Holdouttrout

We are here again, my dear friends. It is time for the annual reckoning, that fannish evaluation that decides whether we live or die or join tumblr!

Okay, so I already joined/started actually using tumblr. What can I say? I appreciate the daily scroll of pretty! Tumblr is actually not a bad place for me right now. Most of the time, it involves pretty pictures of pretty people, cute animals, or funny comics. Some of the time, there are links to meta and essays that make me think. Sometimes there is even fic--though honestly, fic was a very small part of my life this year.

Still, I did write some.

Teamwork. Stargate SG-1, Sam/Jack.
Two Things Sam and Janet Don't Have in Common (and One Thing They Do). Stargate SG-1, Gen.

TWO?! I ONLY WROTE TWO FICS?! I guess that means I have to stay on tumblr.

I re-watched Legend of the Seeker (again). The epic hair, forbidden love, cheesy humor, beautiful scenery, pretty people, shiny swords, and female friendships all make me very happy--and the show is only two seasons long, which makes it easy to rewatch.

I got very fannish about Once Upon a Time.

I started a Farscape re-watch that I didn't finish… yet. I'll get there. It's SUCH a good show, but I totally got sucked into a Doctor Who rewatch instead--I was trying to get caught up for the Day of the Doctor, and I ended up starting back with Nine, because I could and because I had to wait a very long time for the latest DVDs from the library. I have part of a post put together about the Awesomeness of Donna Noble, which I hope to get together and post early in 2014.

However, I also tried to watch Torchwood: Miracle Day. Ugh. Just… ugh. Gave up.

I was really, really, really obsessed with Iron Man 3.

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I just found this sitting around my drive, nearly complete. I'm hoping I haven't already posted it somewhere. That's happened to me before.

Title: Teamwork
Fandom: Stargate SG-1
Characters: Sam and Jack
Category: Friendship, Gen, Fluff
Word Count: 450
Summary: Sam's had a long night. If only she had a viable exit strategy.


( As parties go, this one sucks )

Title: Bedroom Situation
Fandom: Stargate SG-1
Pairing: Sam/Jack
Rating: PG
Category: A cliche cabin fic--the cliche is sharing a bed, because I am predictable.
Summary: The team is at the cabin, it's late, and there is a Bedroom Situation. My thanks to annienau08 for the beta--among so many other things.


( She knew it was up to her to make the offer )

Title: Close to Perfect
Fandom: Stargate SG-1
Rating: PG
Category: Fluff
Pairing: Sam/Jack
Summary: If something was going to happen, it would happen soon. AU post-Moebius.
Notes: I've been feeling nostalgic lately, and reading a lot of Sam/Jack fic. I thought, "Hey, if I'm feeling nostalgic, maybe someone else is, too." So I dove into my WIP folder and found this nicely indulgent little thing, waiting for a decent ending.
Read on AO3


( If something was going to happen, it would happen soon )

Daniel/Vala hand-kissing drabble. Stargate, Daniel/Vala.
Three Times Sam and Jack Didn't Touch. Stargate, Sam/Jack.
Keeping Secrets Doesn't Work if You Use Real Names. Stargate, Sam/Vala.
Rules. Stargate, Sam/Jack.
Four Walls and a Blaster. Star Wars, Han. Leia.

Stick Figure Comics. Stargate. (Image Heavy)


I'm not answering the standard questions this year, because I only wrote five stories. I think my two favorites are Four Walls and a Blaster and Keeping Secrets Doesn't Work if You Use Real Names, but the Sam/Jack fluff is always a happy thing, too. I just didn't write enough, and I think that's partly because I've said just about everything I wanted/needed to say about Sam/Jack, and partly because no new fandoms have made me fic them (yet).

I actually have a few things sitting around on my hard drive, waiting for endings or polishing or for me to screw up the courage to post them. If nothing else, I'll plan on a fic amnesty day sometime soon.


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I've been kinda bored various places recently, and have just happened to have access to the things needed to create stick figure comics.

( image heavy )

Title: Four Walls and a Blaster
Fandom: Star Wars
Rating/Warnings: PG (Character Death.)
Characters: Han. Leia.
Summary: Han left, and Leia couldn't fault him. What might have happened if he never came back at the battle of Yavin.
Author's Notes: Well, this is awkward. knightedrogue, this was supposed to be finished and posted much, MUCH earlier this last year. Hope you like it, even if it has been delayed for far too long. My sincere gratitude to annerbhp, who helped see the light of day by refusing to let it die several times, and whose birthday gave me a new deadline.


( Four Walls and a Blaster )

I have a couple of fics or parts of fics that are being relegated to my "Probably Will Never Post" folder, in which fics I wrote either too early or too late can rest comfortably without disturbing me by actually being on my journal, unlike some fics I could name.

These include an "Aliens (Tried to) Make Them Do It" for Sam/Jack that just. No. Seriously, if I posted it, you would all tilt your heads to the sides and go "Okay, who wrote this and why on Earth did Trout steal it?"

Then there's the amnesiac Sam/Jack fic in which the point of view changes every sentence and everyone is wildly OOC.

Another one involved babies.

( Below the cut are vague descriptions of WIPs that might still see the light of day )

You're totally going to make me post these, aren't you?

I was more than a little reluctant to start this post this year, seeing as I didn't think I wrote much of anything. That's true, but I did write or co-write 12 fics, and exorcised another. Not as bad as I feared (barely)!

O is for Obedience. SG-1, Vala, Gen.
Breathe, Damn it!. SG-1, PG, Gen.
Overbaked. SG-1, PG-13, Gen.
Genie in a (Beer) Bottle. SG-1, G, Gen.
Pantsed. SG-1, PG, Gen with potential shippy hints (but I'm probably reading too much into it).
Sam's Patented Stress Relief Solution. SG-1, Teen, Sam/Sam/Sam/etc.
Bait of Pleasure. SG-1, NC-17, Pairing in spoiler text in entry.
Teal'c Secretly a Virgin Ficlet. SG-1, PG, Gen (no, really).
Safe Distance. SG-1, R, Sam/Jack.
Looking Back. SG-1, PG, Sam/Janet.
Control. Pretender, PG, Jarod/Parker.
Dear SGC Advisor by aurora_novarum and I. Sg-1, Gen, Classic Team Era.
[Exorcised]The Sam/Jack Telepathy Fic I Wasn't Meant to Write. SG-1, PG, Sam/Jack.


( The Questions )

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Title: Looking Back
Fandom: Stargate SG-1
Pairing: Sam/Janet
Rating: PG
Category: Fluff
Summary: Janet's always watched Sam, but tonight, Sam's looking back. My thanks to pepper for the beta.


( If she was honest, it wasn't just envy she felt. )