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

Re: Excellent points, thank you.

[toft-froggy.livejournal.com]

I think you're right - people definitely started out with Rodney, and then moved on to John. I know I did. However, I think there's now being a bit of a Rodney renaissance, in the wake of eps like McKay and Mrs Miller! As for dark!John, you might want to look at trinityofone's Four Quarters AU series, which is another example of a John who's very hard to like. Also, what about helenish's Your Inevitable Unhappy Ending (although not sure about the date there, that may have been late 2005)? That was massively influential, certainly for me, in terms of the potential for John and Rodney to have a screwed up relationship - I remember at the time thinking, 'Yes, god, that's how it is.' She was the first one, I think, who really nailed the kind of relationship which has become much more mainstream fanon since then. (At the risk of sounding immodest, on the topic of darker/weirder John characterisation, my fic Second Skin fit your categorization for popular fics, and was definitely part of that trend).

I'd like to bounce some more of these ideas off of you later on down the road (November/December) if you're interested. Absolutely! I find this fascinating. I'm on AIM as yangtzu62, I'd be interested to chat anytime.

That "Flavor Of The Year" project

[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

Hi, it's definitely past December but I'm getting close to posting the "SGA Project: Flavor of the Year." Are you still interested in having a look-see? (I did end up including Second Skin.)

Icarus