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Things I'd like: I'd love something John-centric set after EatG. I also have a huge weakness for first times and new discoveries. When it comes to shipping I'm open to most John pairings, but this year I have a real hankering for John/Vala. If that's too difficult, pairing him up with Ronon and/or Teyla is always a safe bet with me. I should also mention that while I adore John (and how!), I'd prefer it if there wasn't a one-sided focus on his feelings and needs. He should have something to offer his partner too. The same obviously goes for friendship stories.

I'd also enjoy gen about John reconnecting with Dave Sheppard, or some John/Nancy backstory. Or John/Holland! That would be cool too. Basically, if it's canon-compliant Sheppard backstory, I'm interested (extrapolating from what we know from canon is fantastic, making shit up because you prefer your own personal canon is not). I like angst as long as there's a reasonable happy (or at least hopeful) ending.

I also wouldn't mind seeing the theme of John Sheppard and fatherhood explored, but I have an extremely low tolerance for cutesy kidfic, so if this is something you feel like writing, tread carefully. As much as I love stories where he's a father, I'd rather read a wistful piece where John enjoys spending time with his friends' children even as he's resigned to never being a parent himself or when it's not an issue at all rather than one where he has an adorable and precocious child who's a math genius and speaks with a lisp. Just saying.

Things I wouldn't like: Carson, Elizabeth or Rodney as major characters, Rodney and Carson background pairings (the same goes for Lorne/Parrish, Lorne/Zelenka and Markham/Stackhouse), character bashing, whump for the sake of whump, weepiness, unhappy endings, slacker/surfer dude John, caveman!Ronon, yenta!Teyla, porn for the sake of porn, crack (but since this is Stargate we're talking about, there's admittedly a lot of leeway here), humiliation, AU scenarios (unless we're talking canon AUs, like the Vegas or Mensa verse), people acting like idiots for the sake of cheap angst (that means no breakups caused by stupid misunderstandings or someone being asked out as a dare and then finding out or anything else like that).

What I can do: Gen, het, slash, femslash (although I'm not sure I could do explicit femslash), fluff, angst, humor, kink, crack, AUs, tropes (I'm *awesome* with tropes) crossovers (when I know the source) - I'm pretty versatile. I've had most practice writing John, Ronon, Teyla, Jennifer, and Cameron Mitchell, but I'm definitely willing to try my hands at something different.

What I can't do: Anything Rodney, Carson, Elizabeth or Radek centric - I don't think I could do them justice. I've never written action/adventure stuff or whump so I'd probably not do well with that either. SG1 crossovers involving the original SG1 would be tricky since I've only watched a handful of episodes pre-season 9.

Pinch hitter?: I don't know.