The Unforgotten Country

Alas, poor Yorick! I knew him, Horatio, a fellow of infinite jest, of most excellent fancy.

Stargate Atlantis to end after Season 5 (but will continue on in direct-to-DVD movies)

Brought to you by Joss Whedon and apparently lots of bored friends during the Writer's Strike. Huzzah! ^_^

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http://www.drhorrible.com <- linky thingy, sans banner

So I'm sitting here playing around with ideas for the current sga_flashfic challenge and I'm running into a problem. Every idea I come up with is basically untenable for any of the main SGA characters to be dealing with canonically.

For instance: There is no logical reason I can think of why GT1 (or even Lorne's GT2) would be babysitting geologists on an lifeless planet with no hint of prior civilization. GT1 is really only meant to handle things requiring a) Rodney, b) Teyla, or c) solving problems requiring a liberal application of John or Ronon. Both GT1 and GT2 have heads of the military in them and thus really would only go out on missions requiring those folks. Otherwise Atlantis runs the risk of having a major attack or disaster happen when the people in charge are all offplanet. (And yes, I know, I'm applying external logic to a show with sometimes shaky internal logic-- so sue me. ^_~)

So I have Imaginary Gate Team 5 (bless their little hearts) and a growing cast of scientific, military, and Pegasus native OCs roaming about in the draft fics taking care of all the odd little side missions that don't have enough clout to warrant anyone important (or that require skillsets the main canon characters just don't have).

They are still stories that I want to write, but I'm no longer sure anyone in fandom really wants to read them.

There was a post by friendshipper linked from metafandom yesterday that dealt with the topic of OCs (Friendshipper's Guide to Writing Compelling Original Characters in Fanfic) and how to best use them in fanfic. While I understand it's a YMMV (your mileage may very) discussion, I still was rather taken aback by the idea (supported by many in the comments) that OCs in fandom are expected to play only supporting roles.

Now don't get me wrong, I love Teyla and Ronon and John and Rodney and Elizabeth and everyone else in then ensemble. I love reading about them, I love writing about them... but I also love fics set in the Stargate 'verse that are only tangently related to the canon cast. The thing I love best about Stargate is the endless possibilities the universe offers. There are a hundred million stories out there just waiting to be told and a billion more variations on ways to tell them.

And don't even get me started on the fact that infinite parallel universes are actually canon! *grin*

Anywho, fangirling aside, I'm not quite sure where GT5 fits anymore.
While I've gotten some good feedback about GT5's many adventures, I am now worried that posting their stories to the various SGA comms is unwelcome by a majority of the folks reading them.

It's not like I don't point out that they are Imaginary Gate Team 5 fics, but I wonder now how many readers are interested in the overall world and how many are just interested in the canon characters. The last thing I want to do is annoy people (for lo, I am a wuss) so I think I might stop posting them to the comms, and just save GT5 and Co. for this LJ and for Wraithbait.

So, um, yeah...

What say you, oh wolves?

And yes, I didn't download and watch it before, I wanted to see it on TV, so sue me. ^_~ *she says as she lags behind the rest of fandom by months*

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