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Title: Five Times McKay and Sheppard Arrived Back In Atlantis Without Their Clothes (And One Time They Nearly Had To Leave Without Them)
Author: jadesfire2808
Words: ~6,330
Rating: PG
Spoilers/Warnings: None (skips about between different seasons)/er…naked!Genfic? (Yes, it's possible) Does that need a warning?

Notes: With huge thanks to First Readers, and particularly bironic and crystalshard for the speediest beta-services known to fanfic writer.

Summary: Does exactly what it says in the title

( Animal, Vegetable, Mineral – The Pegasus Edition )

Author: Brat Farrar
Characters: Lorne, Zelenka
Rating/pairing: G, none
Word count: 375
Notes: time stamp for Elbow on the Floor, in which John and Rodney play twister
Summary: In which Lorne and Zelenka talk about their superiors, there is sand, and Lorne considers the relative merits of ZPMs and frozen yogurt.

The last player left in the game is the winner

Is Rhona Mitra the newer, hotter, British and more talented Mila Jovovich - yea or nay?

I find myself sadly enthused by these images from the upcoming Underworld prequel.

Between this flick and Doomsday, Mitra's becoming the new queen of the D-list action movie.

There's some exceptionally interesting horoscopes this week! (Then again, I love all this psychological introspection. Go go Scorpio Moon, hehe.)

Capricorn
I predict you will have 32 dreams as you sleep in the coming week. In at least five of those adventures, you will be offered a chance to wield a magic hammer like the one that belonged to the Norse god Thor. You're under no obligation to use it, of course. But if you do, it could help you smite dream adversaries, from stupid giants to evil ducks to rash-covered devils. You could also take advantage of it to build things, like a dream house or a dream boat. The proper use of the hammer will be a constant test, since you'll have to be ever-alert and adaptable as you decide whether to employ it for destruction or creation.

SWEET.

Alex: Sagittarius
Josh: Cancer
Heather: Pisces
Mom: Virgo

Shadows, return tickets, forests... is this going somewhere? Heheh.

Part 5 is up now. I needed to do it now, as I'll probably be busy later this evening. :-)

5. A Broken-Down Mustang

Title: A Thousand Words
Author: deltacephei
Categories: gen, team
Rating: PG
Words: a thousand-ish
Notes: Tag for Search and Rescue, written for the Season 5 Tagathon on sga_episodefic. A big thank you to villainny for the last-minute beta!

When John woke, it was his hearing that came back first

fleurdeleo and I are planning to see the X-Files movie tomorrow afternoon.

I remember when X-Files premiered. It was on Friday nights, which, at that time, was the night of our weekly family poker game, which took place at my sister's apartment. She and her husband, my parents, his mother and usually one of his sisters, his Uncle Charlie, and I would gather to play. I gave up my seat pretty early on - I wasn't fond of the U-game or Elevator, or any of the games where your hand depends on the cards in the middle of the table, especially not when betting was progressive (even if it was all nickel/dime/quarter, you could still walk out of there down twenty or twenty-five bucks, which is not an unappreciable sum).

It was my job to babysit Alyssa, who was about three at the time, while everybody else played. I used to give her a bath - man, I still remember kneeling next to the tub and blowing bubbles and teaching her how to catch them on her wet hands so that they would stay.

My dad was like, "Hey, I read about this show about this FBI agent who investigates the supernatural. I'm going to tape it." And I was like, "Oh yeah, that'll last."

But one Friday night after getting Alyssa into bed around 8:45, I was flipping through the channels and came upon this show. The guy was hot, the woman was awesome, and they were chasing something that turned out to be the Jersey Devil. I was hooked. I was like, "You have to watch this show!" and my parents were like, "Yeah, we've been taping it but we haven't had time to catch up." So I suggested they do so ASAP.

It's funny, because X-Files is a first fandom for many people I know, and a first online fandom for many others, but I always had people in my life to discuss it with, so I didn't need to turn to fandom, as I did later wth Homicide. When I moved out a few months later, my dad would call me after every episode so we could dissect what had happened. I would go into work and talk about it with my friends there - one guy and I were convinced we had the whole conspiracy figured out. Of course, that was fairly early on, before it collapsed under its own weight and nonsensicalness.

