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those crazy messed-up things that you do
Although by some miracle I have trained myself out of reaching November and going into full-on procrastination mode, it is still November and this means that I am being mostly responsible but still flirting with the idea of procrastination.
In the spirit of this, I should be using my hour-before-bed free time to, say, work on fic or perhaps catch up on Merlin and SJA and maybe Flashpoint. Instead I find myself rereading all the due South fic I have bookmarked, listening to a lot more Barenaked Ladies than is perhaps healthy, and steadily losing my internal battle to not rewatch Stargate Atlantis. This is how it goes in my head:
PROS
+ He's an emotionally inarticulate guy with a failed marriage, funny hair, and mad skills with a gun! He's a snippy Canadian scientist with a genius IQ and very few people skills! Together, they fight Wraith!!
+ RONON. Enough said.
+ The first time I watched it, it was literally one of the first TV shows I'd sat down to watch in a remotely fannish way, and although I certainly enjoyed it I was mostly watching it as Something To Do With Friends and it didn't particularly speak to me. Now I think of it and the idea of writing John Sheppard makes me go weak in the knees, okay.
+ I can probably find all the good fic and meta in about 0.5 seconds: go after the old due South stuff and work forwards!
CONS
+ I can probably find all the good fic and meta in about 0.5 seconds. My life would disappear!
+ It's not -- uh, it's really not that good? Obviously I would be in it for the fandom, and I am starting to get spoiled and like shows where I can just watch the show without getting a headache. (First Michael plotline, end of s2: I WANT TO BEAT EVERYONE WITH CLUEBATS. For example.)
+ Did I mention that the idea of writing John Sheppard makes me go weak in the knees? I think the only real question here is, how many fic projects do I need? (I understand that this may be only my own personal con.)
The fact that I am even mentioning any of this means I am tipping dangerously close to just caving and doing a (possibly selective, Best Of, Watch Rodney Do Awesome Things) rewatch, and I am about 80% sure that this is a thinly veiled ploy to get someone to talk me into it. On the other hand, this should probably be a project for the new year.
On the mutant third hand I really desperately want to write improbable Fraser/Ray/John/Rodney fic, but shhh.
In the spirit of this, I should be using my hour-before-bed free time to, say, work on fic or perhaps catch up on Merlin and SJA and maybe Flashpoint. Instead I find myself rereading all the due South fic I have bookmarked, listening to a lot more Barenaked Ladies than is perhaps healthy, and steadily losing my internal battle to not rewatch Stargate Atlantis. This is how it goes in my head:
PROS
+ He's an emotionally inarticulate guy with a failed marriage, funny hair, and mad skills with a gun! He's a snippy Canadian scientist with a genius IQ and very few people skills! Together, they fight Wraith!!
+ RONON. Enough said.
+ The first time I watched it, it was literally one of the first TV shows I'd sat down to watch in a remotely fannish way, and although I certainly enjoyed it I was mostly watching it as Something To Do With Friends and it didn't particularly speak to me. Now I think of it and the idea of writing John Sheppard makes me go weak in the knees, okay.
+ I can probably find all the good fic and meta in about 0.5 seconds: go after the old due South stuff and work forwards!
CONS
+ I can probably find all the good fic and meta in about 0.5 seconds. My life would disappear!
+ It's not -- uh, it's really not that good? Obviously I would be in it for the fandom, and I am starting to get spoiled and like shows where I can just watch the show without getting a headache. (First Michael plotline, end of s2: I WANT TO BEAT EVERYONE WITH CLUEBATS. For example.)
+ Did I mention that the idea of writing John Sheppard makes me go weak in the knees? I think the only real question here is, how many fic projects do I need? (I understand that this may be only my own personal con.)
The fact that I am even mentioning any of this means I am tipping dangerously close to just caving and doing a (possibly selective, Best Of, Watch Rodney Do Awesome Things) rewatch, and I am about 80% sure that this is a thinly veiled ploy to get someone to talk me into it. On the other hand, this should probably be a project for the new year.
On the mutant third hand I really desperately want to write improbable Fraser/Ray/John/Rodney fic, but shhh.
