Fic: Laptops (SGA, Gen, mild season 2 spoilers through runner)

[wickedwords]

Sorry, this hasn't been beta'd or anything. I'll clean it up later.
Oh, who am I kidding. Tell me if anything is really screwed up. Thanks!



Laptops. Major Lorne couldn't get over that Atlantis was filled with freakin' laptops. Everyone had them, open and running all the time. They ate with them, walked with them, talked to real people with them -- the laptops always open and humming, with some scientist type staring into it as if hypnotized; Lorne suspected that most of the scientists even took a dump with them, given that every washroom in the place seemed to have these weird fold-out tables built into the shiny new privacy screens.

Though how someone could squat and type -- Lorne really didn't want to think about that.

It wasn't just the scientists, either. Dr. Weir had a laptop glued to her hip just as much as that freak show McKay did. And Dr. Beckett, who seemed more a technophobe than a technophile, had two -- one that interfaced with the infirmary and one that stored his research notes. Even Colonel Sheppard had one, hauling it around with him as casually as he did a P90, like at any moment, he was ready to whip it out and lay down suppressing PowerPoint presentations if the need arose.

So the day Lorne found himself carrying one and staring at it rather than the woman he was talking to, he freaked the hell out.

The laptops were obviously possessed.

Comments

[itsthewa.livejournal.com]

Goddamn beautiful.

[wickedwords.livejournal.com]

Thanks!

[maygra.livejournal.com]

ROTFLMAO!!!

OMG, that is a wonderfully true observations, and scary as all get out.

::stares at coworkers suspiciously::

[wickedwords.livejournal.com]

Thanks, hon! Yeah, I was walking down the hallway at work, and the number of people hauling laptops around...reminded me of Atlantis. I'm so bad. I keep taking work experiences and turning them into fanfiction.

[eliade.livejournal.com]

Haaaah! *glee*

Even Colonel Sheppard had one, hauling it around with him as casually as he did a P90, like at any moment, he was ready to whip it out and lay down suppressing PowerPoint presentations if the need arose.

So the day Lorne found himself carrying one and staring at it rather than the woman he was talking to, he freaked the hell out.

Hee.

[wickedwords.livejournal.com]

Ways in which Seattle is like Atlantis... *g* Oh! And the DH icon. I love the DH icon. ::stares in adoration::

[mmmchelle.livejournal.com]

Oh, sweetie, this made me giggle, and it's so true. Laptops can possess you. They really can.

You changed your LJ layout! It's lovely.

[wickedwords.livejournal.com]

Laptops can possess you.

This is Atlantis. It's totally possible for an artificial intelligence/alien influence to have slipped into the laptops as they were connected to the ancient tech. Who knows? Lorne may be right. ::solemnly nods::

And yes! I changed it. I couldn't resist one where the color choices include 'bruised'. *g*

[movies-michelle.livejournal.com]

LOL! They are attached to their laptops on this station, aren't they? It's the only way to accessorize.

[wickedwords.livejournal.com]

I think it should be a part of "Atlantis: The Drinking Game." Take a drink whenever someone with a laptop is spotted.

[lapislaz.livejournal.com]

Omigod YES! It's so freakin' obvious now that you point it out...

[wickedwords.livejournal.com]

LOL! Your icon is adorable. And look! Radek's got an open laptop behind him...

[minnow1212.livejournal.com]

HEE!

>whip it out and lay down suppressing PowerPoint presentations<

Hee. Bullets, bulleted lists, what's the difference?

[wickedwords.livejournal.com]

That John. He always knows where his bullets are at.

[shetiger.livejournal.com]

Even Colonel Sheppard had one, hauling it around with him as casually as he did a P90, like at any moment, he was ready to whip it out and lay down suppressing PowerPoint presentations if the need arose.

Ah ha ha ha ha!

Yes, they are addictive little things, aren't they?

*g*

[wickedwords.livejournal.com]

Thanks! Man, I love being able to just haul mine around to meetings at work. It lets me check on LJ during the dull parts. *g*

[sinensiss.livejournal.com]

ahahaHA! I love it, and Lorne is so very much the perfect POV to make these observations.

[wickedwords.livejournal.com]

Thanks! Lorne's got some adjusting to do. It's Atlantis, and things are just different there. *g*

[copernica3.livejournal.com]

Hee.

[wickedwords.livejournal.com]

Thanks!

