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Had lunch with

rivier yesterday, sadly cut short by my need to get back to work for supervision (and thus sadly also booze-free for me and booze-lite for

rivier) where she again tried in a futile manner to persuade me I needed to join the big shiny fandom of suckitude.

Not. Going. To. Happen.

Current Mood: determined

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From:

katyabaturinsky.livejournal.com

Well. There was certainly no insult meant, though clearly much was taken. And you may not care to hear this, given that it is coming from me, but you are one of the many, many smart SGA fanfic authors to whom I was referring. Which would be why I am in this fandom in the first place -- because the fic is so compelling, entertaining, beautifully written, and, often, downright hot. I happen to like a lot of the "silly fluffy candytuft crackporn"; I also like much of the not-so-silly, yet equally brilliant, fic in SGA, and I am very pleased (and thankful) that so many talented authors are writing all of it so well.

I am glad that you are enjoying the show so much, and I think most of the members of the fandom would agree with you wholeheartedly. Obviously I would not count myself among that group, but then again, I have never liked any of the source material in my fandoms as much as I like the fic that it inspires. I can understand the enjoyment of SGA just fine from a fannish perspective; the banter and bickering between the characters is a lot of fun, the acting is generally terrific, and there are often wonderful moments in the eps that provide great material for fanfic. (Plus, I'm pretty shallow, and would basically be happy to watch David Hewlett reading aloud from the phone book.) But on a non-fannish level, I am bothered by the show's plot holes, gaps in logic, lack of originality, and inconsistency between the episodes; enough so that it ruins my overall appreciation of the show itself.

Personally I'm damned glad SGA is not bloody Dostoevsky, as I always thought he was a bit of a pretentious bore. And I have no doubt that, were I ever unfortunate enough to encounter such a creature as a "wonderful academically impeccable fandom," it would be equally unbearable. However, I don't think that I'm necessarily committing some terrible fannish faux pas when I wish for tighter, smarter, more interesting and original scripts from my fannish shows, and then express dissatisfaction when I am disappointed. I don't believe that SGA is complete dross, or I wouldn't bother watching; but I do think it could be, and is capable of being, much, much better. (Just as a start, canonical variations of

minnow1212's Necessary Things,

troyswann's Owl Eyes,

auburnnothenna's The Taste of Apples, and your Exigencies would do quite nicely.)