So this week I watched 3x08 "Demons" (OMGWTF?) and 3x09 "Rules of Engagement" (OK, LOL) for the first time.

"Demons" spoilers and picspam to follow.

3x08 "Demons" is the episode that I'd made a LOLGate about all planets looking like Vancouver, back in November.

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campylobacter: OMFG a Stargate SG-1 board game! Adding this bitch to my Amazon Wish List!

gingasaurus: NO OMG DON'T DO IT. SERIOUSLY, DO NOT. My friend has this game, I just saw it with my own eyes two days ago and it. is. an abomination. It- it has nothing to do with anything, I swear to you. The rules are nigh-incomprehensible and you don't even get to do anything fun like be characters. The cards are written in just-shy-of-being-broken English. It. Is. Awful.

campylobacter: WHAT? Can't be characters? I AM DISAPPOINT. I wanted to be Ba'al. SO BAD.

magnavox_23: I have that game and it is shockingly bad. So much potential, but it's like a SG/Warhmammer crossover with plastic blobs.

campylobacter: Is [there] any way to modify it to counteract the FAIL?

magnavox_23: I'm afraid not. It's a stretch calling itself a board game. :P( The rest of the conversation... )

A Taste of Afternoon Sun (1/1)
by campylobacter
RATING: PG-13
CATEGORY: Missing scene (prelude to The Ark of Truth); first time; food porn; comment fic for Pip from the prompt "Playing hooky"
PAIRING: Daniel/Vala
WORD COUNT: 867
PREMISE: Vala depletes her provisions during SG-1's first day on Dakara.
AUTHOR'S NOTE: First inspired by a beta-reading comment I made to hummingfly67 ("OMG you MUST have Daniel teach her what a peach is"), which she declined and passed back to me. Beta-read mostly by shakespherical.

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I'm writing a series of mostly PG-rated D/V vignettes based on scrollgirl 's story "What Are Friends For?", and am curious about any canonical or fanonical consensus regarding Sha'uri's sexual experience before she was given to Dan-Yel in the 1994 Movie.


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My entry for the Daniel/Vala prompt "starlight" by ivanolix :


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WARNING: full frontal nudity

HARDWARE

• Wacom Bamboo Pen tablet

SOFTWARE

• Corel Painter Essentials 4 (trace function)
• Adobe Photoshop (cleaning, re-positioning)
• GIMP (Hubble Telescope background & export)

This manip kicked my ass; it's the first project on my brand new graphics tablet. I thought "Piece of cake! I can trace over my favorite pix and call it a day."

ZOMG. Wrong! Tracing involves deciding what to sketch and what to leave out. It also means learning how to hold the plastic pen and move it across the tablet surface; a much different feel from real pen & paper. It involves learning the intricacies of the software features, and how to customize the tool settings.

I wanted cleaner, sharper, vector-like lines, but got fuzzy, short strokes. Eck. Next time will be easier. I'm thinkin' Kama Sutra for my next tablet project.

BTW, Daniel's hung like a porn star. Why? Heh. I watch a LOT of porn. Drawing his naughty bits has prompted an interesting discussion among my beta-viewers about whether Daniel's circumcised. He was born in 1965, and snipping male infants was the vogue in the States, unless he was born in Greece... who knows? I drew him uncut, because I prefer that portion of male anatomy. Maybe I'll post the circumcised version for a Jack/Daniel prompt...

Anyway, off to sleep and write porn in the morning!

Wednesday was a long day at work; I was finally at home, decompressing, reading some hot Daniel/Vala smut... and then after leaving a review, I got the notion to try something new: a Daniel/Sam story.

Because I don't 'ship Daniel & Sam, I wanted to gain insight into their relationship dynamic from another segment of the Stargate fandom. What is it about their interaction that I might be missing? Because when I see MS & AT in scenes together, their body language is the same as my body language around my brother. Have I been projecting my perceptions as an older sister onto Sam's character? I wanted to see if the Daniel/Sam fandom handily destroys the fanon of Sam & Daniel as "just like brother & sister".


And now I'm pissed: there's Vala-bashing in the Sam/Daniel story.

Hello? "True Vala fashion" would be for Vala to ask if she could join them in a threesome. Vala doesn't think of Sam as a "harlot"; in fact, she respects Sam's authority as a leader (see "The Uninvited") and spends time shopping and drinking with her ("Family Ties").

Why does an author need to bash a character for the sake of focusing on their fave OTP? WTF???!!!!

I don't bash Daniel/Sam in my stories, or any other pairing. In fact, as a multi-shipper, I toss in innuendo for other pairings (Jack/Daniel & Sam/Vala being a couple favorites) because it gives the characterizations more energy and dynamism, and acknowledges the depth of their previous history together.

Anyone have any Sam/Daniel fanfic recs that don't have character bashing? Maybe there should be warnings on 'shipper fics if there's character bashing... LOL. "Sam/Vala antipathy" or something. Because it ruined my evening.

Yes, coming this Fall to NBC's Monday night lineup (which I expect to be pre-empted by NFL overtimes).

magnavox_23  started it in this spoilery thread:
"Daniel & Vala in San Fran? I smell a spin off! :D"

sg_wonderland  got the ball rolling:

From the NBC Press Office:
NBC jumps back into the sitcom business in a big way with this gem from a genre not necessarily known for their comedy - science fiction.
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Dang, it's a good morning. First, Merry (ivanolix ) posts the hot D/V ficlet "Bohemian Like You", then the news from jmswallow  that Big Finish will release their next SIX Stargate audio books as FULL CAST DRAMAS. (ETA: Jim Swallow's announcement in March regarding all the collaborators.) Michael Shanks and Claudia Black  have been confirmed FOR ALL 6 BOOKS! And if Cliff Simon, Chris Judge, Amanda Tapping, Ben Browder, and RDA are on board, OH MY FRELLING GOSH.( READ THE DETAILS! )