[thepouncer.livejournal.com]

Even Colonel Sheppard had one, hauling it around with him as casually as he did a P90, like at any moment, he was ready to whip it out and lay down suppressing PowerPoint presentations if the need arose.

Too, too true (http://www.livejournal.com/users/thepouncer/266405.html). Sheppard would know just what to do. I'm getting my own laptop soon! Very excited. I can join the Atlantis contingent at any moment.

[wickedwords.livejournal.com]

LOL! That's so funny that we both picked that out about Sheppard. And congrats about getting your own laptop! Even though it's not the top of the line model, I'm loving the one I was issued when I joined the new place.

[isiscolo.livejournal.com]

Hee.

My only computer is my precious laptop.

[wickedwords.livejournal.com]

Laptops are wonderful things. *g*

[aithine]

LOL So true! (Love the supressing PP presentations line. *vbg*) Poor Lorne, he really does have a lot of adjusting to do. *snerk* (And learning: he'd better not let Sheppard hear him call McKay a freak show. *eg*)

[wickedwords.livejournal.com]

I'm sure Sheppard can find Lorne something incredibly boring and tedious to do if he hears that. *g*

[emyrys.livejournal.com]

heeheeheeheeheee*snicker*
aha! You've figured out the dreaded laptop secret (it certainly explains a lot about Atlantis). This was great.

[wickedwords.livejournal.com]

They should be wary of those things. The laptops are taking over the city, it's true.

[kyrdwyn.livejournal.com]

LOL! Oh this is too true. What would they do without their laptops? I think they'd go into withdrawal or something and start doing power point on the walls. :)

[wickedwords.livejournal.com]

I can just see Sheppard, standing at the table in the conference room, putting down straws from the mess to make the edges of his presentation template.

I'm sure he can do them in his sleep. *g*

[rosewildeirish.livejournal.com]

Pointed here by kyrdwyn and all I have to say is Heeeeeee. :)

[wickedwords.livejournal.com]

Thanks! You know, if Carson has 2 laptops, I'm sure Zelenka has at least 3.

[the-moonmoth.livejournal.com]

Lol! Poor Major Lorne! I'm sure he'll learn to adapt, though ;)

[wickedwords.livejournal.com]

I was in the middle of posting the link to this and thought maybe it might be better to post it in the community, to put conversation there. I really appreciate your posting both places. Thanks!

[the-moonmoth.livejournal.com]

It, um, wasn't entirely intentional. I'm a bit confused at the best of times...

[wickedwords.livejournal.com]

LOL! No worries! You won't believe the number of stories I start on because someone mentions it and I start to read it thinking 'hmmm. this is familiar...' -- and it turns out I read it the day before. Mind like a mesh sieve.

[2naonh3-cl2.livejournal.com]

oh my god, that was hilarious! i love lorne's voice in this. my favorite line:

he was ready to whip it out and lay down suppressing PowerPoint presentations if the need arose.

*snorts*

thank you for sharing!

[wickedwords.livejournal.com]

I love lorne! He's got such attitude and I really like the way it comes across on the show. Thanks!

[larianelensar.livejournal.com]

Okay, I'm like a year late, but had to tell you that I laughed out loud (very loud!) at the suppressing PowerPoint presentations comment. *still laughing*

[wickedwords.livejournal.com]

Getting comments a year after the story has been posted is the best, as it means that it hasn't dropped off the face of the planet and been forgotten. I am just tickled that you found it and that it made you laugh. Thanks.

[larianelensar.livejournal.com]

Ah..this was the entry I was looking for! I totally totally love the suppressing PowerPoint presentations line. I can just *see* that!

(By the way, I linked your fic site to a rec in the slashing_lorne comm.)

[wickedwords.livejournal.com]

DOH! I have unlocked this one, and I can now see that I stopped unlocking the fiction about 50 stories ago, jeez. *g* And Thanks! Double thanks for the rec, too! (g(

Yes Yes Yes!

[army-rat.livejournal.com]

ROFL!

This is a fabulous observation! Thanks for the laugh

Re: Yes Yes Yes!

[wickedwords.livejournal.com]

Thanks!

[4thdixiechick.livejournal.com]

here via stargategenrec
Very funny - especially "lay down suppressing PowerPoint presentations if the need arose."

Hee!

[wickedwords.livejournal.com]

Thanks! I had a lot of fun with this one.