Slashy Awards 149: The Bigness Which You See

[thefourthvine]

You all will be pleased to hear that nascent plans for the third consecutive Things That Never Happened set were scotched by a wedding, followed by a right bastard of a cold picked up at the wedding, like it was a very novel favor or something. I’ve now reached the stage where I’m no longer actively wanting to die just to spite the damned

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[dramaturgca]

Pretty sure you've never recced the DS before, otherwise I would have read it...

[thefourthvine]

Good to know. Although it sort of leaves me wondering what I was thinking, but that's the great thing about dS - there are so many wonderful stories that's it's possible to forget to rec a classic. Or a bunch of classics, actually.

Glad I rectified that with this one, at least.

And now I'm thinking about just how many unrec'd dS stories I have and wincing; at the rate of one per set, I could rec basically forever and not run out, because dS writers are just that wonderful.

dS: the fandom that will ruin you for all other fandoms. (And give you an intense and lasting love of Canada, but that's just natural.)

[delurker]

(“A debate continues until an equal distribution of understanding is achieved. Thus, given the general population of the internet, an open internet debate proceeds until no one understands anything.” And I just made that up, so I can’t source it for you, but you can’t deny that it’s true. Nor can you deny the corollary: “The introduction of one new person who believes he or she knows the right answer will begin the entire debate again, so that it can once again find understanding equilibrium (i.e., complete lack of understanding). This process can continue indefinitely. And almost certainly will. Thus, bringing up Nazis is really an act of mercy.”)

This made me laugh. But it's so true!

[thefourthvine]

*nods*

For many communities, it would be more expedient to have a list of Frequently Repeated Debates than Frequently Asked Questions. ("Man really did land on the moon. No, we don't want to discuss it. End of chat." or "One more debate on the use of crates for puppy training and I will turn this listserv around." I'm afraid even to type fandom's list of FReDs, though; it's a speak of the devil situation. *looks around nervously*)

[delurker]

The problem, of course, is that newcomers often do not realise that everyone is so sick of the debate that comparisons to mean girls in high school are welcomed with open arms. ("Snacky's Law! Debate over! Move along, nothing more to see here." Indeed, I wonder if, as well as admins, sites will eventually also ensure they have Official Law Breakers, who violate Snacky's, Godwin's and all the various other Laws in the interests of keeping the peace. Taking one for the team, as it were.)

[thefourthvine]

And then we'll have a brand-new defense to line up alongside "my email was hacked" and "you're a sockpuppet!": troll-trolling. "He's not a legitimate troll! He's just invoking Godwin's law to end the fair and reasonable debate! He's trolling the troll and that's not fair!"

God how I love the internet.

[polaris_starz]

I kind of love this set. A lot. Especially the Lex-conquers-the-galaxy one, because dude. Lex makes an awesome dad.

Also, re: demand resistant Sheppard/McKay, have you read Teamwork? It's an SGA au where Rodney is a Mountie, John is a mathematician with leadership issues, and they're on one of the offworld teams with Beckett and Cadman. It's kind of awesome.

[thefourthvine]

Lex makes an awesome dad.

And an equally awesome Intergalactic Overlord. Lex just goes well with anything, basically.

Also, re: demand resistant Sheppard/McKay, have you read Teamwork?

Oh, hey! I thought that one was gone - as I recall, I started reading it on LJ and went off to do some actual work, and then the next day I couldn't get into it anymore. But apparently it was just that my brain was malfunctioning. Thank you!

*off to read*

[vampirespider]

Yay! Your recs are amazing and amusing. Thank you for sharing ♥

[thefourthvine]

*beams*

Thank you!

[marici]

I was looking everywhere for that DS story, but you'd be suprised at just how much nothing google gives you when you combine DS keywords with "sun lamp". Thanks!

[thefourthvine]

I had a similar experience with it. Twice. The first time, I remembered the Canada coda as a separate story, so I was looking for stories about Ray and severe seasonal affective disorder. And, yes. I too have known the heartbreak of googling "due south" and "sun lamp." *bonds*

But then I did it again, with the line about the looser pants.

There are very few stories I've lost twice. (And then there are stories I've lost half a dozen times or more; only, like, three, but it's frustrating enough that I have a special tag for them now.) Thank god I re-read this one on a regular basis, or I'd still be looking for both the sun lamp story and the pants story. *shudders*

[ken_more]

You know about the various ficfinder communities (e.g. ds_ficfinders), right? They're perfect for those "OK, I remember Ray, and maybe a sun lamp, any ideas?" type of questions.

And I find it incredibly bizarre that you can replace "Ray" in that sentence with "Clark" or "Blair" and still find stories :)