My Love Letter to SGA Fandom and its Fan Fiction

[wickedwords]

SGA fandom makes me happy. It's been 4 years, and while there's a lot of things in canon that haven't gone the way we predicted back in season one, the whole show is still rife with potential for fascinating stories about the characters. I love that there is so much to riff on, so many potentials that fell by the wayside or simply weren't asked. New seasons give us more canon, but there's nothing that says that it has to be incorporated into new fiction. If you want to set a story in an AU where Carson never died or Elizabeth never left Atlantis, that's all open territory. Or if you want to explore the seamier side of all of those 'genetic' references, that's open too. We have canonical drug addition, canonical sexual 'trade', a city with rooms that have never been explored (still), mind control by aliens, alternate universe, shared dreams, and pretty much any fannish trope you can name. Dark stories or sweet, anything is possible in the universe, and all that potential world-building is exciting to me.

Plus I just love the characters. I find the whole team to be incredibly hot, and the characters are fascinating to me--yes, even Kavanaugh. I love seeing how they have grown and changed over the course of the show, how they have settled into themselves and their roles in the city--or not. How people work is always fascinating to me, since I can never be anyone else. So having the large supporting cast gives all of SGA fandom a lot to work with.

SGA is a natural for world-building and in-depth character exploration, my favorite kinds of fan fiction, and the fandom's authors follow through in spades. I may not agree with all interpretations of events or actions--after all, we are all watching different shows together--but the diversity as a whole is incredible. The fandom makes me happy.

Comments

[cupidsbow.livejournal.com]

So much yes. That's just how I feel too.

[wickedwords.livejournal.com]

Thanks!

[cathexys.livejournal.com]

That was lovely. And yes, I do love the possibilities and breadth of this fandom, not least of all by what fandom has created with what the show has (or hasn't) given us...

[wickedwords.livejournal.com]

thanks!

[auburnnothenna.livejournal.com]

Absolutely. Fifth season and I'm still enjoying the show and the fanfiction and so much of that has to do with just liking the characters and though there potentials that have been ignored, there are things they've done I wouldn't have thought of, so it evens out.

As to agreeing with every fanfic author's interpretations, why should you? The glory of fandom is there will always be someone to argue the other side and someone else who agrees with you wholeheartedly. Fanfiction is where you can have your cake and eat it too.

[wickedwords.livejournal.com]

Exactly. If you look at it as a whole, there's a lot still going on, and I love finding new takes on the characters.

[the4ts.livejournal.com]

::applauds::

[wickedwords.livejournal.com]

Thanks!

[darsynia.livejournal.com]

THIS.

[wickedwords.livejournal.com]

Thanks!

[ceteramisto.livejournal.com]

Yes, this, exactly.

[wickedwords.livejournal.com]

Thanks!

[ivadel.livejournal.com]

I agree completely, but aren't you concerned that by being so positive and happy that you will have your LJ license revoked? Or that by voicing joyful observations you'll force the SGA writing/producing staff to, as the kids say - or rather used to say, "harsh your buzz?"

[wickedwords.livejournal.com]

Someone has to take a stand for the good things that are in the fandom. *g*

[aurora]

Oh man, yes! Absolutely.

[wickedwords.livejournal.com]

Thanks!

[indybaggins.livejournal.com]

*nods*

[wickedwords.livejournal.com]

And your icon slays me. *g*