Intermission - Questionairre

Kodiak Bear Country's fault. She started it! I said I'd put it up, and I did consarnit. I do enjoy these things as they are a fun way to get to know people - as well as know who I need to avoid. Just kidding! Feel free to answer and snurch.

1. Can you cook?
2. What was your dream growing up?
3. What talent do you wish you had?
4. Favorite place?
5. Favorite vegetable?
6. What was the last book you read?
7. What zodiac sign are you?
8. Any Tattoos and/or Piercings?
9. Worst Habit?
10. Do we know each other outside of Livejournal?
11. What is your favorite sport?
12. Do you have a Negative or Optimistic attitude?
13. What would you do if you were stuck in an elevator with me?
14. Worst thing to ever happen to you?
15. Tell me one weird fact about you.
16. Do you have any pets?
17. Do you know how to do the Macarena?
18. What time is it where you are now?
19. Do you think clowns are cute or scary?
20. If you could change one thing about how you look, what would it be?
21. Would you be my partner in crime or my conscience?
22. What color eyes do you have?
23. Ever been arrested?
24. Bottle or Draft?
25. If you won $10,000 dollars today, what would you do with it?
26. What kind of bubble gum do you prefer to chew?
27. What's your favorite bar to hang at?
28. Do you believe in ghosts?
29. Favorite thing to do in your spare time?
30. Do you swear a lot?
31. Biggest pet peeve?
32. In one word, how would you describe yourself?
33. In one word, how would you describe me?
34. Will you repost this so I can fill it out and do the same for you?


1. Male or Female?
2. Fandom you most associate with?
3. Fandom you associate me with?
4. Chocolate or Vanilla?
5. Coke or Sprite?
6. One person you'd give anything to meet?
7. The most famous person you've met?
8. Something about you that you think I should know.
9. One thing you're dying to have.

Intermission - Some SGA Fanfic related stuff

Since reading SGA fics helps me write SGA fics, I've recently come to the conlusion about what kind of fics I like. I read just about anything except for slash and romance, but that's not what I'm talking about. I'm talking about how you have some stories that are very canon in their adventures, and some that explore specific aspects of Stargate Atlantis; such as the military or the science, single characters or character interactions, Sheppard/city interaction and so on. Kind of like categories within categories. I've read all kinds but there are certain ones I become more engrossed in than others.

I'm strictly a John Sheppard whump fan, and do so scrounge for that whump.
I prefer canon type adventure stuff - namely an adventure either on another world or caused by some kind of alien device running amok.
I enjoy Sheppard/McKay friendship interaction more than team (with team you sometimes get too many POVs and half the time I don't really care what's happening with everyone else), but also like those stories where it's just Sheppard.
But above all, there's gotta be whump. I hate uneventful stories.

I'm not saying this is all I read or will read, just what I enjoy the most.

Pet peeve in a fic -
When Sheppard doesn't get whumped. Angst just isn't enough for me. I'll settle for even a minor injury.
The 'meanwhile back at Atlantis' segments. I know sometimes they're necessary, and I've had to do them a few times in some of my stories, but I really can't stand them. I say if you can avoid those kinds of scenes, do so. Unless, of course, they're absolutely necessary in the long run.
When a writer exaggerates Sheppard's 'supposed' tendancy to play down his injuries that later leads him to being yelled at by Beckett. I can kind of see that happening during a crisis, but I think some people over do it as we've yet to actually see that happen in the show. The guy isn't dumb. If the crisis is over and he's severely injured, he's going to go to Beckett.
Which also leads to Sheppard's friends getting mad at him and bullying him to open up about some painful part of his past. That just doesn't sit well with me, and is too much of a quick fix.
I forgot the mention the whole 'Kirking' issue. Not when McKay teases Shep about being Kirk, but when a  writer - again - exaggerates it and makes Sheppard out to be some kind of womaniser or man whore.

Just because a story may have these little nuances in them doesn't mean I stop reading the fic.

So what's your preference, pet peeves - or just preferences? This is not a poll or anything, I'm just curious to know. Let me know, and do the same in your journal to see what others have to say.