Hello

[salable-mystic.livejournal.com]

Uh, I hope posting this here is ok - I checked the community info and it sounds like it's ok for everyone to post here, and I have to make my delight about this show known, and this community sounded perfect for that.

I know that I am *WAY* behind the curve on this, but I literally just watched all five seasons of Atlantis in three weeks, and while, yes, there are some weak spots (the pacing of the last season irritated me - I think because I knew that there were only 4 and then 3 and then 2 and ... episodes left, and they pulled some major rabbits out of hats in that last episode, but anyway I digress...) my overall glee and enjoyment far outweights all of them. I wish I'd watched that show when it aired, so I could have had people to squee with in real time.

I came so, so close to doing it, too - I watched the pilot when it aired, but gave up on it after about 40 minutes - because Col. Sumner annoyed me too much to bear watching! ARGH!

And then they showed a repeat of the pilot some months back on TV, and I zapped into it, pretty much to see ... Col. Sumner being all heroic, and, you know ... dead. ("Wait, WHAT!")

So I bought the "complete series" DVD box set and ... yeah, resurfaced three days ago all teary eyed because it was over, and, yes, silly sometimes, but it hurt in a good way a lot of other times, and, yes, some episodes and stupid decisions annoyed me, but the show made me laugh and the show made me cry (Grodin! Carson! Elizabeth!!!) and I think I'll need to re-watch it all now. And read lots of fic. 

I've been blogging about watching it on my journal some, and if anyone wants to read my story of discovery (or talk Atlantis with a total (albeit enthusiastic) newbie, I'd love to make some Atlantis fan friends!! (My current LJ friends are very tolerant of and bemused my new addiction, but have not seen the show...).

Comments

[hoktauri]

Hee! Welcome to the fandom! I absolutely love your enthusiasm and can't wait to share the squee with you. :-)

[sinaida.livejournal.com]

Welcome to the fandom!:) It's always great to share the squee.

[aadarshinah.livejournal.com]

welcome to the fandom, bb! ::squees with you::

[em_kellesvig]

Welcome to SGA fandom! It's a lovely place with lots of wonderful people, art, and fic!

For fic of all kinds, check out stargateficrec, sgastoryfinders, sgagenrefinders,
mcshep_match, sga_santa, sga_flashfic, SGA Big Bang, Wraithbait, and SGA @ AO3, among others!

Happy reading!

[bailey1ak.livejournal.com]

Grinning for you. Felt the same way about Stargate, especially SGA! :)

[emrinalexander.livejournal.com]

Welcome aboard!

[salable-mystic.livejournal.com]

Thank you! I'm so in the thrall of this show, it's approaching ridiculous levels. And I totally need to go watch the early seasons again, where we still had Ford and Elizabeth ... :-).

[salable-mystic.livejournal.com]

Thank you! I am so glad to be here! :-D

[salable-mystic.livejournal.com]

Thank you! :-DDD

[salable-mystic.livejournal.com]

Thank you! It's been an exiciting time, watching all five seasons basically whenever time permitted. Now I'm trying to decide between watching SG:U, SG-1 or SGA again ... .

[salable-mystic.livejournal.com]

Thank you, I am really glad to be here!

[salable-mystic.livejournal.com]

Thank you - and thank you so much for all the links! I shall go check them all out and revell in the hundreds of stories that I can all go read and don't know yet (I think I've read *all* the Star Trek TOS and 2009 K/S fic that exists online. Which, uh, says something about the sad state of my social schedule ... but was also great fun!) Yay thousands of stories!!!

[margec01.livejournal.com]

For others who are squeeing still, try daily_flan, atlantis_ssnsix, sga_saturday, and mcshep_monday. And don't miss the episode re-watch right here every week.

Welcome aboard!

[schneefink.livejournal.com]

Welcome to the fandom! You have soooo many awesome fanworks to catch up on :D
If you're looking for anything specific, there are many people on the stargategenrec comm who are happy to help, and many old posts about people's favorite stories.