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I have no opinion on these stars and these gates. WHAT ARE WE DOING FOR DINNER?
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Aria. We talked about this.
0:)
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Like. Already coming up with plot threads and awkward conversations and fun things like that screwed.
Yeah, I'm probably watching me some SGA soon. /o\
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I think you may be completely screwed too but I do love a good old awkward conversation in fic so I am Unsympathetic. Muahaha! Also, I hearted those ficlets so much that I now need Pegasus OT4 fic to be a part of my life. For realz.
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John is PRETTY. Rodney! RONON. TEYLA. OT4 FIC. Loveable secondary characters such as ZELENKA. The show is sometimes watchable, especially if you watch it for the pretty and ignore the plot.
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Or talk you out of it? *g*
Put down the SGA and go work on your WIP:s instead! It's What Fraser Would Do. Well, this is maybe not strictly true, but you get my point. : )
OTOH, I am throwing stones in a glass house with regards to getting into a new fandom. At least my new fandom is fairly small, so I'm not going to drown in it.
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On the other hand, I vaguely suspect that I want to rewatch SGA because I'm not sure what to do about coming up on a year of due South and not being through the honeymoon phase; I think I need to convince myself that dS is my one true love and do so by trying out other fandoms. Maybe that makes any sense at all? XD
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I should be using my hour-before-bed free time to catch up on Merlin
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I am now curious as to whether Merlin or SGA is actually the better show. Like. I cannot decide! I am pretty sure SGA fandom worries me less, though.
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Errr, well, I find Merlin slightly less unwatchably bad? Like, I have never independently gotten through an SG:A episode! And I've watched, like, two Merlin episodes. I find Merlin/Arthur really a lot creepy though, even if it is obviously Meant To Be and Adorable, the power dynamics are either really wrong or they imply that it is just awesome that Merlin is trying to take over the world with the power of his mind to save Arthur from everything. John and Rodney are at least satisfyingly cranky and neurotic.
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I um sweetie I got kind of intellectual about Doctor Who, okay, I will pretend that everything is being-smart-about-able even when it is CLEARLY UNTRUE.
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Maybe I am just baffled because I have to trick myself into taking showers in the morning, if I used up my decision making energy on worrying about which tv show to watch I would not have time to decide to do Sudoku instead of my readings...
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I think your energy theory there is sound.
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On the other hand, it would be taking up due South time, so ...
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I mean, provided you continue working on your Frasr/Kowalski/Vecchio epic. You are not getting off the hook for that one. I am also dying for your dS/Eastwick crossover, just sayin.
Hey, why don't you just quit school/work/life/food/sleep and just write awesome fic all the time?Don't worry, your friends will make sure you don't abandon your WIPs and your one true fandom. ...Probably.no subject
Meanwhile the F/K/V epic is stalled and making ugly snarling engine noises, actually, but the approach that usually works when one WIP is stuck is to work on something else for a couple of days and come back to it. (Do you have any idea how much I would love to just write fic all the time?? It would be WONDERFUL.) And I am fairly sure that if I am rewatching SGA with the specific aim of writing weird crossover OT4 fic, I am unlikely to abandon due South in the process. :D
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On the other hand, if you are in the mood to watch something that will make your eyes bleed, try "The Inquisition".
I think "Doppelganger" was in season 4, that's definitely on my Best Eps list for the John/Rodney with bonus Sheppard doppelcest.
I fully support your goals of weird crossover OT4ness.
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sdslkds Doppelganger, or, reason #263 for my huge ridiculous crush on John Sheppard.
Your icon is wonderful. <3
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I already love you forever but I WOULD LOVE YOU FOREVER.
SERIOUSLY. I have a vested interest in this in that it is one of my favorite fandoms OF ALL TIME. Some days, my heart BEATS for John/Rodney.
And also, if you ever need any recs (and you might, because there's SO MUCH FIC that it's hard to prioritize sometimes) hit me up. I have a mighty reclist. And one of the fics on is one which I call "Ronon's Love Affair With Canada", which might be relevant to your interests.
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I would adore a recslist once I have done my rewatch, madam. ALL OF IT is probably relevant to my interests. :D