SGA...10 Years Later, fest: Pairings!

[melagan.livejournal.com]

And we're off!

There are multiple communities that have joined in the fest, lot of places to post fic, art, etc. I thought it would be fun to have a few discussions here.

Today it's pairings. At the beginning I read every slash pairing, and damn near every story I could get my hands on. The early days of fandom I spent glued to my computer screen. My best icon didn't say SGA Porn Floozy for nothing.




John/Rodney was always a favorite and at some point I realized my fondness had turned into love and they became my One True Pairing. How does one know when this happens? Ha! I have an answer! I was reading a John/Ronon story by Bone (who writes such hot sex scenes the Sun breaks out in a sweat). By the time I finished reading about John with someone that wasn't Rodney my stomach felt queasy. Now, this is not the kind of reaction anyone in their right mind should ever have to one of Bone's stories.

I didn't need an intervention to realize I had lost my heart and mind to McShep and that's where it's been ever since.

Now tell us your favorite(s).

Apologies in advance if I don't respond right away, my internet keeps blinking out on me. Doesn't it know it's Fest time?

Comments

[sgamadison.livejournal.com]

*grins*

I'd been reading SG fanfic but hadn't yet wandered into slash territory. A friend used to send me snippets of stories to whet my appetite but for some reason, some of the stories she sent seemed to end rather abruptly. I finally asked for the link and she went all waffley on me, saying that I 'couldn't handle it.'

Well, of course, that made me look up the story on my own. I remember it was by Huntress and featured Rodney and a pregnant Athosian woman stuck in the transporter and he had to deliver the baby. After that, I read every slash pairing I could lay my hands on--but I kept circling back to Rodney and John because nothing else was quite the same. When I learned the meaning of OTP, I knew I had it *bad*. :-)

[resqueln.livejournal.com]

I committed the cardinal sin of reading fic for SGA before I ever saw the show ('A Beautiful Lifetime Event' by astolat). I didn't see the show until a few years later, and I loved it. :D

It was a little jarring at first. I have to confess that I could not for the life of me see the McShep in my first watch through. They struck me as friends, but I wasn't getting anything more.

I read any and all pairings for a while without really feeling it.
It wasn't until I rewatched the series that it whacked me between the eyes. Then I set about devouring all the McShep fic I could find. :)

[admiralandrea.livejournal.com]

I only started watching SGA because I was home sick and bored - I'd always refused to watch it before because I hated McKay in SG1 - even though I knew that John Sheppard was bound to be my type based on his looks alone.

I read some lovely John/Carson early on by Waldo, but Rodney grew on me gradually, starting by grudging appreciation for DH's acting.

Now, I'm basically a John!hor as I knew I would be, though I do prefer slash to het still and I like John-centric gen as well.

[angelus2hot]

My first viewing of Stargate Altantis was in April 2012. I literally mainlined all of the seasons. It was as if a damn had exploded. I've written/read Carson/Rodney, John/Rodney, John/Elizabeth, John/Carson John/Ronon, John/Cam... And as much as I adore John/Ronon, John/Cam(and I'm not going to lie I'm leaning heavy on the adoration of John/Rodney. How could I not? The Powers that be practically fed it to us with a spoon. Some of those scenes just... GUH!) It finally dawned on me that I'm more of a lover of John. As long as it's John I'm pretty much a happy camper.


By the way I love the porn floozy icon!

[esteefee]

The show hooked me good when I started watching it; unfortunately, I only started watching it late in the game (2008), when the fandom was already established, so I didn't stand much of a chance in deciding what pairing I preferred, because what I saw onscreen? Was John/Ronon all the way. But there just wasn't enough fic out there to feed my craving except for Bone's amazing stuff and a few other tidbits. So I bowed to the inevitable.

Still, I came to really fall in love with John/Rodney as time went on, but in the variety of ways I perceive the pairing, not necessarily as fanon seems to try to box them, or like they are in canon, but somewhere in between. It's an interesting line to play with.

And I continue to adore and write John/Ronon, and other pairings, and gen, because the thing I absolutely love about SGA is the plethora of amazing characters it provides. There is absolutely no other fandom like it. <3 <3 <3

[busaikko]

For me, it's John Sheppard with pretty much anyone. Team OT4, OT3 (John/Jennifer/Rodney), John/Cam, John/Ronon, John/Rodney, John/Nancy, John/Richard, John/Parrish... um, I'd probably write John/rock if I had a prompt for it. John just really works for me.

[tdancinghands.livejournal.com]

Well somebody had better speak up here for the love of geeks, and I guess that's me. I've always had a thing for tertiary characters, and Radek Zelenka owned my heart the minute I saw his lengthy Czech speech in Letters from Pegasus. It was in Hot Zone that I got my first hint of *my* OTP, McKay/Zelenka. Soon after that I stumbled into Mice's exellent Beckett/McKay stories, and she really sold me on that pairing, as well as introducing me to the geekly joy that is the Beckett/McKay Zelenka threesom. These characters completely ate my fic writing brain for the next 6 years, and compelled me to actually move to the Czech Republic. Now I can almost understand all of Radek's speech in 'Letters'.

