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[bluflamingo]

Wow, talk about finding new ways to procrastinate (in other words - argh, why can't my femme_fic story come out of my head right?!): I was poking through my distressingly large number of 'swear I'll finish it one day' files (of which I'm posting a poll one of these days, and you guys can pick for me which I should do next, because I'm actually incapable of doing so), failing to find the file I was looking for, and came upon a completely finished story.

Yep, beginning to end, all done, about 5000 words. No idea why it's still sitting on my hard-drive instead of being posted (well, some idea: I'm pretty sure I wrote it for a challenge and thought of something else I liked better, which I ended up submitting. I just don't know why I never did anything else with it). So you would think the logical next step would be to, you know, post it, since it's all done and I even like it.

But no, apparently that would be too simple, because I got to the end and thought, 'you know what, I could totally turn this into a John/Cam story instead of a John/Rodney story.' Which, I know, sounds kind of 'hmm, right, cos Rodney and Cam, so similar,' but I swear it'd work. It's a very John-driven story (and also very au). And so now I am, even though it means I lose possibly my favourite bit of John-dialogue-as-written-by-me ever, in which John, in response to something insulting Rodney says within three minutes of meeting him, says, 'Wow, that's kind of rude. You don't even know me.' I don't even know why I like it so much, but I do.

I'm tempted to say don't answer if the answer's yes, but: this is a sign that my obsession with this pairing is getting kind of unhealthy, right?

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[scrollgirl.livejournal.com]

I'm tempted to say don't answer if the answer's yes, but: this is a sign that my obsession with this pairing is getting kind of unhealthy, right?

YES. But only in the best possible way, because I would LOVE to read a John-driven story with John/Cam pairing. (So my vote is "do it", but then I may be as obsessed as you.)

Also? 'Wow, that's kind of rude. You don't even know me.' This line is made of SO MUCH WIN. Please, please use this line someday, somewhere. Or let me steal it ;)

[10pmpacifictime.livejournal.com]

*squee*

There is nothing unhealthy about John/Cam. Colby/Evan on the other hand.... That may be problematic.

[rubygirl29.livejournal.com]

John/Cam works for me. You can always fit the line in another story, right? Oh, the sacrifices writers make for their craft ...

[http://users.livejournal.com/_la_la_la/]

Yes :) But, wow, will you basically have to rewrite all the dialogue? You do such a good job with the voices of the characters, I don't need names to figure out who's talking in your fic. I imagine it'd be a lot of re-writing of the dialogue, since Rodney & Cam's voices are so different. Not to discourage you or anything!

[bluflamingo.livejournal.com]

So my vote is "do it", but then I may be as obsessed as you

Eh, at least I won't be lonely in my obsession :o)

This line is made of SO MUCH WIN. Please, please use this line someday, somewhere.

I fear it'll languish on my hard-drive for years to come, till I forget what the heck it was about, because I think I'm pretty much done with John/Rodney and it doesn't apply to anyone else. Which makes me kind of sad.

[bluflamingo.livejournal.com]

There is nothing unhealthy about John/Cam. Colby/Evan on the other hand.... That may be problematic

It's not the pairing that worries me, it's the obsession!

I think the biggest problem with Colby/Evan might be that it really isn't hard to imagine Colby and David are sleeping together in the show.

Plus, you know, the whole intergalactic, one of them has a massive government secret thing!

[bluflamingo.livejournal.com]

You can always fit the line in another story, right?

I dunno. It's a very John/Rodney first meeting line, and I don't think that's something I'm going to be writing much of (I think all the anti-Keller stuff has finally driven me out of that pairing. Who knew I felt that strongly about her?!)

[bluflamingo.livejournal.com]

But, wow, will you basically have to rewrite all the dialogue?

Yup. On the bright side, about half of the story is John with people other than Rodney-who's-now-Cam, and it being Cam doesn't change that much. On the dark side - I liked the dialogue (which rarely happens to me). Plus, the bit where John finds out who Cam is has to be totally rewritten (which is actually less of a bad thing, since I wasn't sold on it to begin with).

All that said - as far as actual problems go, this is really very unimportant, and it's not like anyone made me do it, so I should stop whining :o)

[scrollgirl.livejournal.com]

because I think I'm pretty much done with John/Rodney and it doesn't apply to anyone else.

Ah! But it doesn't have to be John saying it to Rodney. It could be, I dunno, random SG-1 character or an OC or hell, Dave Sheppard or Nancy (because I love Dave and Nancy). It could be Keller's dad meeting his daughter's new boyfriend! (Though I don't see Rodney being purposefully rude to him on first meeting.)

[bluflamingo.livejournal.com]

But it doesn't have to be John saying it to Rodney

I think this is my polite British girl coming through, but to me it's kind of a rude thing to say back - like, it's impolite to point something like that out, even if it's true - and there aren't many characters I can imagine saying it. Or at least, saying it to someone other than Rodney, and I have a hard time imagining myself needing to write anyone being introduced to Rodney any more.

Saying which should ensure that I end up doing exactly that in the very near future :o)

[rubygirl29.livejournal.com]

I like the John/Cam pairing better than John/Rodney. You can use the line in a fic where John does meet Rodney for the first time. It doesn't have to be in a 'ship' fic for those two, necessarily. Rodney can be a bit of an ass in any story!

Don't get me wrong, I think Rodney is a great character to write, and lots of fun, but not my cuppa in a slashfic. Keller can have him! Just MHO, of course;

(Ducking and running) :-)

[10pmpacifictime.livejournal.com]

I think the biggest problem with Colby/Evan might be that it really isn't hard to imagine Colby and David are sleeping together in the show.

I know what you mean. I just wish I liked them as a pairing (my problem is probably because I don't like David getting in the way of Lorne). I posted about the last episode in my journal, and I'm not sure if thoroughly expressed how much David's behavior was pandering to slashers.