sd_ficathon fics

[fignewton]

Wow. Over forty stories in the sd_ficathon ! It's great to see Sam and Daniel getting so much love. :)

I'm going to take it slowly, reading one or two fics per day, so I can enjoy these properly. abyssinia4077 beat me to volunteering for the Sam and Daniel friendship category for stargateficrec next month, but I've got our Wonder Twins in July, and I don't think Abyssis will manage to steal all of my recs away from me! :)

Those of you who wrote actually Sam/Daniel pairings with higher ratings won't be offended, I hope, if I skip those. It's my gen genes, y'see. I will try to look over the Sam/Daniel fics with lower ratings.

Thank you to aurora_novarum, who did such a lovely job of writing my prompt, and to niamaea for liking what I did with hers! :)

Comments

[sg-fignewton.livejournal.com]

It's not so much a mental block against romance of any kind as much as it's a discomfort with reading explicit scenes. I'm a long-time fan of Lois and Clark and the genre is practically romance by definition! But that fandom has always been very careful to keep "gfic" and "nfic," as they term it, very well segregated, so it was easy for me to stick to what I'd like.

SG-1 is different, in that it's the teamy goodness (and Daniel!) that I love most, and pairings seem to interfere, or even destroy, the team dynamic. So no, I didn't read your story. But since you mention it, I'll go ahead and give it a try. :)

I'm almost halfway through the list now! I don't want to read too many at once; that'll just spoil it. And whew, there are a lot. Lucky us!

[abyssinia4077.livejournal.com]

I get that. In my previous fandom the stories were all either gen or slash - predominately gen, with most of the slash not going beyond a single kiss (or implied kiss) so I didn't encounter lots of explicit fic until Stargate and...it made me squirm. I think a long time ago I wrote about this in more detail, but I feel like I'm invading the privacy of the characters and actors somehow and that makes me feel awkward. So if I'm going to read a story with those elements, it has to have enough of the rest (character insights, interesting plot, etc) to make the discomfort worth it.

I agree SG-1 shines in the teamy goodness moments - but, for me, it's also the first fandom where I've found myself curious to really read the ship fics also - just not the ones that don't also acknowledge the importance of the rest of the team :)

Yay halfway through! I get to start soon...