It's because of X-Files that I learned about online fandom - articles about fansites for Mulder and Scully, for Duchovny and Anderson - were all over the NY Daily News, and they included discussion of newsgroups and fanfiction, and it was because of that that when I got into Homicide in the fall of 1997 - a show nobody I knew watched nor was interested in watching - that I turned to the internet and discovered alt.tv.homicide.

I was - am, really - a hardcore Mulder/Scully shipper, though most of the time I want to beat Mulder's head in with a bat for how obtuse he is. I might have wanted to fuck Mulder on occasion, but I always wanted to be Scully. Scully was awesome. It's unfortunate that so much of her storyline ended up revolving around her reproductive organs, though I stopped watching the show regularly in season 6, after the first movie (and also, I believe, when The Sopranos began), so I missed what I've been told is the devolution of her character into someone lacking agency.

And while in some ways the entire show was about how we all lack agency, that larger forces are always working against us, one of the things I always loved about Scully was that she was her own woman - she evaluated the evidence and came to her own conclusions. I always hated that they never let her be right about anything. I felt that was a major flaw of the show, actually, that her skepticism was always disproved by Mulder's belief (except when it came to religion, where she had faith and he was a non-believer). I love that she was open to belief, but that she needed more than just a hot guy's word for it, and that she never abandoned science or reason, even in the face of the inexplicable. She struggled to make them coexist with faith and possibility.

This is an awesome essay about Scully, written in anticipation of the movie: Scully have I loved by Rebecca Traister:

The very fact that her character was such a hard sell made her repeated brushes with the supernatural all the more powerful. Mulder's desire to believe was so expansive, his credulity so flexible, that it's not as though he was ever going to have either shaken from him. But Scully's surety was solid, stable, rigid; every time she saw something she thought she'd never see, we saw it crack, sparks fly from it. She was forced to question herself, grow, change. In short, she got the better arc, and her journeys were always, by dint of the setup, more intricate and moving.

[...]

In an entertainment world where women are disappearing from multiplexes, where men bulk up as superheroes while women don't eat but sip pink drinks, we need to remember that there was once a very short heroine who hunted monsters and talked about Einstein, who kicked ass and questioned her faith, who went to work with a man she loved but didn't rip his shirt off over lunch, who didn't want to believe, but opened herself nonetheless to possibility. We need Scully back, even for a moment.

Yes. This.

So I'm actually kind of excited about the movie, though I haven't watched an episode of the show in years - I don't even own any of it on dvd (I think I have one box set of tapes I got as a gift many years ago) - and it wasn't a fannish experience for me, in the way it would be now when I get involved in a tv show.

Because Scully was awesome, and I wish there were more characters like her on television right now.

***

55 Icons from Stargate Atlantis. Featuring : John, Rodney, Teyla, Ronon, Sam, Radek, Keller and Jeanie Miller (Kate Hewlett)


TEASERS :-

HERE @ quiet_art

Nobody shout. It's Friday, and really, who doesn't need a little peace and quiet on a Friday? ESPECIALLY AFTER OUR PARTY! Ouch. We had fun! And from the great photos we've seen, so did you. Thanks to everyone for coming along last night, it was fantastic to see so many of you. After a hectic last-minute change of venue, we were all a little worried. But you can't keep a good MOOster down, and everyone made it there – and made it great. ( More )

1. fuck katy perry, this is my song of "summer".

2. if even one tenth of anne hathaway acting as jailbait to her gross ex is true, i am writing her a fan letter. if the diaries become public record, i will pee my pants. but still feel guilty while i ready every word.

3. i have decided that even though half the "facts" don't fit, this blind item is about darling anna. this is the only explanation i will accept for why she hangs around the man with whom she is linked.

This Saturday and Sunday (July 26-27), we are removing the last bits of stuff from our old place (mostly fragiles and odds & ends, no heavy lifting will be involved) and we would very much appreciate help, especially help that involved people with vehicles who are willing to help carry stuff over to our new place. If anyone has a van or similarly large vehicle, odds are that it would take at most 2 trips (and more likely 1). Also, we would greatly appreciate help cleaning (especially the kitchen), if anyone is both brave and kind enough to offer.

