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

[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)