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1. Reply to this post saying "ME! ME! ME!", and I will pick five of your icons.
2. Make a post (including the meme info) and talk about the icons I chose.
3. Other people can then comment to you and make their own posts.
4. This will create a never-ending cycle of icon squee.
( Icons chosen by leesa perrie... )

I found a program that allows to download an entire fic at ffn (and other sites) into one textfile. I just downloaded a 15 chapter fic with three or four mouseclicks. No more pasting together 29 chapters one by one! I think this is the beginning of a wonderful friendship.

link: Fanfiction Downloader 4.0.3

Hero Gets the Girl by bironic (SGA)
Rodney/Buffy fantasy, Rodney/Jennifer; PG-13; 425 words
Summary: What? It was no secret he had a type. (Flashficlet for two prompts at Battle IX: Buffy/Rodney, sarcasm; Jennifer/Rodney, hero.)

I really liked this. Cute, in-character, neat use of the prompts.

Bathing in Jordan by alixtii (AtS)
Cordelia/Kate; post-NFA; PG-13; 917 words
Summary: Sometimes baptism isn't a one-time deal.
Really good character voices. I only wish this fic was a couple thousand words longer but even so it's an intriguing scenario that made my brain spin and imagine the stories to come. (it also appears to be part of a larger series, which I haven't checked out yet.)

My favorite feature of the AO3 is the tagging system, hands down, because now it's possible to find the rarer stuff with just a mouseclick. I was always begriping the lack of fic about Kate Lockley, arguably one of the most interesting characters on the show (ymmv but please not in my LJ), but now... well, there's still not a lot but at least it will be much easier to find. I'm really hoping a lot of people will make use of the archive and upload their older work so the AO3 can unfold its full... awesomeness potential. :o)

I'd say as of this minute I've officially lost track of the discussion. ;)

But can I say one thing: I'm just so happy this discussion is happening. I'm happy.

[eta: some links in comments]

Um. I finally got the urge again to make some fanart. So, I had the idea to sketch a visual prompt for the monthly commentfic exchange at sgahcchallenges. Heh. This was self-indulgent and really fun. I've gone way too long without drawing fanart.

Prompt and sketch are at the comm:


( or, pic under the cut in my journal )

More squeeworthy ficlets from non_mcsmooch:
meeting of minds by siriaeve (1,100 words)
A pitch-perfect Sam/Rodney fic that has the two of them at a science conference. If you love the pairing, go read! (If you don't love the pairing, heck, go read anyway. :)

Osmosis by siriaeve (600 words)
“Smushed,” Rodney said and blinked at her—and really, it’s not like it’s that surprising. Jennifer might have drawn the line at eating raw gr’tak with Teyla, but she grew up in rural Wisconsin. She’s an old hand at dealing with bugs. “Is that a medical term?”
This was written for my prompt. I wanted Jennifer/Rodney, and bugs. *beams*

Ha. I just completed my Jennifer Keller set at stargateficrec with two weeks to spare so I have accomplished at least something this month.... And I still have a couple recs left (I found a Cadman/Keller one, heh. :). I could save those up for another full set, only then I might end up with two categories again because I already volunteered for AU. Hm... By the way, they're always looking for new reccers over at ficrec. It's fun, really. And I think their how-to-rec has gotten less confusing for newbie reccers since their recent changes of the rec format.
x-posted from ficrec:

pay off by siriaeve
Rodney McKay/Jennifer Keller; PG-13 (my guess); 600 words
Why this must be read: Written for non_mcsmooch, with a very cool take on the prompt and also on a quite popular fanfic theme :). This ficlet is just 600 words long but it's a delightful look at the relationship between Rodney and Jennifer, and at Rodney himself.

And for something different, here's another Yuletide rec:
Spaceman Spiff Goes To Chirrutzz by elf
gen; 2456 words
Summary: In which Spiff is not slashed with Harkness, Mal, Kirk, or Zapp Brannigan. Nor with anyone else. Because Spiff is really too young for those games. (Yet.) Instead, he's on a mission to a dangerous, distant planet. Which is dangerous. And distant. And mission-y.

I have been meaning to rec these two Big Bang stories properly for weeks, and then sga_santa happened, fic got posted... But I really must share these!

The Magical Number Seven (Plus or Minus Two) by general_jinjur
gen; PG; Ensemble; AU; 61,155 words
Summary: This is a treatise on the nature of identity, and the interrelation of legitimacy and memory. Which is to say, it's mostly about John Sheppard, and how he found his way home. Also, there's a high body count, and Kraft Dinner is an exotic delicacy.

This story takes two 'what if' scenarios: 1) They don't get all of their memories back in 'Tabula Rasa' and 2) The copies of Weir and the team aren't killed in 'This Mortal Coil'. Each of these would make an interesting fic, but woven together, wow. This story is so original to read; it reinvents the 'verse, turns it inside out. And it tells so much about the characters, stripped off their memories... once you lose your memory, what part of yourself is left?

Whipping Boy by skinscript
gen; PG-13; 45,754 words
Summary: McKay, Lorne, and three teams of Marines head out on a research mission to a planet on the edge of the galaxy, and disappear without a trace. Eight months later Lorne returns with two injured team members, a counterfeit McKay, and no explanations. What the hell happened eight months ago, and where's McKay?

why rec'd: First off, the title of this fic is perhaps misleading... this isn't a woobie slave fic, it's a sci-fi story with a plot that gradually unravels its mysteries so that at any point in the story you just can't wait to see what's coming next. I took the printout anywhere I went so I could keep on reading. This is a good SGA fic, it's also good science fiction. There is some great world-building; the alien society in this story is fascinating (and scary as hell!)

It has snowed again overnight and it was lovely and sunny today, so I grabbed my camera and managed to take some decent pictures for once. ( A few pics of the snow-covered Westphalian landscape. )
( ... and this is one of our climbing spots in the park :) )