A Little Help From My Friends
I'm settled back home, with the Internets again at my disposal, so I am here to say, The ANSWER was...
I sent the prospective partner an email that said something like, "Hey - remember how tough I was in our first conversation? And how I got the job offer anyway? I figure that meant you were ok with the tough things I said, so now, how about about this: If you can do the things I said, let's do this project together. If you disagree, or can't do them, or want to do something different, it's all good. Best wishes to you and whatever partner you find to work with you. 'Cause it won't be me".
And then I sat there hyperventilating,until I got an email back from her saying, "Yes! I agree to your terms! And here are three new things!"
So I took the job.
I wouldn't have been able to do it without the lovely advice from from my friends. Thank you friends!
I decided to punish my advisers by writing a "thank you" ficlet for each, which eventually became one long fic with a lot of angst and only a little sex. Hah! Suckers. There is a tiny little bit of 9 year old Ronon being cute to make up for it.
(I still owe _minxy_ a story. I haven't quite seduced booklady to the SGA side of the Force just yet, and glendaglamazon might throw her drink in my face if I tried - so there are markers out still.)
I'm racking the stories up here, so that the pain can be shared.
Links to the fics (in read-it-this-way-order) below. There's a final chapter which will appear in my next entry.
Each of these was inspired by a word or thought in the advice that the friend offered. You can blame them.
In aggregate, this is rated PG-14. I worked really hard to not to use the word cock, so that I could keep it this way. It traces the career path of Ronon Dex, loyal Son of Sateda, from age 9, on up into the army. Kell is a major character. There's a bit of het and a bit of slash, and a bit of background for why Ronon turned out like I pretend he did.
It's all Ring Eye Fic.
For baschaw Option C
For alita_b_angel A Bad Gig
For tsiankiio Punctual
For maribou413 with a shout-out to helenish and the sweet little yeasty cakes she suggested back in the day Cakes and Ale
For neery Reputation Part 1
For For thepouncer Reputation Part 2
And Bonus Round! (for values of "Bonus" which equal me not being able to keep to a reasonable character-count, and extra helpings of angst and kissing for Ronon) -
Reputation Part 3
And finally, with a prize for the most unnecessarily questionable title of all time:
For othercat Knowledge of Misery
As I say, there's one left to go - and in the meantime, I'll be happy to take alternate title suggestions for that last one.
If you know not wot of The Adventures of Ronon and the Ring Eyes, you can start Here, and work your way up.
I sent the prospective partner an email that said something like, "Hey - remember how tough I was in our first conversation? And how I got the job offer anyway? I figure that meant you were ok with the tough things I said, so now, how about about this: If you can do the things I said, let's do this project together. If you disagree, or can't do them, or want to do something different, it's all good. Best wishes to you and whatever partner you find to work with you. 'Cause it won't be me".
And then I sat there hyperventilating,until I got an email back from her saying, "Yes! I agree to your terms! And here are three new things!"
So I took the job.
I wouldn't have been able to do it without the lovely advice from from my friends. Thank you friends!
I decided to punish my advisers by writing a "thank you" ficlet for each, which eventually became one long fic with a lot of angst and only a little sex. Hah! Suckers. There is a tiny little bit of 9 year old Ronon being cute to make up for it.
(I still owe _minxy_ a story. I haven't quite seduced booklady to the SGA side of the Force just yet, and glendaglamazon might throw her drink in my face if I tried - so there are markers out still.)
I'm racking the stories up here, so that the pain can be shared.
Links to the fics (in read-it-this-way-order) below. There's a final chapter which will appear in my next entry.
Each of these was inspired by a word or thought in the advice that the friend offered. You can blame them.
In aggregate, this is rated PG-14. I worked really hard to not to use the word cock, so that I could keep it this way. It traces the career path of Ronon Dex, loyal Son of Sateda, from age 9, on up into the army. Kell is a major character. There's a bit of het and a bit of slash, and a bit of background for why Ronon turned out like I pretend he did.
It's all Ring Eye Fic.
For baschaw Option C
For alita_b_angel A Bad Gig
For tsiankiio Punctual
For maribou413 with a shout-out to helenish and the sweet little yeasty cakes she suggested back in the day Cakes and Ale
For neery Reputation Part 1
For For thepouncer Reputation Part 2
And Bonus Round! (for values of "Bonus" which equal me not being able to keep to a reasonable character-count, and extra helpings of angst and kissing for Ronon) -
Reputation Part 3
And finally, with a prize for the most unnecessarily questionable title of all time:
For othercat Knowledge of Misery
As I say, there's one left to go - and in the meantime, I'll be happy to take alternate title suggestions for that last one.
If you know not wot of The Adventures of Ronon and the Ring Eyes, you can start Here, and work your way up.