Hmm...

[bluflamingo]

Okay, so it's possible I've signed up for a couple too many ficathons in the next couple of months:

1. sga_genficathon, about which I can't talk since it's secret, but which is driving me *insane* trying to figure out how I want to structure the story. Not the plot, not the characters, not even how it's going to end, but the damn structure. April. Done

2. femme_fic: prompt tbc (and may I just say that it's pathetic how excited I get every time I check my email, hoping there'll be a prompt. Seriously. Pathetic), but femslash of some description. 1st May. Done

3. lgbtfest #1: "Generation Kill, Brad/Nate, leaving the corps didn't mean he no longer had to worry about the UCMJ. He might be a grad student at Harvard, but retiring definitely wasn't on Brad's immediate horizon," which I swear I chose solely because I have this girl's voice in my head telling Nate that Brd's never going to leave the marines for him. No context, no idea who she is, just this one line. 12th May Done

4. team_sga AU fest: Pegasus B&B, which is a prompt that makes me dorkily happy, but I want more au fic where everyone's always been in Pegasus instead of always been on Earth. Actually, I want *any* fic where this is true, since it seems to be non-existent. 14th May. Done

5. lgbtfest #2: "Any fandom, any character, Being gay in the U.S. military means you've always got a secret -- but it also means you've always got a community," which I mainly chose because, as much as I liked the fic that was around a few months ago wherein there's a little male gay community on Atlantis, coordinated by Rodney (though, seriously, Rodney? I know, being a McKay/Sheppard fic it had to be one of them and couldn't be Sheppard, but seriously).... Um, right, as much as I liked that story, I got to the end and was all, but what about the girls? Lesbians and bisexual women exist you know! Which is possibly a spurious reason for choosing a prompt. 15th May Done

6. thelittlebang, which will be Firefly and for which I have kind of an idea, but it's one of those where I need to start before I figure it out. Also, it has to be 15,000 words. 20th May. Done

Which is not to say I can't probably manage it all, but just... now would be the time to panic, right?!

Comments

[scrollgirl.livejournal.com]

I just signed up for lgbtfest as well, though I worry about trying to do 2 fics at the same time. (Clearly you are far more ambitious!)

(though, seriously, Rodney? I know, being a McKay/Sheppard fic it had to be one of them and couldn't be Sheppard, but seriously)....

Heh. I just read that one yesterday! And yeah, very hot and terrific Sheppard and a cool look at the people of Atlantis, but I scratched my head over Rodney being... *waves hand* The way he was written.

[bluflamingo.livejournal.com]

I just signed up for lgbtfest as well

Woo hoo!

I scratched my head over Rodney being... *waves hand* The way he was written

I *always* scratch my head at the way she writes Rodney, which makes me sad, because I love the way she writes John.

[slybrarian.livejournal.com]

Oh, yeah. I mean, out of all the people in Atlantis, I'm pretty sure Rodney would be the absolute last person any gay man or woman is going to confide in. Not only is he so painfully straight in public, but... he's McKay. He's not going to be comforting if you come to him with relationship problems. He's going to loudly and scathingly tear your issues apart, in a very public manner that would probably involve diagrams on the city's Wiki.

If I was a gay soldier, I'd approach Sheppard long before McKay - at least there you've got the entire hair thing and the hilarious confused faces he gets when women touch him to go by, and if you're wrong even in the worst case scenario you'll be discharged but you'll still have your dignity.

[bluflamingo.livejournal.com]

I'm pretty sure Rodney would be the absolute last person any gay man or woman is going to confide in. Not only is he so painfully straight in public, but... he's McKay.

Truer words were never spoken - how could *anyone* look at McKay and believe he was gay, never mind enough people do it that he could be the centre of a secret gay community. I mean, in a way, okay, because no-one else would believe it, but enough people would have to believe it *first* and I just... don't see it.

[skieswideopen]

I am thoroughly impressed by your ambition, and I'm very much looking forward to reading your work.

(And I am not going to be tempted by any of these ficathons. I will not write John and Cam coming out to their families for lgbtfest, and I will not write Teyla as a noir detective for team_sga. I have to write about the Ori occupation of Earth and rewrite my entire dissertation and that is enough writing. It is. Really.)

[bluflamingo.livejournal.com]

I'm a little freaked out by my (over-)ambition!

I will not write Teyla as a noir detective for team_sga

Do it, do it, do it! It'll be light relief from the dissertation re-write.

[skieswideopen]

Do it, do it, do it! It'll be light relief from the dissertation re-write.

La la la...I can't hear you.

(My subconscious mind, however, apparently can, because it keeps insisting on popping scenes from the detective story into my head, and now I have a whole world built, waiting to be written. Hmm, I wonder if tielan would mind if I switched around the characters a little so that Rodney could be the client...)

[bluflamingo.livejournal.com]

La la la...I can't hear you.

I could shout louder if it'd help... :o)

[skieswideopen]

Not necessary. I already signed up...

[bluflamingo.livejournal.com]

YAY!

