Top SGA Online Fic 2006

[icarus]

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

Comments

[h-oserheidi.livejournal.com]

i just want to say, you should be incredibly jelous of me for getting to take this cyber culture class. if you were in my class, it would be you and me talking the entire class period and the rest of the class trying to claw their way into discussion. hahaha. but it's very interested in blogging and fanfic etc. and basically how technology, culture, economics, personal agency and identity are interlinked/influence eachother. so cool. i think i'm going to ask to sit in on my prof's grad level class. it's m + w @ 1:30 in the communications building, room 226. do you want to go with me?
-heidi

p.s. we could get coffee or go on a walk or something tommorow, friday between 10 30 and 3 30. . . my break between classes.

p.p.s. why do you think people are freaking out so much about the new live feed of people's activites on facebook? what do you think people find important about privacy and why is it such a fear surrounding the proliferation of networked technology. how do we currently present ourselves in public that makes privacy such and important aspect of our selves?

pppps. the government is scary.

[h-oserheidi.livejournal.com]

". . .find important about privacy and why is it such a fear surrounding the proliferation of networked technology. . ."

should read ". . .find important about privacy and why is there fear surrounding the proliferation and transparency of networked technology?"

my main question is, how does privacy function in our lifes right now.
i think it affords us the ability to have multiple interfaces with reality, or multiple personalities without having to alert the different spheres we interface with about the presence of other groups or different sides of ourselves. it's also where we do unsocial acts like rub dead skin off after showering. it's also where we do erotic things.

i love our society right now because we are such multitalented, multifacited beings who smoothly transition between gatdets like computers which allow access to the internet, and human interactions which feel ageless, like we could be living in 1856 or 1433 AD (like a dinner party, or sex, or going on walks and the library) basically humans have a huge network of information and interaction and communities avaiable that the "surf" now, it's is just suspended between digital and physical. whereas soon it will slip more to the digital medium. which will change us as humans i suppose.

i'm sorry my writing is so loose. i am sure my terms are hardly sensical and my sentances ambiguous. i'm sorry!

[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

my main question is, how does privacy function in our lifes right now.

i think it affords us the ability to have multiple interfaces with reality, or multiple personalities without having to alert the different spheres we interface with about the presence of other groups or different sides of ourselves. it's also where we do unsocial acts like rub dead skin off after showering. it's also where we do erotic things.

Have I ever told you that you're brilliant? And also dead on? Let's talk about this tomorrow. :D

[h-oserheidi.livejournal.com]

ok 12 at suzzalo is good!
see you then

*thumbs up!*

[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

Cool! See you tomorrow at noon.

[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

My class tomorrow ends at 11:30, let's do that. 12 noon at the Suzallo coffee shop?

Oh, god, that cyberculture class sounds fantastic. I'd love to sit in on that grad class.

There's fascinating stuff going on at the David Hewlett's website (http://www.dgeek.com), I'll located the thread. Essentially, a popular actor from a popular TV show who used to be in cyberculture himself (long, long ago) started a forum in early September that crossed the boundary between "online fandom" and "real life" -- causing people to freak out, get angry, withdraw, and general pandemonium. They started spontaneously creating rules on how to keep the cyber culture separate from his site, while still participating.

I don't know much about facebook, do tell, but there's also an issue about mockery groups like Fandom Wank acting as a sort of internal police force and whether that's a positive, or a form of yellow journalism.

[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

What time is the cyberculture class, and can I switch? Because I really hate my creative writing class.

Icarus