a few recs...

I told myself I wouldn't post before I have at least this one more double-spread page sketched, but I can start to feel my brain leak out of my ears. (It's one of *those* scenes... dozens of people, all supposed to be doing something interesting, in period costume and with historical buildings in the background the appearance of every single one I have to research first. >_<)

Since I heard parts of my friendslist entertain the thought of getting into SGA (dooo iiit!) because of Jewel Staite, here's a neat newbie's guide by thefourthvine: Wraith, ZPMs, Sheppard's hair and everything else you wanted to know about Stargate: Atlantis
***stuff I read and loved:
That Which is Broken by friendshipper
Gen; 60,000 words; "Trinity" tag; Genre: Drama, action, angst, h/c, friendship, teamfic
Teyla notices the rift between Sheppard and McKay and comes up with a plan to set things right - which is when things start to go really wrong.

Best post-Trinity fic I've read! There's not a hint of Woobie!Rodney, thankfully... all the characterizations are fantastic, the clash between Rodney and John entirely believable, and particularly Teyla's alien-ness and her unique view of things come across really well. Plus, great plot.

Grammatology by aesc
written for sga_flashfic's wordless challenge
Characters: John/Rodney (implied), other; PGish; 3,500 words
Summary: Lost words, lost time, lost city.
Pieces of a puzzle coming together... fascinating take on the challenge.

A Few Things Sam Doesn't Want Anyone to Know About Her and Rodney Mckay by ijemanja
Sam/Rodney (but not really); PG; 1,200 words
Summary: A few things Sam doesn't want anyone to know about her and Rodney Mckay, and a few other things that Rodney would be only too happy to share about his (non-existent) relationship with Samantha Carter, if anyone actually cared enough to listen.

snippet: She's thought about what it would be like. Once or twice. Or maybe more, back when she first met him and hated the very sight of him.

Back then, she thought about pinning him down and doing... things. Like forcing an entire lemon down his throat. Or listening to him insult her intelligence and then forcing an entire lemon down his throat. Possibly while one or both of them were naked.

She doesn't know whether this makes her a masochist or a sadist. Probably a bit of both.

Now, she just thinks about the many different ways she could get him to admit, over and over again, how much smarter than him she is. She thinks about how pleasant the process could be.

But she's only thought about it once or twice. Briefly. She's not obsessed or anything.

Title: All Our Yesterdays Will Haunt You by kajikia
Characters: team; R
Summary: "So it's like our own personal Groundhog Day?" "But with a civil war and a Wraith culling, yes."
why rec'ed? A time loop fic with quick-paced action and a clever explanation for the loop.

list of previous recs
***stuff I watched and loved:
Joe FlaniganQ&A... eating a lollipop and being generally hilarious. (not a new link... it was posted, like, two weeks ago. I'm really behind on my posting.)

fanart: Teyla art nouveau style by ileliberte

Darn, I had found so many more cool illustrations but somehow didn't think of bookmarking them...
***movie rec: We saw Ratatouille, the Pixar movie about a little rat who has an affinity for haute cuisine. I mostly went because my friends did (one of them has pet rats so that movie was must-see) and I ended up really loving it. Not just the animation and the special effects, though those were top-notch, but the story was great - funny and original. And so damn cute!
***and on the topic of haute cuisine, am I the only one who gets hungry when reading Joe Mallozzi's blog?