[shoshannagold.livejournal.com]

Wow. Your spring is totally going to rock!

I very nearly signed up for the 'Brad at Harvard' prompt because I love college!fic and I love Brad, and it would have been all kinds of fun. But then I saw that you had signed up, and I was excited to see what you'd do with, and thought it would be more fun for everybody if we spread ourselves out across different prompts. I can't wait to find out who that girl talking to Nate is.

I signed up for the Brad/Ray prompt, because - idek. It just really resonated with me. I've been trying to think about Brad and Ray having sex all day, though, and I'm almost there.

I can't write anything until I've panicked. My writing process for academic or professional work, as well as fic, is dream, panic, write. So if you panic now, maybe you can move on to the writing without problem?

[bluflamingo.livejournal.com]

I signed up for the Brad/Ray prompt, because - idek. It just really resonated with me. I've been trying to think about Brad and Ray having sex all day, though, and I'm almost there.

I am so very much in favour of that :o) I don't think I've read any Brad/Ray fic before.

I can't wait to find out who that girl talking to Nate is.

Yeah, me either - I have no idea, I just have that line. I don't even know if she means it in a nice way or not.

So if you panic now, maybe you can move on to the writing without problem?

It's weird - for all that I think I've got a couple too many things on now, I actually work best when I have less free time. I got so much more done when the only free time I have was Tuesday evening than I did when I had loads of free time. I dunno, the longer I have to do something, the more I put it off.

[shoshannagold.livejournal.com]

There isn't a lot of Brad/Ray out there, and most of it ends up being UST, with Brad ending up with Nate, but I came across this little ficlet (http://linaerys.livejournal.com/661918.html?thread=9454238#t9454238) the other day and loved it. I think it's like falling in love with your best friend: you know everything about them, and so you know all the reasons why it's a really bad idea, but on the other hand, nobody's ever going to know you better, and while it was a really bad idea when I did it, I'm sure the boys can make it work. Also, I really want to write about Ray's crazy family. I'm hugely excited about this story, can you tell? *g*

I dunno, the longer I have to do something, the more I put it off. Dude. That's so the story of my life. And of my MA thesis, which I managed to stretch out for two years, until the department was like, 'now or never, Shosh.' That's why I like challenges, because I work to deadlines really well.

[10pmpacifictime.livejournal.com]

I'm sorry, but I find it so hard to read Rodney as gay (especially as I now have a wonderful alternative) unless it's in some AU, because then there are reasons for character being somewhat skewed.

[10pmpacifictime.livejournal.com]

(I am however looking forward to these stories)

And......... Did you see Numb3rs?

[bluflamingo.livejournal.com]

Did you see Numb3rs?

I saw...the one where Liz was undercover. But nothing since then - I've totally lost track of when it airs.

I am however looking forward to these stories

:o) I promise, there will be no gay/bi Rodney in them. Probably very little Rodney at all, actually, except in the team au one, for which he's kind of required. Sadly, most of the sga lgbtfest prompts are fairly Rodney-centric, which makes me sad - I love that ficathon, but not enough to read about Rodney, especially considering how many of the prompts have John as the 'bad guy'. Which is not a complaint worth rehashing, since we just debated it in this journal a couple of months ago!

[10pmpacifictime.livejournal.com]

I saw...the one where Liz was undercover.

That's the last one. Not nearly as much Colby as I would like. But David was great. And I missed Nikki (although Liz is probably happier that she wasn't around for this one and is hoping that no one is going to say anything to Nikki.)

[bluflamingo.livejournal.com]

Not nearly as much Colby as I would like

Though his 'what did I do?' when Don called them all in to yell was by far my favourite moment in the entire episode (though yes, it would have been vastly improved with the addition of Nikki, as all episodes would)

[bluflamingo.livejournal.com]

I find it so hard to read Rodney as gay

No need to apologise! I dunno - I have a *really* hard time seeing Rodney on screen as gay, or even bi, but I have little problem buying it in fic, unless Rodney's gay and John's straight. I guess because the former is only a bit of suspension of disbelief for me, but the latter requires it twice, for me.

[slybrarian.livejournal.com]

I have trouble seeing Rodney as gay, too. Maybe bi, in a sort of opportunistic way where he'll take gay sex if it's offered but not seek it out, or probably even think of an actual relationship being possible.

John, now, he's an entirely different story. Cam too (obviously), even though I don't get as much of a ping on the ol' gaydar with him. I think part of it's because he's military and hiding it. That's part of the problem with Rodney, too. I have trouble seeing him hiding his sexuality, given how loud he is about pretty much everything else. Maybe if he wasn't so obnoxiously obvious about wanting women I could say sex was different with him, but it's pretty obvious that he's willing to be just as upfront about that.

[bluflamingo.livejournal.com]

Maybe if he wasn't so obnoxiously obvious about wanting women I could say sex was different with him, but it's pretty obvious that he's willing to be just as upfront about that.

