Day 05 of squidgiepdx's 7 Days of Fandom Squee

[popkin16]

Day 05: List three fics that make you cry, every time you read them.

This fandom is extremely good at evoking emotion in its readers :) Oddly enough, this was the easiest one so far. As always, in no particular order:

1. The Price That Life Exacts by cathalin - I wasn't sure I would even like this fic at first, since right off the bat we learn that John has had a kid with a Pegasus native. But oh, the emotions in this fic - I sympathized with Rodney so fucking much in this fic, felt his loss like it was my own, his pain at the idea of having a constant reminder of John around. The scene where Rodney watches John's tape of his last will and testament never fails to make me sob. Beautiful, heartbreaking, and so good.

2. Dearest Series by lavvyan - The first installment always makes me cry, especially the last paragraph. And even the sequel, Precious, makes me tear up at the end. It's a fascinating 'verse, and I always wish it was this long epic, but it's wonderful as it is. I'm really grateful she didn't keep it as a oneshot.

3. Where We Ought To Be by wojelah - I like Carson. I don't think he's Leading Man material, but I was fond of him as a supporting character, as a good friend. I'm aware that a large portion of the fandom thought he was creepy, but I though he was sweet. This fic is covers Carson's final journey home, accompanied by John and Rodney, after the events in Sunday. Carson's family was interesting, John and Rodney's interactions were wonderful, and I cried several times. Plus, I really like the scene where John and Rodney finally kiss ;)

Comments

[melagan.livejournal.com]

I can't tell you the number of times I've reread The Price that Life Exacts. I'm so glad you recced it here. I may just have to go read it again now. :)

[popkin16]

I've only read it two or three times - I want to keep the magic alive ;) YOU SHOULD DEFINITELY RE-READ. I think I might read it again myself, lol :D

[aadarshinah.livejournal.com]

I've been meaning to ask you all day what do you mean people thought Carson creepy? I thought he was kinda sweet. (Oh, and I agree with you on that fic. Tears galore.)

[popkin16]

I had no idea people thought Carson was creepy until I started reading some Keller meta. I don't like Keller and I couldn't quite put my finger on why, but one particular piece of meta helped me figure it out - and that meta lead to a discussion about why people prefer her over Carson.

Link to the meta. It seems a lot of their feelings toward Carson stems from his "shady medical practices".

I hate how they wrote Keller, because Jewel Staite is amazing and deserved better. But that's just my opinion.

[aadarshinah.livejournal.com]

She is amazing. I loved her in Firefly. I loved her in Wonderfalls, even though her charecter was a complete bitch in that. But, in SGA? Well, that inured me enough to her that I've not been able to watch either in a while, for the pain of it. Or Farscape for Cam and Vala...

And "shady medical practices"? Now i've *got* to read this meta to see what they're on about.

[popkin16]

I haven't seen her in much, but she's a sweet person and I adored her in Firefly. And she did really well as Ellia in that pre-bug!John episode. But Keller? She just irked me, and I hated feeling that way, because Jewel is awesome and I didn't like people thinking I hated Keller because she "got in the way" of my OTP.

Farscape is AMAZING, I just started it this week. I admit to being interested to see how they are on SG-1, now.

You should, it's all so very fascinating :D The Carson debate is mostly in the comments, I believe.

[aadarshinah.livejournal.com]

read the article. completely agree with the author. And you. Keller was just... an audience surrogate. Like Bella in Twilight.

(Hypervenaltes, having realized the deepest source of my Keller hatred, and my joy at being able to say it's not OTP interfearance either).

Now must read the coments. Hmm. This meme has been very bad for my writing....

[popkin16]

Yes. Someone talks more about that - there's a link one of the comments - about how Keller is supposed to represent the "everyday woman", and instead borders on Mary-Sue.

(It's nice knowing you can actually articulate - or at least link to that article, who said it better than I ever could - the reasons behind your dislike :D )

Haha, sorry :P

[aadarshinah.livejournal.com]

Not your fault.

Though, I agree, the articulation thing is important. Though, I must point out, Carson showed more guilt for his virus than Keller ever did for nearly killing Rodney...

Oh, SGA fandom. I found you too late.

[popkin16]

I'm not the most eloquent of people, so finding someone who can explain what I feel so well is wonderful XD

Yeah, in season five Carson even leaves Atlantis to travel around various settlements and help the people who are suffering from the virus, leaving Keller to be CMO.

IKR? I wish I had found it at its heyday.

[aadarshinah.livejournal.com]

Well, I think that's mostly clone!Carson feeling out of place with people who'd lived with a different him for a whole year, and what with getting over two years of being Michael's captive.
Hopefully, if season 6 had happened, he would've returned, having finally gotten his head on straight.
Why'd they kill him off anyway? Was it like with Daniel in SG1, or something else, or what? I don't think I ever heard.

[popkin16]

Oh, I never thought of that, but that could be too. Perhaps a combination of all the factors?

That would have been my biggest wish - for Carson to return.

I'm not sure why they killed off Daniel in SG-1, but I think in SGA it was because they wanted to create drama/shake things up. I seem to remember reading everyone was upset with Paul leaving, and then not long after Torri was taken off the show, too...

[aadarshinah.livejournal.com]

Daniel's actor wanted more money.

Well, they got drama... "Sunday" is just a Grab the tissues and hold on sort of fic. And then Elizabeth... I never cared for her charector, but I never wanted her dead either.

Oh, silly writers.

[popkin16]

Ah. Huh. I'm not sure how to feel about that.

Sunday made me cry when I first watched. I knew it was coming, but it really got me. I don't care for Elizabeth, and I didn't really miss her when she was gone until Ghost in the Machine. Even though they had a different actress, just thinking about the character made me nostalgic.

[aadarshinah.livejournal.com]

yeah. The whole "you don't make more money than me, do you?" thing in "First Contact" was a jab at that.

And, yeah. I liked Elizabeth. She wasn't my favourite, but I was not-ambivilent towards her. (Unlike Ronan and Teyla, which I think show in my fic, making me... galaxiest? or something.) But, total agreement.

[popkin16]

Oh O______o wow. Stupid of me, but I just associated the actor with the character and thought they'd have similar personalities.

My feelings toward Ronon and Teyla change with the fic I'm reading - sometimes they make me angry and I don't want to read them in my fic; other times they'll be wonderful and I will feel full to bursting with love for them. I don't mind Elizabeth how you write her, but I'm not sure I will ever really like her.

[aadarshinah.livejournal.com]

I know. It seems like Daniel's actor is nothing like his charector - you know the woman who plays his wife, Sha're? Well, when she's pregnant in S2 it's with their RL baby.... I don't think the actors were together for more than those first 2 years or so, but the woman who plays Dr Lam in S9/S10 - who's Rommie in Andromeda is his RL wife by that point...

I realized the other day I've only ever given Teyla lines in 1 fic, and I've yet to give any to Ronan. I'm trying to make that up with a fic for him, but I've a tendency to fast forward through their scenes when I'm rewatching.... so, yeah.