[aqualegia.livejournal.com]

Welcome to the fandom :-)

[salable-mystic.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

[salable-mystic.livejournal.com]

Thank you! And I knoooow ... I am so gleefully rubbing my hands, you can't imagine! This is the first fandom I've fallen into after it finished that actually has a lot of fic out there - I streamlined the Liaden SF books by Lee & Miller last year, and that was a lovely time and 14 lovely novels, but a total of less than 10 fanfics. So this is ... magnificent. And thank you for the comm rec - I'll definitely check it out. My favourite character - althought she too often got short shrift - was/is Elizabeth Weir (thought I love John too - how can one not), so I think I'll be looking for smart!Elizabeth fic - or good fic in general - I'm not fussy, and I don't have an OTP (yet?). And I love GEN stories, so that's awesome! Thank you!

[salable-mystic.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much for the welcome, and for the community recs - I'll definitely check them out! I did a community search on LJ, but most seemed to have last been updated in 2007-2010, so finding more active ones is good. And, yay, an EP rewatch, that'll be great! I want to rewatch anyway, so I will defintely fit those in. Thank you!

[schneefink.livejournal.com]

Sorry, I mixed up two comms (happens to me all the time *g*): the one I was talking about is sgagenrefinders. But stargategenrec is also a great comm!
I don't have many smart!Elizabeth fic recs because I came into the fandom when she'd already died, but I'm sure you'll find them. And you won't run out of reading material for a long time - I expect the bigger problem will be knowing where to start... ;)

[wanted-a-pony.livejournal.com]

Welcome to SGA fandom--best fanworks ever, anywhere! (I don't create any myself so I am a completely unbiased, objective judge. ;-)

First, I recommend having a look at this post at sgagenrefinders (http://sgagenrefinders.livejournal.com/826194.html) with almost 60 responses to a new fan asking for the "SGA essential fics". I particularly like skaredykat's rec lists, which are great fun to read all in themselves!

My very favorite of all time smart!Elizabeth fic is City on the Edge of Forever, the pilor (http://synecdochic.dreamwidth.org/122553.html) by synecdochic. She's moved her fic & current journal over to Dreamwidth but you should have no problem finding it--Dreamwidth's set-up & procedures are very similar to LiveJournal's.

Have fun!!

[popkin16]

Welcome to the fandom :) There is so much for you to explore, I kind of envy you!

I'd rec fic, but John/Rodney are my OTP, and gen fic I read tend to focus on them as well. But I hope you have a fantastic time in this fandom!

[sgamadison.livejournal.com]

Welcome to the fandom :) There is so much for you to explore, I kind of envy you!

I second what popkin16 says here! :-) I came to fandom late (mid-season 3) and didn't have access to the actual episodes until they came out on DVD, so I was always a year behind everyone else--I had to rely on fanfic and I read like a maniac! I read mostly on wraitbait and Area 52, but those coms aren't as active these days as AO3.

Once David Hewlett (a big Dr. Who fan) was asked what he'd do if he had a TARDIS. He said he'd go back to season 1 and do it all again. I know how he feels. :-)

I'd love some good ST:TOS and 2009 fic recs while you're at it...

[angelus2hot]

Hi! Oh my gosh! Your story almost exactly mirrors mine! I just finished watching Stargate Atlantis for the first time this past Sunday. After sitting there in shock that it was over I then immediately turned around and am now rewatching it. SGA is such a fantastic show I could just kick myself for not watching it when it was on the air.

I adored Elizabeth Weir and I hated that she left the show. The same with Carson(*poor Carson*) and of course Ford.. :(

As for Otp.. I'm a multi-shipper. I tend to see characters with a lot of different people. I can never settle on just one.

And I see that you're a Star Trek TOS fan too. May I say you have excellent tastes in fandoms. *g*

[goddess47]

Welcome! The others have pointed you to some of the best places, so you have plenty to check out!

I'll admit to checking your journal -- Liad and Vokosigan! Yay for you! I loved your Laisa story about the afghan...

Welcome to SGA! Don't hesitate to stop by more often!

[rissabby.livejournal.com]

Welcome to fandom.

One of the fandom things I've been enjoying is Joe Malozzi's daily blog. Joe is a former writer and showrunner for Stargate Atlantis (well as SG-1 and SGU).
Recently, he's been reminiscing about the Atlantis shows, episode by episode. He might write a bit about something from behind-the-scenes, or about what he did or didn't like about an episode. He might share pics or concept drawings too. Right now he's in the first half of season 3.

Also, sometimes he does a little in-blog contest with signed scripts for prizes.

http://josephmallozzi.wordpress.com/2012/09/11/september-11-2012-fantasy-ennui-days-of-stargate-atlantis-past-continues-missing-mailbag/