Crickets chirping...? Appeal for gen fic! (Let's call it SG-1 Gen Fic Day.)

[fignewton]

I have the immense privilege of tagging for sg1_debrief, which mostly entails skimming through the newsletter's flist in search of gen fic. (The maintainers do the really hard work, and I think the other taggers cope with a lot more volume than I do.) There's always less gen fic than ship fic, but I'm resigned to that as par for the course by now.

But what's going on here, people?

Since the 17th, there has been one gen fic posted throughout all of LJ SG-1 fandom that gets tagged for the newsletter. ONE. (Thanks for that, dknightshade! I don't follow the jack_built AU, but it was a fun snippet.)

So here's my appeal: write some gen fic today, please! It can be commentfic posted here, or a drabble on your LJ, or a snippet of your current WIP. Fic recs are good, too, like the ones posted below: here and here. Anything. Gen is the one kind of fic that embraces all aspects of the fandom, so let's have some SG-1 love!

Erm... but not that kind. :)

[And yes, I'll try to post something ficcish myself today. I can't ask for it if I don't chip in myself, right?]

ETA8: Monday, 6:45 p.m. ::smushes all ETAs together:: I've compiled a roundup of all the fantastic participants! You can find the complete list for Gen Fic Day right here.

Comments

[princessofg.livejournal.com]

I'm sorry I can't answer your call for a new piece of fic today, but I'm definitely around. What I'm doing in terms of gen stuff is going back and revisiting redial the gate posts -- finally! what a wonderful tour through the canon. I'm so glad you guys are doing that and eventually I'll catch up. maybe.

I've noticed an enormous slowdown in all sides of the SG-1 fandom since the new TV season came along. The closing of the canon is a very big deal to a lot of people and I think it's inevitable that all sides of the fandom will slow down.

There are a ton of people who are watching and monitoring SG-1 and reading the fic, but the focus has certainly shifted for a lot of people to shows that they can watch and post about and discuss in real time. My f list seems to be most about Heroes and SGA and a bit of supernatural here and there.

I'm resigned to it changing so much! More and more people are able to be multifandom nowadays, I think. I'm not drawn that way, but I know people are watching for fic and enjoying it. But I'm still being quite monofannish.

So glad you're here! Thanks for all you do for the fandom.

[sg-fignewton.livejournal.com]

Yes, I saw your post for COTG! And I'm so pleased that people are going to revisit older posts, too. Hope the tags and memories are proving helpful there! :) And I plan to go back and reply to your comment, because it had some nice thinky bits.

I agree that a lot of the slowdown is because fannish creativity is being directed to what's new and shiny at the moment. It doesn't mean SG-1 is going to disappear, but I'm not too surprised to see a slowdown, I guess. It was just... well. Such a long gap.

Like you, I'm monofannish. (Hee! Such a great term!) I admire people like Moonshayde and Kellifer who can write in multifandoms, but I'm going to hug my SG-1 team tightly.

...I mean, who wouldn't? :)

And ::blushes:: thanks.

[moonshayde.livejournal.com]

It's weird. I know that on my journal I've been squeeing a lot about my current casual shows - shows I just watch for fun or that I really love and am not fannish about. But SG-1 is the show/fandom I am fannish about. I just haven't posted much about it lately.

I wonder if there are others who are the same. People who really love the show and the fandom, but just aren't fannish publicly at this very second.

[princessofg.livejournal.com]

I'm not sure what causes people to get quiet, other than real life issues.... That's what''s been up with me. Mostly I write and post fic, and if I can't do that, I meta. But I'm sure there are as many ways of doing fandom as there are fans.