Snowflake day two: Recs -- something new
Jan. 6th, 2012 02:51 amSnowflake Challenge: Day 2
Okay, so I may be a little behind.
What to rec, what to rec... the ideas collided, freezing me in place. I'm this way in grocery stores. One glance over the ten million varieties of breakfast cereal and I decide, Eh, not so hungry after all and leave.
Well, why not two rec posts? Let's call it: "something old and something new."
Let's start with the new: SGA Santa. The SGA fandom is alive and kicking, and it isn't Christmas (or New Year's or the week after New Year's) without SGA Santa. I've been planning this post since Xmas.
Stargate Atlantis is the perfect fandom for light holiday reading because, let's face it, we never took canon all that seriously, the main characters John and Rodney both play for laughs, and the combination somehow resulted in a zealous glee that made SGA crack-and-AU central. Plus, John and Rodney are awkward enough in relationships to make a perfect light-hearted romcom set up.
Kaleb Miller and the Green Knight by![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
saffronhouse
It seems that the closed SGA canon has resulted in gentle exploration of minor characters. There's a depth to this fic, as the author points out how we take for granted the heroics of Rodney and John -- as do they. I get this.saffronhouse is right. When my car was broken into, I was not a hero. I pretty much tried to take control of an uncontrollable situation by standing around making lists. The depth of detail in this story (and I believed every precious moment of it, right down to the bronco's t-shirt) makes Kaleb real to me, and left with a deeper respect for what the SGA characters do every day.
So Good To You bybusaikko
"There," Vala said, nodding decisively after the priestess pronounced them two halves made whole by the power of Origin. "Now we're allowed to enter the sacred warehouse of very old things?" Snappy writing. Laughtastic details. Character voices spot on. This felt ... like an SGA episode I somehow missed, the one where Vala made the moves on the pretty boy Sheppard, who batted her "I'm not really serious about this" sexual banter back at her as easy as breathing. Why would she make a play for the clean cut farm boy, or the too-serious academic when breezy, deliberately cheesy Colonel Sheppard was at hand? I think they both are deliberately obnoxious, and I dread the day they start sending out Christmas cards.
Basement Cat Has Infiltrated Heaven bykisahawklin
Best. Title. Ever. And who can resist this summary: There was an unkempt, fluffy, obnoxious black cat in Atlantis. I was prepared for the cute. I was not prepared for the soft, cat-like tone of this fic. This story comes in like fog, on little cat feet. I quote Sandburg to prepare you for this story:
THE FOG comes
on little cat feet.
It sits looking
over harbor and city
on silent haunches 5
and then moves on.
And now you're ready to read.
Okay, so I may be a little behind.
What to rec, what to rec... the ideas collided, freezing me in place. I'm this way in grocery stores. One glance over the ten million varieties of breakfast cereal and I decide, Eh, not so hungry after all and leave.
Well, why not two rec posts? Let's call it: "something old and something new."
Let's start with the new: SGA Santa. The SGA fandom is alive and kicking, and it isn't Christmas (or New Year's or the week after New Year's) without SGA Santa. I've been planning this post since Xmas.
Stargate Atlantis is the perfect fandom for light holiday reading because, let's face it, we never took canon all that seriously, the main characters John and Rodney both play for laughs, and the combination somehow resulted in a zealous glee that made SGA crack-and-AU central. Plus, John and Rodney are awkward enough in relationships to make a perfect light-hearted romcom set up.
Kaleb Miller and the Green Knight by
saffronhouseIt seems that the closed SGA canon has resulted in gentle exploration of minor characters. There's a depth to this fic, as the author points out how we take for granted the heroics of Rodney and John -- as do they. I get this.
saffronhouse is right. When my car was broken into, I was not a hero. I pretty much tried to take control of an uncontrollable situation by standing around making lists. The depth of detail in this story (and I believed every precious moment of it, right down to the bronco's t-shirt) makes Kaleb real to me, and left with a deeper respect for what the SGA characters do every day.So Good To You by
busaikko "There," Vala said, nodding decisively after the priestess pronounced them two halves made whole by the power of Origin. "Now we're allowed to enter the sacred warehouse of very old things?" Snappy writing. Laughtastic details. Character voices spot on. This felt ... like an SGA episode I somehow missed, the one where Vala made the moves on the pretty boy Sheppard, who batted her "I'm not really serious about this" sexual banter back at her as easy as breathing. Why would she make a play for the clean cut farm boy, or the too-serious academic when breezy, deliberately cheesy Colonel Sheppard was at hand? I think they both are deliberately obnoxious, and I dread the day they start sending out Christmas cards.
Basement Cat Has Infiltrated Heaven by
kisahawklinBest. Title. Ever. And who can resist this summary: There was an unkempt, fluffy, obnoxious black cat in Atlantis. I was prepared for the cute. I was not prepared for the soft, cat-like tone of this fic. This story comes in like fog, on little cat feet. I quote Sandburg to prepare you for this story:
THE FOG comes
on little cat feet.
It sits looking
over harbor and city
on silent haunches 5
and then moves on.
And now you're ready to read.