[wiley-nilly.livejournal.com]

Me, too. I'm even fond of gen John...

[popkin16]

I had two separate friends trying to get me into SGA. I asked a friend to make me a rec list so I'd have somewhere to start once I finally started the show, and she rec'd me McShep. I tried reading one - "Interesections" by Kaneko, actually - but since I hadn't yet seen the episode, I was lost. So once I started, I was already on the lookout for McShep, and was very pleased by what the show gave me :P

I was reading a John/Ronon story by Bone... By the time I finished reading about John with someone that wasn't Rodney my stomach felt queasy.
This is exactly how I feel when I try to read the boys with others. Plus I feel this very intense sense of unhappiness. It makes me feel ridiculous, but I just can't read them with others.

[melagan.livejournal.com]

I'm so glad your friend led you to SGA and John/Rodney but oh my goodness, what a tease!

[melagan.livejournal.com]

It wasn't until I rewatched the series that it whacked me between the eyes

I know the feeling. Although it got me good the first time around.

[melagan.livejournal.com]

There are some really lovely stories of different pairings out there. I will always love the show for the richness of it's fanfic (among many other things)

Ah, McKay. A strongly drawn character indeed. While I'm a McKay girl through and through - I do understand, how for some, it can take time to warm up to him :)

[melagan.livejournal.com]

As long as it's John I'm pretty much a happy camper.

Oh John

[melagan.livejournal.com]

McShep was pretty hot and heavy there for awhile. I can see how it could be overwhelming stepping into the middle of it. That said, I think you do a wonderful job writing a variety of pairings.

[melagan.livejournal.com]

That John is getting some action. ;) Good thing he's bendy! It's it wonderful we have such a pretty main character to play with.

[melagan.livejournal.com]

...the love of geeks *raises hand* A thousand times yes!

[melagan.livejournal.com]

Plus I feel this very intense sense of unhappiness. It makes me feel ridiculous, but I just can't read them with others.

Yes, me too. And it seems to be getting worse. I am glad that I read so many pairings early on. If it weren't for John and Rodney, I'd never have tried writing. You know, they have a lot to answer for. ;)

[popkin16]

lol that they do. But I'm very grateful to them XD

[sgamadison.livejournal.com]

She was, that. I will always be grateful to her for introducing me to SGA, though. :-)

[gottalovev.livejournal.com]

ah! I had the exact same intro to SGA myself... that fic in particular first, but then more fic (almost all McShep, because I have a type in pairings and they fit it), until years later I tried the show itself.

When I watched I did see the McShep first time around, though, but maybe i was looking for it. I though what was on screen was very convincing, anyhoo.

[gottalovev.livejournal.com]

as I said above, I started by fic because friends or authors I liked wrote it. And they wrote McShep, so that's what I read. And I was completely hooked, real fast. Saw the show a long while later, and it just confirmed it!

I've always loved the snarky asshole with the quiet strong type, though. All of my pairings generally go that way.

in SGA, I've tried to read different pairings, but it never hooked me. So I always came back to the boys. And it was a joy.

[esteefee]

Thank you! Back atcha, m'dear.

It's interesting to me how symbiotic the relationship is between reading and writing.

[selenic76.livejournal.com]

I started of by reading Rodney/Carson, which seems sort of incomprehensible now that my heart is lost to McShep :) John and Rodney will forever be my OTP, but I do love reading other pairings when they strike my fancy :) The show offers such a wonderful variety of lovable characters, that it makes the pairings so interesting to play with ^_^

I've read John/Rodney, Carson/Rodney, John/Ronon, Carson/Rodney/Ronon, Rodney/Radek, Rodney/Ford, Teyla/Kate, Lorne/Radek, Lorne/Parrish, John/Keras, and probably others that I just can't remember right now :)

[selenic76.livejournal.com]

Radek! ♥♥♥! He is just so adorable and wonderful, and I love it when he speaks Czech :)

I started out with Mice's stories! They were really wonderful, and I remember them with fondness even if I later fell in love with John/Rodney. I've read some lovely Lorne/Radek too somewhere ^_^

And McKay/Zelenka is a wonderful pairing, I love their interaction in the show ^_^ If there was someone besides John I'd like to pair Rodney with, my first choice would be Radek :)

[selenic76.livejournal.com]

And I continue to adore and write John/Ronon, and other pairings, and gen, because the thing I absolutely love about SGA is the plethora of amazing characters it provides. There is absolutely no other fandom like it. <3 <3 <3

This is so true! There's so many characters to love, so many possible pairings, and so much room for lovely gen too!

I came to the fandom via Carson/Rodney, though John/Rodney soon stole my heart. But after spending some time in the fandom, and being influenced by the people there, I began to see the potential in other pairings too :) McShep will always be my OTP, but I love that I can now enjoy reading others too, and even some gen, or even the occasional femslash! I've also written a few things with other pairings ^_^