At the same time (noon to 6) on Saturday July 26th, and at the same location (3018 NE Couch Street), amberite will also have a yard sale of some of the stuff we're getting rid of, including both books and records (ie old vinyl things that I used to listen to and haven't touched in more than a decade).

In other news, we are slowly getting moved in and once again have cable TV. Tomorrow, I shall do battle with the customer service idiots are Earthlink to try to get DSL here faster (Earthlink's tech support is absolutely first-rate, but their customer service is significantly worse than useless).

Hello everyone! I come bearing Art! I present to you my drawing of John and Rodney from the amazing sardonicsmiley’s Sophomore Slump. Please Enjoy!


This is Rated FRT
Sophomore John and Rodney Is Here
Remember Feedback is Love!

Title: "The Four Moments Ronon Realized He Loved Someone From Atlantis and the One Time He Knew All Along"
Author: Kristen999
Word Count; 1990
Rating: K +/ Gen
Characters: Ronon The Team Plus others
Spoilers/Warnings: None

Notes: It has been a long time since I've written for a challenge! This was fun.

Thanks to wildcat88 for another fast beta and wonderful help!!

(  Four Moments )

Since talldarkmystere didn't get some of my texts yesterday, I didn't get one of his voicemails before that, and I haven't gotten responses to my texts today, I figure something is up at Verizon. The local service must be a bit... problematic. I needed to pay my bill anyway, so I paid it today just in case parts of my service was being held hostage. :p

Missing my sweetie. He's got to pack this week because he and his roomie(s) are moving into a house at the end of the month. He's shown me pictures, and it's a pretty sweet looking place. Future plans include my visiting him there, so I can hardly wait to try out the garden tub with him. :D Meanwhile, packing has been a drag; he could use the help, and I wish I could help out. Best I've been able to do is offer advice (like getting liquor boxes for his books) and stress relief.

Otherwise, today's been pretty good. Mark, the kids and I went to Killeen to visit Mark's parents (the step[great]grandparents) and had a nice time. The kids were gifted with some money, which aside from buying what they want (of course) will likely also buy some time at the public pool and a trip to Whataburger. I'm going to try to convince them to save some of it so they can use it to buy something to eat at the airport the day they fly back to their father.

Your result for The Steampunk Style Test...

The Explorer

15% Elegant, 34% Technological, 30% Historical, 68% Adventurous and 54% Playful!

Take The Steampunk Style Test at HelloQuizzy

Final Fantasy Tactics Advance 2 is far too much fun and taking far too much of my time. (At least it's a purchase I'm enjoying, I suppose . . .)

The weather's lovely. Sunny enough to be warm, windy enough to be cool. I hope it lasts.

---

A Shropshire Lad - XV

Look not in my eyes, for fear
They mirror true the sight I see,
And there you find your face too clear
And love it and be lost like me.
One the long nights through must lie
Spent in star-defeated sighs,
But why should you as well as I
Perish? gaze not in my eyes.
A Grecian lad, as I hear tell,
One that many loved in vain,
Looked into a forest well
And never looked away again.
There, when the turf in springtime flowers,
With downward eye and gazes sad,
Stands amid the glancing showers
A jonquil, not a Grecian lad.

-- A.E. Housman

And now I can't even get online at my dad's. Joy. But I went to Panera and uploaded that latest section. Can't view my own webpage here (snerk), but I assume it's correctly added. Somebody let me know if there's a problem.

4. When Priam Visited Achilles

(What, you thought I could write a story that didn't reference Homer?)

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 Title: Five Commanders Atlantis Never Had (And The Crews That Came With Them)
Author:  teh_bug
Words: ~5,000
Pairing: Gen with (mostly) canonical pairing hints thrown in.
Rating: PG
Notes: Er, certain canons and/or people's ranks have been stretched (in some places more than others) to fit the crossovers. I apologize in advance for any mistakes that may have occurred in the process if stretching canons. However, if I did make a mistake not related to the stretching of canons, please point it out to me, so that I don't make it again. =)