icarus | Top SGA Online Fic 2006

Just out of curiosity, if one were to compile a list of the top/best/most influential/memorable slash and/or gen fics of this year --

-- which ones would you include?

I have in mind to start with

synecdochic's "Freedom's Just Another Name For Nothing Left To Lose." That one's easy, it's amazing and powerful and swept the fandom like a tidal wave.

But what other tidal waves have hit this year? The Post Secret challenge? I mean, if I were collecting the most influential/top fics characterizing 2005 I'd have an entire section devoted to the

sga_flashfic's Harlequin challenge.

ETA: Okay, skimming the mega-reviewed fics on

sga_flashfic gives us a start. Now on to the Fan Awards.

ETA2: Ah. The tricky part is when the story was written. About two thirds of the Stargatefanawards stories are from 2005. Hmm. Perhaps run backwards through the

sga_newsletter for familiar names. Also, might need to stick to slash.

ETA3: Okay, picking through stories, using a baseline number of reviews as an indicator of fandom interest, then appearances on rec-lists, and on del.icio.us, the story discussion such as the immense amount of discussion spawned by "Freedom's Just...". I'll probably do a poll at some point, something open-ended to gather opinions.

A couple of interesting flavors that have turned up this year:

1) western AUs and the influence of "Brokeback Mountain,"
2) curling,
3) the final carryover from last year's penguins, unicorns, dolphins,
4)

reel_sga,
5) some controversies, "Will the real John please stand up?" and "Has McShep taken over the fandom?" and BDSM fic, though I want point to a story.
6) it seems silly crack!fics have given way to careful, world-building AUs.

Not sure how this'll be put together. A rec-list of sorts? With a contextualized commentary?

ETA4: "Okay, picking through stories, using a baseline number of reviews as an indicator of fandom interest, then appearances on rec-lists, and on del.icio.us, the story discussion such as the immense amount of discussion..."-?? When did I change my name to McKay? This is the fault of reading your McKay fics, all of you.

ETA5: Trends pointed out by

toft_froggy -

7) DADT fics
8) Darker fics in general
9) Darker, more fucked-up John

Almost forgot

bruinsfan's point -

10) John/Mitchell SGA/SG1 crossovers

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You've got yourself quite a project here. ^^

Things I Would Include:
Biggest Ever Sky (http://jchalo.livejournal.com/1721601.html) by

jchalo and

lilysaid

Scenes From A Lesser War (http://amific.livejournal.com/4455.html) by

amireal

Basura (http://www.caffiends.net/viewstory.php?sid=390) by Kat Reitz and Tzigane

A Fortress In Colorado (http://cottontail73.livejournal.com/3360.html) by

cottontail73

(I'm pretty sure these were all published in 2006.) While some of these may not have the 110+ reviews that you're looking for I think they should be considered. Another way to pick out memorable stories, for the fandom, might be to see what got made into audio fics. You would probably have to ignore things done by the authors themselves, but ones done by outside sources might give you interesting statistics.

For example, A Supermarket In California (http://cottontail73.livejournal.com/3360.html) by

taffetablue made such a huge impact on me that I got permission to make a podfic out of it.

You might also want to make note of the trend with titles like A Supermarket, fortess, farm, etc. In Iowa, California, Colorado, etc. I've seen that being used a lot.

http://www.perchance-to-dream.net/luna/failsafes.htm This one too.:)

Thank you very much, this is very helpful.

I'll look at the minimum number of reviews. I'm noticing a trend that if it's written by

astolat,

cesperanza, or

resonant8, the review number is astronomically high.

On the other hand, I need some statistic that proves that a story has impacted a number of fans, not just one individual, because this isn't exactly a rec-list. No matter what stories I select someone's going to argue with them. Heck, probably there's a fan somewhere who loathes "Freedom..."

Icarus

Oh I'm sure there someone who hates "Freedoms Just..." but shame on them. The really big authors always get a lot of reviews, whether the story had an impact or not, but then there's the little stories like A Fortress In Colorado that only got about 60 reviews. I don't envy your task (well, maybe a little *g*) I'm really looking forward to seeing the list you put together.

Today I am feeling Daunted (with a capital D) as well as Grateful that there is no way this can be posted before December 31st anyway.

Icarus

Oh, I have a question for you. Setting aside a story's impact on you personally, what do you feel was the impact of "A Supermarket In California" on fandom? Or what did it respond to? I'm curious why you would pick these fics to represent 2006. :)

Icarus

A Supermarket In California (A Fortress In Colorado/A Farm In Iowa)are those world building AU's. It inspired a lot of people to write Alternate Universe fic that didn't revolve around crack. They are slow and beautiful and just make you go 'wow' because you feel like you could be there. There wasn't a whole lot of that kind of fiction before that, at least not that I read.

Scenes From A Lesser War, while still an AU, is set in the Stargate Universe. It builds a world thats different, but it still keeps the same characters in their positions. This story came before the ones like 'Supermarket...' and I think it was the very start of those sweeping stories that take you on a journey and refuse to let you go. Also I think this might have one of the stories that sparked the whole 'DADT has been repealed' trend.

Basura is on my list purely because it was a shock to me and a lot of other people. It takes the things and people, you know and love, and twists them into something dark, different, and yet you still identify with these character, despite what they are doing. There were alot of reactions on both ends of the spectrum from "I love it. :) *g*" to "That's some crazy stuff...I hate it." Another reason I incuded it was because it took an episode and completely rebuilt it, while keeping it recogizable.

Hey, I hope that helps. If you need anything else, just let me know. I'd be glad to be of assistance. :)

In terms of the world-building AU's, don't forget

rageprufrock's Hindsight and Ladies' Night At the Boom Boom Room. I have a feeling that at least Hindsight was quite an early AU, and it was very popular.

Good luck! I'm interested to see the results of this project.

Thank you, yes, Boom Boom Room is on the long-list (prior to the short list, heh), but do you happen to know if Hindsight was written in 2005 or 2006?

Icarus

Ladies Night was finished in Feb. of this year (the last chunk came out as part of Pru's 14 Valentines thing she does), so that one would definitely count. Hindsight, however, was definitely 2005.

You've got yourself quite a project here. ^^

Ohhh yeah. That's why I'm starting in October. That gives me a good three months to assemble stories, and some time to see some WIPs finished. Working out when they were published has turned out to be a little tricky.

There are trends in titles but I'm not sure what that trend would mean, so I'm not sure I could comment on it.

Icarus

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