I'm creating a list of all my fic here with a future date, so it stays at the top of my journal and can be an easy reference. This is set up in order of when in canon the story is set. Unless otherwise noted, all stories are SG-1, gen and range around PG/PG-13. If the stories are multipart, the links are to part 1:

Also, please note that while I try to keep this up to date, my Dreamwidth Journal is my main writing journal, including tags that may help you find fics according to particular character or genre.

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I may do some kind of meta about my fics someday, but I don't know if anyone would be interested. *I'm* always interested when other people do it, but I'm weird. ;-)

Also, if you've just wandered by here because you're wondering who the heck this "aurora" person is? Here's me in a very BIG nutshell. The short story: I'm a gen fan and Stargate trivia geek who has a tendency to babble.

Pointed to this by l_jade. What a sweet little interview.

So, Sanctuary got cancelled.

I admit, I thought the show was a bit uneven at times, but it took chances. And when it was good, it was *really, really* good. I also like how they harnessed the fanbase to do something really worthwhile in creating the charity Sanctuary for Kids.

I'm going to miss Helen and her teams (from both two centuries ago and now). I hope the cast and crew do well in the future.

Four posts in a week! Wow!

F-listers following Sherlock may be interested in this enthusiastic analysis of the first S2 episode by tightropegirl. For those who don't know, tightropegirl is one of the writers on the tv-show "House". Since House is medical variation on a modern-day Sherlock, she was sure to be intrigued.

I agree with some of her points, disagree with others, but it's very interesting to read a tv-writer's perspective on the writing and the obstacles faced of telling the story in those kind of production parameters.

Yes, as I told aelfgyfu_mead earlier today, I am just seeing the new Sherlock for the first time. So here's my thoughts.

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And as for next week.

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Oh one final non-spoilery comment. Mrs. Hudson's awesome. Nuff said.

Nice things to find after a frustrating crazy day at work: Not only has a friend has rec'ced an old story you wrote, but someone has newly found your fic and leaving kudos on AO3 for a few of them.

What's a bit disconcerting: Not the typos you spot as you glance at the fics, it's more not remembering you'd even WRITTEN a couple of the fics. D'oh!

See, I am still around! Yes, I mostly lurk and comment rather than write in my own journal, but I am still here! *waves to flist*

Hope everyone is doing well. I'm still loving my new job but it's keeping me very very very busy. I'm usually brain and computer fried by teh time I catch up on my flist. However, I did wander around this week and discovered paian rec'cing a round robin kind of fic set up on Dreamwidth.

It's called arboreal_gate. It's for gen/het/slash/femslash and any kind of Gateverse you like, SG-1, SGA, or SGU. Write a scene. Write a line. Start a new one. Branch an existing WIP into a new direction.

I just wrote a scene in a second version of a fic Fluffy Branch 2. The team's returned from a strange offworld experience and now they've got problems of their own.

Go enjoy the fics there, or play yourselves!

I'm just continuing the awesome, because nialla42 pointed me to this Jpg, and I had to share the link as well.

Female Characters on Losing the Love of her Life

Hope everyone had a lovely Christmas. I did, nice and quiet. Topped off with the fact that I could watch Doctor Who AS IT AIRED here in the States because my cable now has BBC America on my queue. I no longer have to just wait for when they stick things up on demand!

WHOO HOO! So I watched.

( Spoilers for The Doctor The Widow and the Wardrobe Christmas Special )

I'm copying this from penknife:

Tell me about a story I haven't written, and I'll give you between one and three sentences from that story. (1 to 3 sentences is a rough estimate).

I just read an absolutely wonderful Episode Tag for the AU world of "Point of No Return". Under a Cloudless Sky is Alternate Daniel's introduction to the SGA by AU Sam.

stringertheory does a fantastic job world building the devastation, physically and emotionally in the aftermath of the episode, and she does so much with the characters.

Plus it features my favorite team members and I'm a sucker for outsiders view/first impressions of the Stargate program, so it hit some good fic buttons for me. (Gen Worksafe)

Happy Halloween F-list!

Of course, it's time for my annual list of Halloween recs (which is the same as other years since I haven't been able to do much reading or writing this year. Where HAS the time flown?) But at least it may help you find some old favorites or catch a new one you missed first (or second) go round.

Resurrection Meriet by sidlj (gen, team)

Shadow over Chatsworth (SGA/SG-1 crossover) by saffronhouse (gen, team (mostly Daniel & Rodney), R for violence)

Ghost in the Machine, an SGA fic by sholio (gen john/rodney friendship).

Not to be confused with SG-1 Ghost in the Machine by Anais. (J/D slash)

Veil by eve11 (gen, team).

Shadows of Fear by traycer_ (PG, team)

Yet Another SG-1 Adventure by minnow1212 (gen, team).

The Slumbering Place of Stars by surreallis (gen, team, R for violence).

WWZD (crack fic) by poohmusings with sequel fic (gen, team, warning for laughter).

You Are My Sunshine by Travelling One (gen, Daniel centric team, R for well creepiness that can make your imagination go nuts, hee).

Diers Anonymous. Not spooky but a crackfic about various fandom's constantly reanimated characters (like Daniel) (Gen).

list of zombie fics culled together by splash_the_cat.

group of spooky fics done by holdouttrout.

group of spooky fics by nandamai.

2011 spook_me ficathon has a few SG-1 and SGA fics on it.