Yeah... I've brought into a few stories where he's putting it on to hide that he's gay, because he's working for the military, but it takes a lot to make me buy it, whereas with John and Cam, I happily just assume that to be the case even if they don't say.

[scrollgirl.livejournal.com]

I've brought into a few stories where he's putting it on to hide that he's gay, because he's working for the military, but it takes a lot to make me buy it
Really? I'm trying to remember if I've read any 'Rodney is gay gay' (vs Rodney is bi, and just hides the liking men part under the yay, hot blondes! part) but nothing rings a bell. I have a really hard time buying that premise, though, simply because I can't remember Rodney ever trying to hide anything. I mean, yeah, Rodney being (wilfully?) oblivious, sure. But not *secretive* or even just closed-mouthed.

(Fic challenge: write an AU in which Rodney is naturally *closed-mouthed*.)

That John fic I was looking for? Home Planet by facetofcathy, whose writing I don't *always* love, but generally enjoy. And this one is *terrific*. You go, John, indeed!

[bluflamingo.livejournal.com]

Fic challenge: write an AU in which Rodney is naturally *closed-mouthed*.

Would it be possible to write a story like that with him still being Rodney? Other than - oh, he's loud about everything to cover the one thing he doesn't want people to know, which I'm never sure about, because it would require so much calculation to say some of the stupid stuff he says on purpose while making it seem like an accident.

[dirty-diana.livejournal.com]

Holy ficathon commitments.

I'm flailing trying to choose my lgbtfest prompts. There's too much choice! I just don't know!

*flails more*

[bluflamingo.livejournal.com]

There's too much choice! I just don't know!

Last year, I would have said exactly the same; this year it took me ages to find a prompt I wanted to write. Most of them are just so depressing - I want some hopeful lgbt fic, where it's not all secrets and misery and questioning the last twenty years of your life. I mean, I know issue fic is kind of what the challenge is about but I want stories where people can be gay and single and have issues but still have hope and happiness.

[dirty-diana.livejournal.com]

but I want stories where people can be gay and single and have issues but still have hope and happiness.

I'm with you. The framing of the challenge kind of leads to depressing prompts, I think, even though I love the challenge. I did try to put forth some prompts that were not too sad, but all my fandoms are so wee. But I'm going to grab one and write a happy coming out story.

[slybrarian.livejournal.com]

Um, right, as much as I liked that story, I got to the end and was all, but what about the girls? Lesbians and bisexual women exist you know! Which is possibly a spurious reason for choosing a prompt. 15th May

You know, I didn't notice that but now that you bring it up it really is a pretty glaring omission. I'm probably not so great about it myself, although I haven't really written anything about a gay community beyond a few little mentions here and there. Part of it's probably because I'm just not that comfortable writing from a female POV - there's a lot I just don't get about women and I know I'd screw it up.

Still - if I ever get around to writing this really cracktastic idea I've got about Cam realizing that John has more or less deliberately picking gay airmen and marines as some sort of Solidarity-slash-Epically Passive-Aggressive Method of Sticking It To The Man Thing, I'll be sure to include lesbians. (You have no idea how tempting it was to take this same prompt as well as the Ripple on, but I (a) already have two commitments, and (b) wouldn't want to take it from someone who'd be a bit more serious).

[bluflamingo.livejournal.com]

I'm probably not so great about it myself, although I haven't really written anything about a gay community beyond a few little mentions here and there. if I ever get around to writing this really cracktastic idea I've got about Cam realizing that John has more or less deliberately picking gay airmen and marines as some sort of Solidarity-slash-Epically Passive-Aggressive Method of Sticking It To The Man Thing

I would so read that. You already sold me on the idea of John wanting Lorne around because Lorne's gay as well, I'd love to see the others as well.

[slybrarian.livejournal.com]

He didn't chose Lorne because he's gay, he chose Lorne because he wanted an XO who he knew he could trust and who was a friend. That Lorne was willing to put up with his complaints about intergalactic relationships was a bonus. The gay thing was entirely coincidental. Except, you know, for it forming the entire basis of why they're so close (see also: solidarity in the face of oppression, occasional threesomes). It's all completely innocent, as Lorne is probably more qualified for the job than John, and if John just happens to choose other highly qualified people from the pool of candidates on the basis of which names he's heard over the Big Gay Grape Vine, well, that's innocent too.

... damn it, I am going to have to write that now.

[bluflamingo.livejournal.com]

damn it, I am going to have to write that now.

Oh now, how awful :o)

[alethialia.livejournal.com]

Holy...um, good luck?

I have this girl's voice in my head telling Nate that Brd's never going to leave the marines for him. No context, no idea who she is, just this one line.

Who is this (fictional) person and how can we shun her? ::narrows eyes::

[bluflamingo.livejournal.com]

Who is this (fictional) person and how can we shun her?

The weird thing is, I think she might mean it in... not a nice way exactly, but she's trying to *be* nice by saying it, and Nate's standing there staring at her and going, well, duh. I do have two brain cells to rub together, thanks so much.