oh tee what?

[unamaga]

Some Buffy stuff still left! Get it while it's...not gone.

Now. I want to talk about McShep for a few minutes here. Please feel free to go about your business if this isn't your bag, baby.

I'm relatively new to the SGA fandom - although I've read and written so much damn fic you couldn't tell. I've only been involved properly since August, having mainlined all the episodes some time in late July. So, taking all this into account, it's really, really weird that I feel so protective of my 'ship, isn't it? While I was in Supernatural and Harry Potter fandoms, I had a few 'ships I followed fic in, and usually they were pretty flexible. I didn't mind if Dean and Sam got it on with a girl in fic, or if Remus and Sirius wanted to include James Potter in their sandwich of manlove. More bodies, more interesting, I always said! As long as there was some form of gay and no one repulsive was involved, I was a pretty happy camper.

But with Rodney and John, I find myself making weird, distressed faces when someone else is involved. This is upsetting to me! I don't know why it makes my soul hurt when Teyla, who I love with all of my heart, joins in. Or why the thought of Jack Harkness making out with John Sheppard has me shrieking in protest. Someone please explain! Jack Harkness is a hotass of epic, epic proportions! I should be pleased by the aesthetics!

Is this what it's like to have a true OTP? D: D: D:

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[grammarwoman]

I'm relatively new to the SGA fandom - although I've read and written so much damn fic you couldn't tell. I've only been involved properly since August, having mainlined all the episodes some time in late July.

I just had to quote this part, because it is scarily close to my experience (except for the writing part). I got the seasons 1 & 2 DVDs from the library over the summer, and, uh, acquired season 3 in time to be caught up for the live viewings of season 4. I ship McShep to a ridiculous degree, enough so that I've got my husband making "Kiss him already!" comments while watching SGA.

Reading fic with other partners for them is awkward -- it has to be really, REALLY well done, and bonus points for leading them back to each other at the end.

[kimberlyfdr.livejournal.com]

We should start a club because my entrance into SGA is almost the SAME! I mainlined S1, S2, and half of S3 in March so that I could be caught up when the midseason break was over. And it's all David Hewlett's fault :P

[grammarwoman]

Really? From everywhere I see your posts, I would have assumed that you were a longtime SGA fan.

(I blame David Hewlett for a lot of things, most of them good...*grin*)

[kimberlyfdr.livejournal.com]

Nope, alot of my friends tried to get me into SGA when it first aired and I went "first of all, I've never seen SG1, so I am NOT about to catch up on 10 years of canon just so I can try out a spin-off!" However, a slight crack in my resistance came when I was sent Beautiful Lifetime Event. I still wasn't gonna get into the show, but I did like the story and I could like the characters.

Then, I lived through my friendslist uproar of David opening his site in September 2006, but still in no way watching the show. March came along and after numerous DH things just piling up I was just sent over the edge and went "fine, okay, there's a marathon on...I'll try." Yeah, I tried and I loved it and I never looked back. David Hewlett invaded my life and it made me happy.

The fun thing about SGA is you don't have to know 10 years of SG1 canon. They're in another galaxy, they're making their own rules! Plus, I have watched all the Rodney SG1 eps, so can that count for something? :)