ADMIN: August Access

[angelsgracie.livejournal.com]

First off, sorry for the delay in switching over rec'cers. I fell last week and ended up with a concussion and a pretty bad neck strain. I've just found my way back to feeling normal. So I'll get the rec'cers up tonight. (sg_fignewton, I received your email but my hotmail account wouldn't let me open it. Not sure what's up with that. But thanks for the email. Seeing it jogged my memory.)

I guess there is no second. *g* Only the first. We'll have the new rec'cers up tonight and kellifer_fic will get everything switched over shortly thereafter.

I'll take the Frakking Wraith Any Day by liketheriverrun (T by author, PG13 by reccer)

[duonoaikouka.livejournal.com]

Show: SGA
Rec Category: Crossover
Characters: John Sheppard, Rodney McKay
Pairing: none
Het/Slash/Gen: gen
Warning: disturbing images like a Six-ified Todd
Author on LJ: liketheriverrun 
Author's Website: Masterlist of Fic on LJ, Fanfic.net
Link: I'll Take the Frakking Wraith Any Day

Why this must be read:

Xover with Battlestar Galactica

This is a crack-filled trip through hilarity and side-pain inducing laughter. John and Rodney find themselves in ships filled with, in John's terms, nutjobs. And the laughter only starts from there. From algae balls for meal main courses to enough alcohol to stock a Vegas bar to Battlestar Prophylactica to a Six-ified Todd, liketheriverrun's gives us a memorable crossover that will leave you out of breath from the laughter.

Story Summary: "These people are fucking nuts," Sheppard hissed.

 

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ADMIN: August Rec'cers

[angelsgracie.livejournal.com]

Here we go. Our August Rec'cers. Again sorry for the delay.


Character

sg_fignewton-- Daniel Jackson

Friendship

sg_fignewton-- Jack O'Neill and Samantha Carter
schneefink-- Ronon Dex and Teyla Emmagen

Genre

duonoaikouka-- Five Things
ashke-- Threesome (Slash)
duonoaikouka-- Crossover
babs_sg1-- Alternate Universe

Pairing

danceswithgary-- John Sheppard/Teyla Emmagen

ADMIN: REC CATEGORIES

[angelsgracie.livejournal.com]

So I admit that I've been somewhat out of it for a while and [Bad username or site: @ livejournal.com] has been doing the rec'cers posts. But with my concussion and the LJ headaches of the last week, I decided to give [Bad username or site: @ livejournal.com] the month off completely and do the categories and rec'cers on my own. In doing so, I went through all the posts and found that... wow... we have some TRULY NEGLECTED categories.

That set me to thinking. I realize that both SG-1 and Atlantis are over and that SGU didn't make it beyond what... one or two seasons? I just find it hard to believe, though, that even with the demise of the shows that fanfic writers are no longer writing. I'd be even more astounded to learn that there was no more GOOD FIC in some of these categories.

This leaves me to wonder then... why so few rec'cers each month... why have some of these categories been dormant since 2009? A few of them are categories that the community as a whole wanted set up... and those are some of the ones that haven't had a rec'cer in two years or more.

The question becomes, then, what do we do with these categories? How do we get more people to volunteer to rec? How do we get people involved in general? I've faced this situation before. Years ago, when I took over this community, it was all but dead. I think there was one month when there was only one or two rec'cers, and one of them was myself. So yeah, I know that life gets hectic. I know that people have other commitments and sometimes even posting four recs seems daunting.

But the harsh reality is that with no new episodes coming out, breathing new life into the fandom is difficult on a good day. Breathing new life into the comm is even more difficult. So [Bad username or site: @ livejournal.com] and I are going to put our heads together and talk a few things out. We're going to try to come up with something, and I've no doubt that that 'something' is going to involve YOU. So what I'm going to put out there now are two things: (1) A list of each category and the last month we had a volunteer to rec it and (2) A request to everyone who reads this to think about a) if you'd like to become more involved and b) how much? Because it's going to take a good deal of us to keep this comm going. I am so very proud of this comm and what it has accomplished. I'd just like to see it continue to grow and flourish, even with the shows no longer in production.

Character

Teyla Emmagen-- December 2010
Elizabeth Weir-- November 2010
John Sheppard-- July 2011
Rodney McKay-- April 2011
Cameron Mitchell-- December 2010
Ronon Dex-- June 2011
Character: Other-- August 2011
Janet Fraiser-- October 2009
Teal'c-- March 2011
Samantha Carter-- January 2011
Daniel Jackson-- August 2011
Jack O'Neill-- July 2011
Evan Lorne-- June 2011

Friendship

Jack O'Neill and Samantha Carter-- August 2011
Jack O'Neill and Daniel Jackson-- May 2011
Friendship: Other-- August 2011
John Sheppard and Rodney McKay-- June 2010
Daniel Jackson and Samantha Carter-- June 2010

Genre

Genre: Other-- August 2011
Humor-- May 2011
Slash-- August 2011
Het-- September 2009
Gen-- April 2011
Drama-- April 2011
Crossover-- August 2011
Alternate Universe-- August 2011
Original Character-- January 2010
Hurt/Comfort-- February 2010
Femslash-- March 2009
Team-- May 2011
Episode Related-- July 2011
SGU-- July 2011

Pairing

John Sheppard/Teyla Emmagen-- July 2009
John Sheppard/Rodney McKay-- August 2011
John Sheppard/Elizabeth Weir-- July 2010
Cameron Mitchell/Daniel Jackson-- December 2010
Threesome-- March 2010
Het: Other-- July 2011
Slash: Other-- July 2011
Janet Fraiser/Samantha Carter-- February 2010
Daniel Jackson/Jack O'Neill-- July 2011
Jack O'Neill/Samantha Carter-- October 2010
Daniel Jackson/Samantha Carter-- January 2011
Rodney McKay/Samantha Carter-- November 2009 (This category has only had 1 rec'cer EVER!)

Take a look over these categories and see what I see? Some of them have been without a rec'cer for quite some time, and I'm sure good fic is out there for them.

(I'm leaving this open for comments but please DO NOT use this post to volunteer to rec a category. Thanks!