Because things are getting a bit hard to find, here's a master list of most of my fic. Some of the older stuff is not here because, well, it's a bit sketchy quality-wise.

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I don't suppose anyone has recommendations for a good, relatively cheap web host? It'd be for a fairly small site with a wiki and maybe a forum, as well as various regular html/php pages and some images. Nothing too fancy is really needed. I see a lot of hosting companies out there, but I'm not sure which ones are any good.

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Upon reading a post in Fanficrants about cops in crossover fics instantly believing Sam & Dean Winchester about how they're not actually horrible serial killers and there's a monster killing people, I immediately got this image in my head:

Parker: Sir, I really need you to put the gun down.
Dean: You don't understand, he's a vampire!
Parker: What makes you so sure he's a vampire, sir?
Dean: I think the fangs give it away!
Parker: I'll admit, that is rather convincing, but around here we don't just shoot people because they're vampires.
Dean: You have got to be kidding me.
*enter Jules and Sam, rappelling down with tasers*

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Google+ powers ACTIVATE. (Many thanks to staranise for the invite.) I'm a bit uneasy about linking it to my fandom email, but I think that's hidden, so it should be all good. If anything, the fact that Google appears convinced that I'm either a marine or an airman should help distract its evil data-nomming ways.

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You know, if the Stargate franchise had to go, I really can't think of a better way to end it that the SGU finale. It had a great plot, a wonderful mix of action and character moments for everyone, even minor characters, and the last scenes were really beautiful and poignant. Seriously, y'all, my eyes were watering. I don't think they knew the show was canceled when it was made and I think that's for the best, because they didn't try any over-the-top shenanigans like they did for the other two series. It's head and shoulders above the nonsense that was "Enemy at the Gates" and in my opinion surpasses "Unending" as well. The first half of season 1 was mediocre, but once they got a grip on the characters and toned down the dickishness the show started to shine, particularly in later S2. I'd recommend checking out the last four episodes, but I'm not sure they'd have the same impact if you didn't watch the characters grow to the point they're at now. I may have to create a list or something - there's no denying there's a few real stinkers ('Cloverdale') but that's nothing that other shows didn't have.

(One other point that I thought about while watching - the producers are still giant dicks, but I'm honestly not sure how much influence they had this season, because a lot of the problems SG has always had with women and minorities were mostly absent. It's consistently been passing Bechdel and the women have been far more integral to the plot they usually were on SGA, Teyla excepted.)

Anyway, I'm slowly getting back in a fic-writing mood, and I think I may try my hand at 'SGU: Lorne edition'. (Don't judge me!) Also, having a deadline for kink bingo is definitely motivating me to finish something up for that.

In completely unrelated news, I could watch Tyrion Lannister walk around insulting people all day. I may have to write a SG/Game of Thrones crossover. Probably crackfic, given that their styles and genres are utterly incompatible, but still.

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It's been a while since I've posted anything and I decided that I should come up with something to prove to everyone but Quin that I'm still alive. Part of my writing block seems to be that I'm just not into Stargate as I used to be, and that I need to write something else to get some forward momentum. That lead to some thinkies about what I want to write. So, here's my thoughts on some current fandoms. Strangely enough, almost all of them are cop shows. It's a bit odd because I usually only go for Sci-Fi, but right now there's just not all that much on and there seems to be an oddly large amount of these going around.

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Since the end is apparently nigh, I've decided that I'll post a few thoughts about Stargate Universe. I'm honestly disappointed that it's been canceled. For all that the producers are colossal jerks, it wasn't a bad show. Not great, mind you, but most of the episodes were reasonably good and there were a couple of outstanding ones. (And some real stinkers, but, well, need I remind anyone of 'Space Race'?) It was getting steadily better in my opinion, but with the slipping ratings it's not surprising that the Syphillis channel canceled it. Putting it up against NCIS may not have been the brightest ideas.

A few general points:
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Title: There and Back Again
Author: slybrarian
Pairings: Gen
Rating: PG
Words: 600
Series: Strange Aeon (AU)
Notes: Trying to get back into writing. 4 drabbles and a double-drabble.

Summary: Being John Sheppard's exciting trip to investigate the Ancient Death Star Satellite.

( Communing with her people my ass. )

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So, it has occurred to me that I have not posted in roughly forever (give or take a month). I have decided to fix that problem and give an update on various projects. I haven't been writing very much lately because between my mom's illness and trying to find a job I haven't had a lot of energy. Unfortunately, what I have been trying to write hasn't helped much.

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Minions, kree! Does anyone have recommendations for good tutorials on icon making and photo manipulation? I'm using GIMP, but I'm pretty sure the same principles will apply no matter the program. I'm particularly interested the fine art of sticking heads onto bodies without them looking absurd.

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