Frambu Juice by

Be Careful What you Wish For by a_loquita. G rated Sam/Jack cute Halloween themed story.

Lastly, my own contribution to the list:
Haunted Ship Odyssey's crew thinks their ship is haunted.


Additions Are Welcome in Comments (especially self-pimps!)

So, I haven't done a full list of what I'm watching this season, but one show is Revenge. And I ADORE it to itty itty bitty bits. (And WHERE do I know the lead from? She's SO familiar! And yes, I could look it up in imDb, but that would be logical)

The cast is great. The writing top notch with the villains and the heroes all as more complicated people than just tropes. And if you're not watching it yet, YOU SHOULD!

But something I just realized when I rewatched the latest episode this weekend. There's a moment in the opening scene that focuses on a bookcase, and I noticed the "Count of Monte Cristo" there. I thought it was a strange book to see in an office bookcase and then I realized...

You silly, Revenge is totally the plot of the Count of Monte Cristo!

Please tell me I'm not the only one who just realized that.

Okay, so I had looked at things and decided that for my birthday, I would take the plunge and get an e-reader.

I'd even decided on a nook (although I still waver between classic and color). And I got bn gift cards as rewards things that I can use and am all set to purchase it.

And then amazon goes and announces the new kindle family including a baby-i-pad kinda thing and cheaper prices and...

So now what do I do? The things that impressed me about the nook were library loans (which I know the new kindle will use) and the droid platform, which I love.

Any advice anyone?

I don't know when Who went from being a mildly entertaining show I'd catch if I was in the mood/it was on to must see tv and if it's not on demand right after it airs I keep obsessively rechecking it until it's there, but that's what happened. (And I still say Ten not Eleven's my favorite Doctor, but...I dunno.)

Anyway, ( Last Night's Episode (includes conjecture but not spoilers for finale) )

Okay, so I've played in the icon meme again (crossposted to dw and lj).

If you want to play,

1. Reply to this post with "excalibur", and I will pick five of your icons.

2. Make a post (including the meme info) and talk about the icons I chose.

3. Other people can then comment to you and make their own posts.

4. This will create a never-ending cycle of icon glee.

I really wonder that my friends picked a lot of the same icons.

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For those asking, I'm fine. No damage from the earthquake, but it was pretty disconcerting and our work did evacuate. So strange for it to happen here on the East Coast.

Now I have to worry about Irene since they don't know when or where she'll strike yet. No trouble from you lady, I'm going on vacation!

Grabbed from mahoni. If you know the weeping angels from Doctor Who, you'll love it. If you don't, well, it's still pretty hilarious.




I also had a question (Spoilers for "A Good Man Goes to War")
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Hey all. Drive by posting to rec an awesome classic team story:

Civil Union by stringertheory. A classic trope that's just done with such wit and fun, I got all nostalgic about our team. It's not too long, just a lovely little fic.

I've seen a few flashmob vids, but this one...pretty impressive:



P.S. Hope my Canadian and American friends are enjoying their nations' respective birthdays!

Is anyone around that can talk me through how to do a slide animation on powerpoint? I have a numbered list that I want each number to come up as I want to talk about it, but I can't get it to work right.

EDIT: Thanks to selmak and eve11's guidance, I think I've got it working! Whoo hoo! My flist is the bestest!

So, apparently the Gatefic Awards are going on again? If I had known, I would've made a point to nominate some of the awesome fic I've seen out there.

However, I'm happy to see some of my flist have (rightly) gotten nominated, so congratulations to all the nominees! Good luck!

FINALLY ondemand put up "A Good Man Goes to War" (It's sad I kept checking the queue twice a day.)

So, to quote another Doctor, what? What? WHAT?!?!?!?

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Also, I *really* need to make Who icons. I want one with the Doctor and Rory by the Tardis saying Amy's boys, but I can't pull the right screencap to get it. And one or two more.

BTW, see? I am still around. Just usually lurking.

I haven't been on the interwebz for days and have only barely skimmed the flist (poke me if I missed something!)

But for my Stargate Universe flist friends, and heck for my Stargate in general flist friends (which considering this journal's theme should be ALL OF YOU!)

You should enjoy this as the last Stargate franchise episode airs*:

http://www.reallifecomics.com/archive/110509.html

I know I haven't been around much of late. Work and life and family funerals and work again have just had me going non-stop.

But I have been lurking from time to time. And I've seen some lovely fic, especially in the last few days! Here's a list of a few cute stories I've run across:

Bad Birthdays by thothmes is a great group of ficlets, each one wonderful of a not so great birthday for various Stargate characters. My personal favorites are Teal'c's, Sara's and Shau'ri's, but there's something in there for every taste. (make sure to read BOTH parts).

Two People Talking by sallymn, is a fantastic little crossover with Jack O'Neill and Orac of Blake's 7. I know *nothing* about Blake's 7 except that a few of my flist think it's the greatest thing since sliced bread. However, from the Jack perspective, completely awesome!

Sound by cyren_2132. This is a wonderful Jonas vignette exploring some of his own aftereffects post-Meridian. Characterization is great.

New Years Eve Janet and Daniel spent together by . Daniel/Janet in one but the other could read as ship or gen (with some teamy goodness!). Plus JANET!!!! (Also, there's other fics that spun off from them that are older and I never knew about before. So AWESOME BONUS FIC! *be sure to read the grilled cheese incident*

See, I've been doing SOMETHING in my spare time! ;-)