Because ff.net's PM feature doesn't allow links ...

[sholio]

A reader PM'd me on fanfiction.net asking for a link to a particular one of my SGA stories that's not posted there. I can't send them a link to the story because the PM interface strips them out, so instead I'm pointing them over here to my LJ and posting the answer for them.

The story they asked about was the Sam-centric And To Dust They Return (I actually had to look it up to see which story it was; I'd completely forgotten writing it!). All of my SGA fanfic is posted at this page on my website, and includes quite a few stories that are not on ff.net or AO3. (Actually, almost none of it is on AO3, because I haven't gotten around to uploading it yet. After about 2008, I stopped crossposting to ff.net as well.)

And maybe this will be useful for other people as well!

Wow, it's been awhile since I used the SGA tag.

Comments

[juniperphoenix]

*eagerly bookmarks*

[sholio]

:D

[veleda_k]

I feel that I should tell you that despite knowing nothing about SGA other than what I've picked up through osmosis on your journal (and a lot of that had to do with lemon chicken, so yeah), I read the linked fic and really liked it. It was lovely and told me a lot about the character, even without me knowing her.

(Sometimes I think I should watch SGA [and SG1] in order to understand what people on my flist are talking about. Then I actually read what they're saying and decide maybe I shouldn't watch after all.)

[sholio]

I'm very glad you enjoyed the fic even without context! :) Sam is a great character, smart and badass and highly competent. Naturally this means that a big chunk of the fandom hates her.

And ... heh. I think whether you'll enjoy it depends upon expectations. It's a lot like Doctor Who, actually: a fun, campy space opera show with a really nifty premise that makes some very silly storytelling decisions, as well as dreadfully questionable choices regarding gender and race and sexuality. A lot of former fans seem to have decided the entire show is ~terrible~ and no thinking person could possibly enjoy it. IMHO, that's just as silly as thinking the whole thing is brilliant; it's just a middle-of-the-road 90s/early 2000s sci-fi show. It has fun characters, doesn't take itself particularly seriously, sticks its characters into a virtual infinity of bizarre situations without shame*, and is basically a good time. On the other hand, if you're looking for a show that does diversity well, or a show that doesn't occasionally forget entire subplots and/or ignore things that happened two episodes ago, I think skipping it is a perfectly sensible life choice. :D

*Between the two of them, SG1 and SGA have actual canonical versions of just about everything in the fannish trope arsenal: alternate realities (ranging from ones in which they all have perfectly normal, non-sci-fi occupations, to post-apocalyptic wastelands), bodyswap, evil versions of the characters trying to replace the real ones, kidfic (in both the "character IS a kid", and "character HAS a kid" sense), people coming back from the dead (as clones, ghosts, reincarnation, AU versions ... you name it), time loops a la Groundhog's Day, characters transforming into weird things, mind control, slave worlds, actual canon sex pollen -- I think one reason why the fanfic ended up so bizarre at times (with AUs in which the characters were rainbows or vegetables) is because it was so hard to outdo the actual canon for sheer weirdness.