pir8fancier interview
L'etat est sex
1. What was your first fandom?
My first piece of fanfiction was written in LOTR, believe it or not. But that fandom seemed so large and intimidating that when Pirates of the Caribbean came along, all nice and new and, um, well, virgin, I jumped right in.
2. How did you get into writing fanfic/creating fanart?
Believe it or not, Cassie Clair's Very Secret Diaries on LOTR had me laughing and writing.
3. Is SGA your main squeeze, or are you poly-fandom-ous?
I've written in a number fandoms: POTC, due south, Harry Potter, SGA, and SherlockBBC. I've dabbled in LOTR and StarTrekReboot.
4. What makes John and Rodney such an inspiring couple for you?
Truly because they have some sort of special chemistry that makes them teflon to each other; therefore, they reach each other in a way the other characters don't. I think that in Rodney's case, John is smart enough to not let Rodney use his genius as the default, and Rodney refuses (or actually just doesn't see) John's extraordinary emotional boundaries. He just marches through them. They make each other better people.
5. Who's your favorite, John or Rodney (or both)? How come?
I love them both. For me, SGA doesn't work without the two of them as center stage for the story. Other people have written superb stories that feature other characters, but for me the real heart of this show is the two of them. My bias, let me show you.
6. Where can people find more of your work (McShep or otherwise)?
I have a dandy website: http://pir8fancier.nfshost.com. But probably the best place to read it is on AO3: http://archiveofourown.org/users/pir8fancier
7. Pick a piece/story of yours that stands out for you. Give us links and tell us why!
EEK! I have to choose? Okay, Last Man Reshuffle where I play a little bit with canon. I love this story because it highlights for me number 4. It says what happens to John without Rodney. And seriously, I should write the other side of the story: what happens to Rodney without John. Sometimes it takes a couple of stories for me when I just into a new fandom to find my voice for characters. Although this was my first SGA, by the end I knew these guys. They were set in stone for me. Their backstory, their strengths, their weaknesses, it was all there is a neat package that said, hello, go to town. You've got them down. Although this sounds horribly arrogant, in truth, that doesn't mean that everything I would write from that point forward would be decent writing. It's just that in my head I had a firm foundation on who they are to me. Whether I can translate that adequately to the page is always another matter. :)
8. Finish this sentence: John and Rodney walk into a bar...
It's disco night and Donna Summers is blasting through the P.A. Without even asking, John steers them to a table as far away from the speakers as possible, although in hindsight that was stupid because now John can hear Rodney ranting about disco and how it was the first sign of the decline of modern society as they know it. John hopes and prays that this time there will be Canadian beer on the menu because this is the fourth bar they've been to and he really doesn't want to get thrown out yet again. He's dying for glass of cold brew; it's been a shitter of a day. The server arrives, goes through the spiel of what's available on tap, and, damn it to hell there's no Canadian beer on tap. Before Rodney can erupt into a now very familiar rant, John says, "Thanks," get up from the table while simultaneously grabbing Rodney's arm, and steers him out the door. "Look, it's not my fault. Those were terrible beers, I mean, come on, BudLight on tap? Heathens, they are nothing but heathens in this podunk, nowhereville, craptastic burb, and--" "There's a liquor store back three blocks, let's see if they have a six-pack of cold Keiths. We'll go back to the motel, pop open a couple, and then I give you a blow job, then you give me a blow job, and we call it a night." "What if they don't have any cold Keiths?" "Then we move straight onto the sex." "Works for me." "Thought it might."
9. What question do you wish we'd asked?
Boxers or briefs?
1. What was your first fandom?
My first piece of fanfiction was written in LOTR, believe it or not. But that fandom seemed so large and intimidating that when Pirates of the Caribbean came along, all nice and new and, um, well, virgin, I jumped right in.
2. How did you get into writing fanfic/creating fanart?
Believe it or not, Cassie Clair's Very Secret Diaries on LOTR had me laughing and writing.
3. Is SGA your main squeeze, or are you poly-fandom-ous?
I've written in a number fandoms: POTC, due south, Harry Potter, SGA, and SherlockBBC. I've dabbled in LOTR and StarTrekReboot.
4. What makes John and Rodney such an inspiring couple for you?
Truly because they have some sort of special chemistry that makes them teflon to each other; therefore, they reach each other in a way the other characters don't. I think that in Rodney's case, John is smart enough to not let Rodney use his genius as the default, and Rodney refuses (or actually just doesn't see) John's extraordinary emotional boundaries. He just marches through them. They make each other better people.
5. Who's your favorite, John or Rodney (or both)? How come?
I love them both. For me, SGA doesn't work without the two of them as center stage for the story. Other people have written superb stories that feature other characters, but for me the real heart of this show is the two of them. My bias, let me show you.
6. Where can people find more of your work (McShep or otherwise)?
I have a dandy website: http://pir8fancier.nfshost.com. But probably the best place to read it is on AO3: http://archiveofourown.org/users/pir8fancier
7. Pick a piece/story of yours that stands out for you. Give us links and tell us why!
EEK! I have to choose? Okay, Last Man Reshuffle where I play a little bit with canon. I love this story because it highlights for me number 4. It says what happens to John without Rodney. And seriously, I should write the other side of the story: what happens to Rodney without John. Sometimes it takes a couple of stories for me when I just into a new fandom to find my voice for characters. Although this was my first SGA, by the end I knew these guys. They were set in stone for me. Their backstory, their strengths, their weaknesses, it was all there is a neat package that said, hello, go to town. You've got them down. Although this sounds horribly arrogant, in truth, that doesn't mean that everything I would write from that point forward would be decent writing. It's just that in my head I had a firm foundation on who they are to me. Whether I can translate that adequately to the page is always another matter. :)
8. Finish this sentence: John and Rodney walk into a bar...
It's disco night and Donna Summers is blasting through the P.A. Without even asking, John steers them to a table as far away from the speakers as possible, although in hindsight that was stupid because now John can hear Rodney ranting about disco and how it was the first sign of the decline of modern society as they know it. John hopes and prays that this time there will be Canadian beer on the menu because this is the fourth bar they've been to and he really doesn't want to get thrown out yet again. He's dying for glass of cold brew; it's been a shitter of a day. The server arrives, goes through the spiel of what's available on tap, and, damn it to hell there's no Canadian beer on tap. Before Rodney can erupt into a now very familiar rant, John says, "Thanks," get up from the table while simultaneously grabbing Rodney's arm, and steers him out the door. "Look, it's not my fault. Those were terrible beers, I mean, come on, BudLight on tap? Heathens, they are nothing but heathens in this podunk, nowhereville, craptastic burb, and--" "There's a liquor store back three blocks, let's see if they have a six-pack of cold Keiths. We'll go back to the motel, pop open a couple, and then I give you a blow job, then you give me a blow job, and we call it a night." "What if they don't have any cold Keiths?" "Then we move straight onto the sex." "Works for me." "Thought it might."
9. What question do you wish we'd asked?
Boxers or briefs?