SGA Santa prompt ... uh, care to give me a little more here?

[icarus]

Okay, I got a minimalist SGA Santa prompt. Which leaves it wiiiide open.

But it gives me nothin'.

The author's LJ doesn't tell me much either. Except they seem to like close-to-canon fics. And John. And John/Rodney.

So.

What do YOU want in an SGA fic?

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[busaikko]

I'm at busaikkobaby atmark yahoo dotcom if you want to talk...

I probably shouldn't say what I want: for SGA Santa I've had the longest prompt post for a few years running /o\

Um. But I like canon-type adventures! I don't like "evil native primitive villagers" a la canon: I mean, the gaijin in this scenario are the earthlings, ne.

I love learning more about Pegasus culture: Ronon's Teyla's #1 babysitter because on Sateda, a man's not really a man until he's raised a child (even a sibling, cousin, or orphan) and Ronon's turn is up.

I love clever puzzle stories where the team have to rely on their weaknesses and not their strengths: John's got a broken leg, so he does all the thinking and Rodney has to do the survival stuff after a jumper crash. Ronon and Teyla rely on their knowledge of history, politics, and folklore to solve a problem, and John and Rodney aren't asses about it (take that, The Shrine!).

Trouble offworld is always fun, but what about trouble on Atlantis? Someone's sabotaging systems, or stealing tech, or sending threatening messages: who and why? How does policework on Atlantis work, anyway? Is the military in charge?

/forces fingers away from keyboard

[icarus]

These all sound good. I went with one of the things you mention here after I watched a History Channel special about ... well, that would give it away. ;)

[elf]

"Gratuitous handjob" is my go-to answer for "what do I do with this fic?"

[icarus]

Heh. For some reason I'm burned out on NC-17 fics....

[mollyamory]

Banter! Cuteness! General adorability! John being irritable. Rodney being irritable. Teyla being exasperated. =D Team stuff. Kissing.

John and Rodney keep turning up on my tumblr dash lately, and I keep remembering all the stuff I adored about them. Remember when we found out they'd been secretly sneaking off to play video games with each other for YEARS? <3 <3 <3

I'm due for a rewatch soon, I think.

[icarus]

Agreed! I ran with banter (a must), John being irritable, Rodney being irritable, Team stuff (to a degree though it's mostly John and Rodney). No kissing, alas.

I'm due for a rewatch, too, I think. I just did a full rewatch of SG-1. :D

It's good to hear from you, by the way. I signed up for tumblr and put up a couple misc. posts. I miss fandom but only a slice of it seems to be happening on DW/LJ these days. The only thing is I can't take the blinky gifs and vines on Tumblr... owww....