I... Wow, I have no idea what to say right now. Because, the thing is, it's not really that you didn't drum up participation. It's more that, you know, femslash participation in the Gateverse is at an all-time low, and has been for, oh, at least a year now, despite the best efforts of me and a few other people. (Femslash being at an all-time low is appalling, really, given how little of it there was to start with.)
Elizabeth Weir is off the show, either dead, a prisoner of war, or hauling around the galaxy on an Ancient battleship, depending on what version of canon you choose to believe. Kate Heightmeyer is dead, and in a lovely, victimy sort of way. Katie Brown is...someplace. Miko Kusanagi has been hiding in the Astrophysics labs since Letters From Pegasus, and I'm convinced she's sharing Simpson's bottle of vodka and commiserating with her.
Laura Cadman is back on Earth, bitching that she can't blow shit up as easily, and probably commiserating with Jeannie Miller and Sam Carter over that fact. (They use C-4 as poker chips, of course.) Teyla's mostly stuck in the background, relegated to Earth Athos Mother status, and Jennifer Keller's in the infirmary, doing her thing, and getting advice from Marie and Biro.
Obviously we're never going to see Teer, Chaya, or Mara again, and Norina from Inferno died painfully, as did Perna and Helia. We can presume that Sora's on Genia somewhere, at least, right?
There isn't much in the way of women on the show that have any sort of continuity to them. I hear we get ourselves an all-girl team this season. (This is me being horribly bitter: Yay. That's what we need! More women who will show up, have potential that never gets realized outside of fanfic, and then die painfully or get shuffled off to Earth, never to be seen again!)
Most of us that write femslash in SGA are either writing other pairings now, or actively on the hunt for a new fandom. There's barely any canon support for femslash left. :(
I love the idea of [Bad username or site: @ livejournal.com], but I didn't find out about it until I was in the midst of my summer crazy time. I had [Bad username or site: @ livejournal.com] to crank out with my co-writer, my dad was having his Annual Health Crisis, and I had three performances in two weeks, complete with tons of extra rehearsals, and brand new costumes to crank out for a seven person troupe (that went down to six people abruptly and mid choreography). Which explains why I haven't participated.
Also, er, any time I've had free time, it's managed to hit during one of the McShep weeks, and, frankly, that pairing isn't one of my favorites. (Er, wait, why am I feeling a need to be apologetic about that? No one gets apologetic about not being into my pairings.)
Anyway, if you're looking to drum up femslash discussion, try posting a link at [Bad username or site: @ livejournal.com]. We're pretty good with most things that go up that are related to femslash. (We got seven people signed up for the last mini-ficathon! For femslash, that's pretty good numbers.) Heck, post links to older discussions - are those still open? You might want to mention that (even on the comm), because I don't know if I can go back and comment on older stuff.
I'm sure you know about the noticeboard, and I know I've seen links on the newsletter. Get your friends to pimp it out on their journals, maybe, when you put up discussion posts?
Heck, if the stories for discussion fit the categories that are considered "rare" in SGA (not Elizabeth/John, John/Teyla, or John/Rodney), you're welcome to pimp them at [Bad username or site: @ livejournal.com] too. (I'm the chief mod. I can totally give permission.)
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Date: 2008-09-05 03:10 am (UTC)Elizabeth Weir is off the show, either dead, a prisoner of war, or hauling around the galaxy on an Ancient battleship, depending on what version of canon you choose to believe. Kate Heightmeyer is dead, and in a lovely, victimy sort of way. Katie Brown is...someplace. Miko Kusanagi has been hiding in the Astrophysics labs since Letters From Pegasus, and I'm convinced she's sharing Simpson's bottle of vodka and commiserating with her.
Laura Cadman is back on Earth, bitching that she can't blow shit up as easily, and probably commiserating with Jeannie Miller and Sam Carter over that fact. (They use C-4 as poker chips, of course.) Teyla's mostly stuck in the background, relegated to
EarthAthos Mother status, and Jennifer Keller's in the infirmary, doing her thing, and getting advice from Marie and Biro.Obviously we're never going to see Teer, Chaya, or Mara again, and Norina from Inferno died painfully, as did Perna and Helia. We can presume that Sora's on Genia somewhere, at least, right?
There isn't much in the way of women on the show that have any sort of continuity to them. I hear we get ourselves an all-girl team this season. (This is me being horribly bitter: Yay. That's what we need! More women who will show up, have potential that never gets realized outside of fanfic, and then die painfully or get shuffled off to Earth, never to be seen again!)
Most of us that write femslash in SGA are either writing other pairings now, or actively on the hunt for a new fandom. There's barely any canon support for femslash left. :(
I love the idea of [Bad username or site: @ livejournal.com], but I didn't find out about it until I was in the midst of my summer crazy time. I had [Bad username or site: @ livejournal.com] to crank out with my co-writer, my dad was having his Annual Health Crisis, and I had three performances in two weeks, complete with tons of extra rehearsals, and brand new costumes to crank out for a seven person troupe (that went down to six people abruptly and mid choreography). Which explains why I haven't participated.
Also, er, any time I've had free time, it's managed to hit during one of the McShep weeks, and, frankly, that pairing isn't one of my favorites. (Er, wait, why am I feeling a need to be apologetic about that? No one gets apologetic about not being into my pairings.)
Anyway, if you're looking to drum up femslash discussion, try posting a link at [Bad username or site: @ livejournal.com]. We're pretty good with most things that go up that are related to femslash. (We got seven people signed up for the last mini-ficathon! For femslash, that's pretty good numbers.) Heck, post links to older discussions - are those still open? You might want to mention that (even on the comm), because I don't know if I can go back and comment on older stuff.
I'm sure you know about the noticeboard, and I know I've seen links on the newsletter. Get your friends to pimp it out on their journals, maybe, when you put up discussion posts?
Heck, if the stories for discussion fit the categories that are considered "rare" in SGA (not Elizabeth/John, John/Teyla, or John/Rodney), you're welcome to pimp them at [Bad username or site: @ livejournal.com] too. (I'm the chief mod. I can totally give permission.)