I would like to thank Texas mold and my new allergy medication for a really strange night of almost sleep, almost awake, and a dim crossover hallucination of Star Wars by way of Stargate Atlantis. In a way that I will never discuss except to say, no. Ronon is not the equivalent of a wookie. I mean, he *could be*? But not like that. Dear God, not like that.

But. Moving on.

I write *different* in zohowriter. It's all--*waves hands*--different.

So trying something--er, else--with Strangerverse. John POV, set after What You Can't Leave Behind, fairly short--I don't know. To me, it feels different, but I can't quite quantify how. Like I'm a half-inch off my normal writing self.

Right. Crazy talk. I'm cool with that. See? So not freaking out that half of it was written in Verdana ten point font and the rest with the *memory* of which parts were written in Verdana ten point font. God. No words.

Anyway, Strangerverse #7, all earlier parts up on my site now here or under the tag here.

( how to let go )

The New Order Sucks, Or, Five Reasons Why Rodney's Not Moving On Very Fast
by jenn (jenn@thegateway.net)
Codes: McKay, McKay/Sheppard, Carter, O'Neill, AU, pre-Atlantis
Rating: NC-17
Spoilers: none specific, Rising if you squint and check through a quantum mirror
Summary: Five semi-related scenes from a life. This is what Rodney left behind.
Author Notes: Lethal schmoop. I'm so serious here. *Melodramatic* schmoop at that, since it's been a while and well, I can. This is like me on a string of romance novels and LKBVs. And sugar. And caffeine. And *chocolate*.

It could be considered the prequel to The Stranger's Always You and succeeding snippets. And by considered to be, I mean, it really is. Tag for Strangerverse is here.

Thanks to svmadelyn and celli for going over this and nodding appropriately when I explained my inner melodramatist had taken control, offering suggestions and making corrections and adding lines. rageprufrock for one section she double checked for me, since I was worried.

Special thanks to aurora_84 and catmoran for the specific request that started--well, a hell of a lot shorter than this. I'll try the others soon. I just didn't see this one--well, growing.

( the new order sucks )

Okay, I was answering feedback and then I--well, I wrote this.

Basically, at this point, I'm screwing around here just because it's fun. For background The Stranger's Always You, Lessons and Second Watch.

I'm going for least imaginative titles in history, as well as most pointless plotlines ever. All bow before new levels of just plain strange.

( corner )

So, I'm on my third week of serious writer's block--if you can't tell from the fact I'm writing in barely one page *snippets* and doing DVD commentaries like they're an endangered species.

So what the hell. This is the first actual independent inspiration I've had. This is not a series. Just a scene.

*sighs* For reference, or this probably won't make sense, The Stranger's Always You. This is set a couple of weeks after.

For fun, we'll call it Lessons. I'd kind of laugh at myself that I said I had no interest in really pursing this universe, because apparently, I had this left to take for a spin.

( lessons )