Back!

[fignewton]

::collapses::

Okay, kinda sorta back to normal now... :)

So, I haven't been around much in the last few weeks. Even tagging for Debrief was a fly-by thing - I couldn't stop to read anything! If you've posted anything SG-1 related that you think I'd enjoy, drop a link here in the comments. Don't worry about spamming me; I'm asking for it.

A fun discussion that I saw posted on several LJs, but regretfully had to pass by: why are you reading my LJ?

There are a lot of you out there who have friended me without commenting why. This is fine, as I specifically say on my profile page. Anyone is welcome, as long as they're civil in discussion. But I do get curious, sometimes, so...

Here, have a poll. Open to everyone who might stumble across it. And hey, here's the perfect time to comment and say hi!



[Poll #1179247]

Comments

[shutthef-up.livejournal.com]

Fly-by hi! and welcome back!

[supplyship.livejournal.com]

I friended you because of abyssis' birthday Alphabet soup project. (I actually friended her then too, ha!). Now that I'm here, I'm enjoying the meta and c vs. f and redial_the_gate squee!

I very much have OTPs and I know our favorite characters are completely different, but that's what I love about this little corner of fandom - civil, thinky discussions on all things Stargate!

[tejas.livejournal.com]

Ugh. RL has had me doing fly-bys, too.

As for the poll. I'm not so much a loyal subject of the Ship-free realm, as much as I have dual citizenship: The Kingdom of Slash as well as the Realm of Ship-Free. :-):-);-):-)

More seriously, intelligent discussion is always worth the effort, if I agree with the people involved or not.

[abyssinia4077.livejournal.com]

Eee! The matza didn't eat you alive!

I definitely read this journal for all the Jack/Daniel goodness. Um. *shifts eyes*

I mean I read for the...
Aw, heck, I read because your recs are what got me into this fandom when I started watching the show and had no clue where to start looking for fic that had been being written for over 10 years. And because of the meta and squee and everything else.

(I'm pretty sure I didn't post anything interesting. But I did protect Bean from a 4 foot black snake. Oh, and at Sedar I discovered my 12 year-old cousin is well on her way to becoming a fangirl.)

[beanpot.livejournal.com]

Scariest snake EVER.

(I am so making you a cape for the next time you come to visit and we go hiking.)

[beanpot.livejournal.com]

I had stumbled upon your fanon vs canon stuff and thought it was incredibly well written and thoughtful. I've also always loved your fic recommendations. And then Aurora told me to come over and read more of your other stuff and she is smart so I did.

And while I tend to be ship free on the show, I multi ship like mad in fandom.

[holdouttrout.livejournal.com]

I know, I'm COMPLETELY unhelpful. But I just love everything! (You CAN be a loyal subject of ship-free stargate and be a loyal shipper, too, right? Right?)

[abyssinia4077.livejournal.com]

It was SO PRETTY!

(but the cape would totally get in the way while scrambling over the rocks. I might wear it anyway)

[sg-fignewton.livejournal.com]

Thank you! :)

[sg-fignewton.livejournal.com]

Civil, thinky discussions - ooh, lovely. :)

Glad you're here!

[sg-fignewton.livejournal.com]

I do love knowing that a lot of the regulars here have very different views of the characters, but we still manage to have intelligent discussion. Thanks for contributing your part to it!

[a-bit-dotty.livejournal.com]

Hi! I'm dotty. I wandered in for all of it!

[ultranos-fic.livejournal.com]

When I was wandering around blind in the fandom, I stumbled over your canon v. fanon posts. And, well, kind of fell in to your realm, oh Guru of Gen-fic. Or is it Queen? I can't remember.

I friended you because I didn't really want to miss any of the neat meta/recs/all the other stuff. Yeah, I know. Completely unhelpful. :)

[sg-fignewton.livejournal.com]

I definitely read this journal for all the Jack/Daniel goodness.

No, no, April 1 was weeks ago! ;)

Knowing that I helped drag you into our fandom gives me such a warm and fuzzy feeling! It's not as if you haven't repaid us a thousand times over with all the great fic you write... :)

How sure are you that the snake in question was, in fact, a snake?!

[tejas.livejournal.com]

De nada. ;-)

[caladria.livejournal.com]

But what if you wandered here by accident (read: I Have Very Important Stuff To Do; Ooh! Where Does That Link Go?) and stayed for the meta/canon vs fanon etc.?

[sg-fignewton.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the lovely compliments! And even if you're not ship-free in fandom, you're always welcome. :)

[sg-fignewton.livejournal.com]

Yes, absolutely! As long as it's civil (and hopefully squeeful), it's always welcome here. :)

[sg-fignewton.livejournal.com]

Hi, Dotty! Glad to have you with us. :)

[beanpot.livejournal.com]

How sure are you that the snake in question was, in fact, a snake?!

Because it tried to *eat* me.

Okay, not really - but it did inspire a "oh no, it's an icky snake that may eat me" dance of fear.

[abyssinia4077.livejournal.com]

Ah, but on April 1st it was the Danning/Levant goodness :)

Oh, you didn't just help. You were instrumental. And I was so tentative to come over and "intrude" and comment :)
Fic I used to write at least. *shakes fist at brain*
(also, you totally helped get me addicted to reccing)

I think it was a snake. Though as Bean did her "icky icky snake dance" I couldn't help but think of Jack's dislike of snakes and, um, yeah. It wasn't slimey and it didn't lunge for our necks, so hopefully we're safe from Goa'uld incursion (unless I'm typing this and really a Goa'uld right now...)

[holdouttrout.livejournal.com]

Hee.

I can't remember what brought me over here first--probably canon vs. fanon, but I've loved everything since.

[aelfgyfu_mead]

I think it was canon vs. fanon that got me here first, but I stayed for everything else!

Your posts are great (recs, your own fic, and of course canon vs. fanon); you're also just great at getting and keeping discussions going! You've got your very own Stargate SG-1 salon, in the Enlightenment sense of the word! (If the Enlightenment had been into tv and sf.)

When I get busy, I tend to skip episode discussions, so I haven't been involved in those so much lately--but I always make sure to keep an eye on your journal!

[sg-fignewton.livejournal.com]

Ha! You only thought it wanted to eat you! It was going for your brain.

(Either a snakehead or a zombiesnake, then. Take your pick.)

[sg-fignewton.livejournal.com]

Surely LJ wouldn't be pretentious enough for a Goa'uld...?

::goes to double-check Abyssis' layout, just in case::