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thefourthvine

183: Let the Healing Begin

Oct 22, 2008 08:55

Recently, I posted a set of SGA stories. They were all future stories, all long, and certain people - I am naming no names - thought there was perhaps an over-emphasis on the depressing and distressing ( Read more... )

stargate: atlantis, [rec theme: comfort], entourage, sports night, due south

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cellia October 22 2008, 22:09:29 UTC

I seriously thought I was the only person who had safety stories! Your recs=awesome.

thefourthvine October 25 2008, 05:29:19 UTC

Thank you! And, truly, everyone should have safety stories. They stand between you and fiction-induced madness!

sinsense October 22 2008, 23:21:17 UTC

So unbelievably necessary at the moment. Thank you!

thefourthvine October 25 2008, 05:29:34 UTC

*beams* I am here for you!

paper_tzipporah October 23 2008, 00:09:53 UTC

OMG Ethan Frome is my MOST HATED BOOK EVER. When I was in college on the west coast, Ethan Frome was how I explained why New Englanders are cranky to all my west coast friends. None of them had to read it, of course.

Oh, Ethan Frome. Such terrible memories. You ruined sledding for me.

thefourthvine October 25 2008, 05:34:28 UTC

I hate it so much I continually misspell the title - seriously, it's like a nervous tic or a stutter; I cannot help adding that extra 'm' (which I just had to edit this entry to fix).

Life sucks and it can always get worse! There are many fates worse than death! Anything you do that might improve your lot or make you happy will inevitably result in additional misery! THANK YOU FOR THIS BEAUTIFUL AND HEARTWARMING MESSAGE, EDITH.

paper_tzipporah October 25 2008, 12:49:34 UTC

Obviously Edith never read the folk tale "It Could Always Be Worse," where the Rabbi helps the poor family realize how great their life is by INTENTIONALLY making it temporarily worse, and worse, and worse, and then back to how it was, which is comparatively FANTASTIC.

Now I really want to read the SGA version of that. Damn. That would make a really good crackfic, actually.

thefourthvine October 26 2008, 19:00:55 UTC

What, like where the Atlantis crew are the rabbi and the people of the Pegasus galaxy are the family?

Pegasus: We're underpopulated and scattered and our technology has been suppressed!
Atlantis: But it could always be worse! Oops, we woke up the Wraith.
Pegasus: We're underpopulated (and getting worse) and scattered and our technology has been suppressed and we're under attack by the Wraith!
Atlantis: But it could always be worse! Look, Replicators!
Pegasus: We're underpopulated and scattered and our technology has been suppressed and we're under attack by the Wraith AND there's homicidal robots everywhere!
Atlantis: But it could always be worse! How do you feel about angry Wraith with an insight into human behavior AND a retrovirus to avenge? Which they've reverse engineered? To work on humans?
Pegasus: ...You know what, next time you show up, we're going to shoot you.
Atlantis: Why isn't anyone in this galaxy ever happy to see us?

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out_there October 23 2008, 02:47:44 UTC

Dude, entourage slash! Awesome! For all those reasons you mentioned, and for the fact that this is the only show (okay, possibly other than House) where one male lead could canonically buy the other a house, a ring, a car and a pony, and it would totally be accepted as "in-character". *sniggers*

Because, see, I truly believe that Danny and Casey are in love, and will always be in love, and that they will live happily ever after, bickering and making Dana's life hell and avoiding sports-reporting clichés forever.

They remain my OTP of Hope for that very reason. I mean "Even Sugar Peas Run Out Of Snap" aside (and the total heartbreak of Danny/Casey breakup that story describes), it's a fandom full of happily-ever-afters. I know that some stories got reposted to inthetallgrass but most of the old archived ones are... pretty much lost.

thefourthvine October 26 2008, 19:03:50 UTC

For all those reasons you mentioned, and for the fact that this is the only show (okay, possibly other than House) where one male lead could canonically buy the other a house, a ring, a car and a pony, and it would totally be accepted as "in-character".

Hey, I think I've seen that episode! Eric worried over the cost of the pony, Turtle wanted a thoroughbred instead of a cheap-ass pony, and Drama said he could totally train the pony: he played groom #2 in Legends of the Fall. Working with Brad was great.

They remain my OTP of Hope for that very reason. I mean "Even Sugar Peas Run Out Of Snap" aside (and the total heartbreak of Danny/Casey breakup that story describes), it's a fandom full of happily-ever-afters.

And, see, I read Sugar Peas, but I don't remember it. At all. My ability to deny any unhappy ending for Danny and Casey is legend. They are living happily ever after as we speak! Seriously! This is a cornerstone of my personal dogma!

out_there October 26 2008, 21:36:54 UTC

Hey, I think I've seen that episode! Eric worried over the cost of the pony, Turtle wanted a thoroughbred instead of a cheap-ass pony, and Drama said he could totally train the pony: he played groom #2 in Legends of the Fall. Working with Brad was great.

BWAHAHAHA! And an extra round of hugs for you for mentioning "working with Brad".

Also, I blame you for why I went out yesterday and borrowed S2 Entourage. You know, I'd kind of forgotten how hilarious Ari really is.

They are living happily ever after as we speak! Seriously!

dude, OBVIOUSLY. If they're not still hosting some form of sports show, they're living in NYC and writing books about sports, now out of the spotlight enough to be living together openly.

It's totally canon.

a rec to the reccer! xenakis_ October 23 2008, 04:23:03 UTC

A recent comfort fic of mine is Maya's Coda to an Epilogue, which is a gen HP fic that takes place one year after Deathly Hallows' epilogue and is not only hilarious and brilliant, but also helped me deal with some of the issues I had with the last book. Healing from canon counts, right? ;)

I have no idea if you've read any of her stuff, but Maya's taking down her fics from the net on November 6th so if you ever want to give it a try, you can download the entirety of her work here: http://mistful.livejournal.com/119118.html until the deadline. It really is worth a read. (the PDF is kinda overwhelming, I'd recommend starting by Coda (page 2540 ) and then go on to Drop Dead Gorgeous (page 2231), which somehow make the cracked-out premise that Harry is part Veela *make perfect sense*)

Re: a rec to the reccer! thefourthvine October 26 2008, 19:04:48 UTC

Ooo, I'll have to read that. I've been kind of debating with myself about whether or not to get the PDF, because - well, having stories I can't rec is saaaaaaad. But on the other hand, I don't want to miss out on good fan fiction!

Hmmm.

*goes to download*

Thank you!

Re: a rec to the reccer! bibliokat October 26 2008, 22:47:17 UTC

OMG YES YOU HAVE TO READ THE CODA!!!!!!!! And all of Maya (Sarah)'s fics!

Re: a rec to the reccer! xenakis_ October 29 2008, 15:00:28 UTC

Hee! I hope you enjoy them!

Coda isn't that long, so you might be able to get a rec in before the 6th, to convert a few last people ;)

If you ever want to discuss her stories in the future, there is a LJ com dedicated to that: http://community.livejournal.com/ddg_and_sundry/ You need to become a member before the deadline, though.

Happy reading!