SGA Saturday

In celebration of the community being around for 500 weeks, we're gonna lean into it.  This means that for the next four weeks, we're going to ask you to think about the prompts "century" and/or "theory" and get a story written about one or both of the prompts, some artwork created, or a podfic with data that qualifies.  

Century can be just about anything - literal or figurative.  Like maybe an SGA team goes to a planet that Athosians have said they have not been to in over a century.  Or maybe it's Rodney McKay coming up with a theoretical Ancient-influenced device that the SGA says will not be released for a hundred years.  Or maybe it's just someone waiting for a radio callback, and it feels like it's been 100 years since the team has checked in.

Then we have theory - and you know who has opinions about theory?  McKay, Katie Brown, David Parrish, Zelenka, and the rest of the scientific community on Atlantis.  Hell, maybe it's a rumor about some of the Marines that one of the scientists turns into a theory - that they need to prove themselves.

Whatever the case may be - If it's about "century" and/or "theory", you've got four weeks to get it created and posted to the community.

And....GO!

Yes, I'm a day later than normal. But in my defense, I'm a bit tired, have an ear infection, and am possibly hosting a hangover. Or at least I think that's why my brain feels funny. Anyway, thank you to our three amazing authors for providing us with these fills!

brumeier  gave us  Bottled Poetry
goddess47  gave us Planning for the Winter Solstice Celebration
melagan  gave us Hold Onto Your Horses

If you are still working on something for "horse" and/or "wine", you've got until tonight to get it posted here to the collection. Otherwise, it'll have to wait for amnesty at the end of the year. Meanwhile, a new prompt is coming soon!

We've had some really amazing fics for the last few weeks for "spring" and/or "loss", and if you haven't read them, you should. Even if they make you cry (I'm looking at you, brumeier! ::grin::)  And thank you to melagan for also making me cry but in a good way 'cause it was for Claire. 

brumeier  has brought us The Inevitability of Spring
goddess47  has brought us To the Last Drop
melagan  has brought us A Spring in His Step
wideeyedloner  brought us chance has shut her shining eyes
wonkyelk  has brought us the loss equation

If you're working on a fic for these prompts, you have until Sunday evening to get it posted - or to let me know it's coming. Otherwise it'll have to wait for amnesty.

New prompt coming up!

Title: At Noon in the Mess
Fandom:  Stargate Atlantis
Relationships/Characters: Markham/Stackhouse, Lorne/Parrish, Sheppard/McKay, Laura Cadman
Notes: Written for the prompt "limit". Set in my "Markham and Stackhouse Try To Get Everyone On Atlantis Laid" universe of ridiculousness. My apologies.
Warnings: PG for language (the B word)
Summary: It's noon in the Mess, and Lorne is having to share his lunch with Parrish - which was good.  It's just that Cadman, Markham, and Stackhouse decided to come along for the ride.

Found over here on AO3

Oh yes, squidgiepdx is a bit melancholy today, and it's bled into these prompts!

For those of you that have been around the community a while, you'll know that we just passed clwilson2006's birthday recently - and that's always a somber day, at least for me. For those of you that didn't know Claire, she was the biggest cheerleader, but also enabler in all things Lorne/Parrish. She even got me to write them, and I've not been the same since.

So for this coming four week period, we're going to celebrate everything "spring" - from a spring in your step to the season that restarts life all around us - and make a nod to "loss". When you think about it, these two prompts are truly entwined; you cannot enjoy the fruits of Spring without acknowledging the loss of winter and the chilly nights that come with it.

You can interpret either of these prompts as you wish, with Rodney having a spring in his step to Radek having to requisition a new bed because his amorous activities caused a spring in his mattress to break. You can run away with loss - like how John felt when Rodney lost his memories to honoring those lost to the Wraith. However you choose to do it - write it down, spread some digital paint on the canvas, or even give us some meta about episodes like "Childhood's End" or "The Shrine." The options are limitless!

So now that we got some blood pumping with our last prompt, how about continguing it - the blood pumping part, at least - with two new prompts!  Sure, limit is a great prompt by itself.  Like when Rodney created his own higher math - his brain had no limit that he couldn't push through.  Or maybe it's hard times and they're rationing coffee on Atlantis, but John limits his caffeine intake and gives his shares to Rodney.  Or Elizabeth limits the amount of off-world trips the colony can take due to a contageous outbreak of something.  But medic?  See, that prompt brings us a little danger.  Like Lorne learning to be not only a leader in the field, but a medic as well, and he ends up saving Cadman's life.  Or John is waiting for Ronon to come back from a trip to Sateda and is down the stairs before he knows it because Ronon's on a stretcher being carried by a couple of medics.

Whatever you can think of, if it's got to do with either limits or medics, now's the time to fill that prompt and let your work shine!