Oh, yay! This is my first Christmas in the fandom! I'm looking forward to both reading and writing for this event!
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dreamingoctober
E-mail: brandie [dot] minchew [at] gmail [dot] com
Things I'd like: John & Rodney are my favorite pairing. Rodney is my favorite character. I love day-in-the-life stories, little moments, slice-of-life, day-off, team bonding, stuff like that. Team stories. Introspective, character-focused stories. Stories with unusual formatting. I also like stories that take an unexpected angle or focus to a situation or character. AU is fine, too! Episode tags, especially if they cover episodes that have very few tags. Mathy, science-driven plots with Rodney and/or Sam. Anything from the "what I can do" list below. If there is romance, I like it bittersweet with a twist of angst, but happy, sweet romance is OK, too. Just... not too sugary - I like it to be real and in-character.
Things I wouldn't like: Nothing too dark; no horrible endings. Anything above R-rated. McKeller. Animal transformations. Character deaths. Stories that use the plot of a movie, novel, or play and just replace the original characters with SGA characters. Kid!fic. I didn't realize zombies, werewolves, or vampires were a possibility until I read other people's "do not want" lists - now they're on mine. OOC. Mpreg. Crack!fic. Anything that could be labeled "fetish". Squick. Genderswap. Fairytales.
What I can do: Any characters, though my strongest are John, Rodney, Elizabeth, & Sam. (I really, really love writing McShep - pre-relationship, relationship beginnings, h/c, intense moments, etc.; kissing, PG-13 level of intimacy.) Stories with plot. For stories with pairings, I feel very confident in capturing subtle moments or the flash!bang moment of realization between two (or three) characters - up to PG-13 bordering on R rating; implied, subtle slash or het; any pairing; fade-to-black before the actual sex. Any romance-ish writing will be realistic and in-character; love isn't easy for anyone, and that goes for everyone in SGA! Gen stories. Team. Adventure/battle stories are fun! Introspection and character studies. "Little moments" - peaceful times, days-off, slice-of-life, downtime, rec time, shore leave. I'd love to try an AU. Anything from the "I would like" list above, I can write.
What I can't do: I am horrible at writing sex scenes. Like,
John Updike bad. Seriously. You do not want any sex scenes written by me - fades-to-black are absolute necessities for me. (However, I'm great at the romantic and subtle - see above.) I also cannot write kid!fic, deaths of main characters, anything from the "do not want" list above (except for McKeller - I can write McKeller - I just don't want to read it.) Crossovers, except SG-1.
Pinch hitter?: Sure!