad I didn't miss out on getting to read these :D

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