Comments | samantilles: I think it might be a good idea, but what about ya'lls??

samantilles

I think it might be a good idea, but what about ya'lls??

Jan 05, 2009 13:22

So, it has come to my attention that I ask A LOT of canon questions, usually via instant messenger to at least one of my canon SG-1 goddesses for a nitpicky question here or there, such as my current one: When is the first time we see Sha're's picture?? (As in, I really want to know if we see it prior to the season 2 episode "Secrets") If you ( Read more... )

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ryf January 5 2009, 19:03:56 UTC

I constantly have those kind of questions, too!

samantilles January 5 2009, 20:01:28 UTC

then again, once I get into something like this, I really enjoy working into canon pieces (like a puzzle!) and seamlessly adding in tags and such.

cleothemuse January 5 2009, 19:12:16 UTC

It sounds like a good idea! I hereby volunteer myself as a "canon queen", and I'm sure sg-fignewton would be more than happy to render her Canon vs. Fanon services.

samantilles January 5 2009, 19:47:57 UTC

I <3 her Canon vs. Fanon series--I go back to them constantly!! They would definitely have to be linked on the links list to the side or something, they are a really great resource.

cleothemuse January 5 2009, 20:32:42 UTC

Hee! I like the series too, though more from an amusement standpoint than a reference. Just because something's fanon doesn't mean it isn't still good to use! Besides, I can think of one fanon element that wound up canon: Daniel's triple PhDs.

samantilles January 5 2009, 20:35:58 UTC

if and when I do break from canon, its then for a guilty pleasure (I do love some of fanon--just a wee bit) but i started reading a lot of fanfiction before even finishing the series and got myself very confused for a while what happened in the fic and what happened in the series...

tejas January 5 2009, 19:18:10 UTC

Good question. There are, I'm told, some fic research comms out there now. I don't know if any of them are fandom specific or not, though.

(And I think that is the first time we saw her picture... unless we saw it first in Fire and Water.)

samantilles January 5 2009, 19:57:10 UTC

at least that cuts down the number of eps to watch through just for a glance at the picture!! Fortunately I worked myself up into the canon question so that I've worked around it either way; it didn't stump me into a writer's block (just yet)

sg_betty January 5 2009, 19:35:23 UTC

That's a great idea! It would stop my steady stream of emails to Fig at unlikely hours. ; )

samantilles January 5 2009, 19:58:32 UTC

well, i don't know about stopping--if you are as needy as I am for instant gratification, i'd be sending out the IMs and posting (and praying for a quick response)

sg_betty January 5 2009, 20:05:03 UTC

Yeah, kind of needy... I don't seem to think of the question until I'm in the middle of a paragraph that is demanding to be written. ; )

samantilles January 5 2009, 20:07:57 UTC

I completely sympathize... usually its the "OMG--does this fit in canon!??! What if??!?!" factor for me... and I am horribly addicted to instant gratification.

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aurora_novarum January 5 2009, 22:36:28 UTC

Someone mentioned to me there may have been a comm like this, but I don't know that it's active. I can't remember if/when I've seen it, but there's a lot of lj fandom I'm still just discovering with Stargate verse.

I'll say what I mentioned in AIM, I still think complicated metaphysical questions aside, if you ask on your lj and it links via the debrief, a lot of people may answer you that way, but there's nothing wrong with making a comm either as a one stop shop for people to find out these things.

I'd probably hang out from time to time (just what I need, another outlet for my compulsive Stargate trivia twitch. It's a blessing...and a curse).