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eliade via zoetrope has discovered something called the uncyclopedia. She pulled a number of Atlantis references as well as David Hewlett worshipfulness quotes and entertained me muchly here.

janedavitt discusses whether there's a place for POV shifts in good fanfic (and books).

A number of marvelous conversations seem to be popping up all over regarding the rather bizarre racial politics of science fictions shows, notably SG-1, SGA and Farscape. My favorites are at sugargroupie's and ladyjax's here and here, thanks to RW for pointing me to both. Fascinating discussions. There are also discussions of writing race into fic, epithets like 'the dark man' as opposed to 'the older man/younger man' of Jack/Daniel slash, of eroticizing the exotic, about white culture and race as the default common experience, and about characters of color = aliens (or becoming an alien junky). Of why it's all about skin tone represented on Earth and not about the gold paint, tattoos, pouches, scars, wacky facial hair or something otherwise, you know, alien. Shockingly underthunk by TPTB, it would seem.

This entertained me probably too much: the Online Tarot Reading.

I read a John/Rodney piece last night in which there was a really nice thread of Rodney not being able to let go of Cadman and the 'ship with John just being a sort of relevant supporting storyline. It was quite awesome, to my sleepy mind. Letting Go by gaiaanarchy.

Wordgeek has posted the last installment of The Mind Doesn't Decide series. Jack/Daniel, NC-17, S8. The stuff is like crack, it's so addictive. That's your warning.

finisterre, whom some of you may know from her X-files fanfiction (as Marasmus), has posted two extraordinary Harry Potter fics, both gen, both marvelous: The Grangers and the War, and Untitled 1000 Word Fic. Seriously. Thanks muchly to cofax7 for the rec.

Updates from Pepe's Place include some extraordinary challenge responses in short story form from Pepe (April Fool, NC-17) and Berty (April Showers challenge) called Raindance. Both Jack/Daniel, NC-17.

A marvelous NCIS/Dark Angel crossover snippet from nixa_jane, pretty gen, teen. I must encourage these thoughts. Mmmmm..... (eta: link now goes to an unflocked comm, so everybody can read the goodness!)

dustandroses posted a Jack/Daniel smut day fic called 'Eat Dessert First' on the whacked euphemism prompt of 'spelunking sausage' and it's just so endearing what she did with it. Add in phosphorescent spores and I'm enchanted, man. NC-17.

surrealphantast continues her iconficcing with a Sam/Daniel and Cameron/Daniel that I loveeeeeed. Yum. God is in the details. Both PGish, I think.

Also got pointed by thefourthvine to a genderbending, femmeslashy, defies categorization Jack/Daniel fic from last year's ficathon. This is the Alternative by scrollgirl. Who'd'a thunk? Hotness. NC-17, J/D.

Thoughts on Alias: Before I knew of Firefly or the fantasticness that is Zoe who could break you with her little finger (thank goodness she's on our side), I knew Gina Torres as Anna on the first season of Alias (because when she's not on your side? Dangerous badguy and totally worthy of much respect). When they talked about her showing up again in later seasons? I was THRILLED. When she walked into Will Tippin's house and had a scene with Bradley Cooper? My two favorite recurring guest stars suddenly and unexpectedly in a scene together?

I hate that Alias has been cancelled, but I love that they're bringing back these great people as part of the send-off. (also? They let Gina speak with an American accent! And they didn't make Bradley dye his hair! *shallowly gleeful* Not that Gina + accent isn't possibly the most amazing thing ever.)

Thoughts on an NCIS allllll about Abby: I love how independent that girl is. Love that they have a quirky character with faults and vulnerabilities and a life outside of what you see on the screen. Also really adore her interaction with Gibbs. Love that.

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Yes! That's me with the lack of curl. Maybe 20 minutes if I'm lucky. My friends (well, three of them) are all going for the natural look after having chemically straightened hair since they were teens, and they were talking about getting used to twists and braids after so mercilessly flattening their hair for so many years. I kept going 'wait... on PURPOSE???' and they laughed at me. They are really into low maintenance hair, though, which is my entire mantra with my hair: I'll wash and blow dry, possibly use products, or *handflaps* brushes, but I will not try to convince my hair to be anything other than what it is. If I every have a curly-haired child I'm going to have to do some research.

Yes about the mpreg. I was starting to get concerned about that. I really like how she manipulated canon at the end, though. Just as I would get bored with the idea that we were going to have to tangent into Teal'c's apartment and the stupid Trust issues, she'd leap around a bit and it was great. Just enough of an anchor to remember canon, and see where she was taking it. Cool.