Thank you fic: Gone Fishin' (SGA; Gen)

Written for the wonderful newkidfan and hosted over at the comm in her honour \o/ If you've ever glanced at artword, you'll know it's an awesome comm generally, but the last challenge in particular took modding to new levels, and she managed it with grace, humour and style. For me in particular, she was patient and helpful and humoured me when I panicked, which was hugely appreciated. So this is just a small thank you to her for all of that.

In my head, this story forms a loose trilogy with First Contact and Finding Their Way, about the early days of the Atlantis expedition.


Title: Gone Fishin'
Author: jadesfire2808
Words: ~2,230
Rating: PG
Characters: John, Rodney
Spoilers: Set directly after "Thirty-Eight Minutes", spoilers for "The Game"

Notes: With thanks to greyias for encouragement and miss_zedem for working her beta-magic as usual.

Summary: The visit came sooner than Rodney expected.

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Do I owe anyone fic at the moment? I have a vague feeling that I do but I can't figure out who, what, when or why. There's a Happyfest over at miss_zedem's that I'd encourage everyone to contribute to and I might drop into later. On my list at the moment is knitting-fic, puppy-fic (although that one's trying to turn itself into original fic *is scared*), LFWS Round 3, my Yuletide fic and my sga_santa fic (and damn I need to keep better track of my plot bunnies because I *know* I had one I wanted to use). Anything else? I'm bound to have missed something... Maybe it was a beta *goes to check email*

ETA: I'd forgotten my long-term projects - the top-sekkrit thingy (yup, bironic, I'm still going on it...), the Torchwood-Rio fic and the SGA AU that's mouldering in an email attachment somewhere. I think *that* was the one that might make my secret santa *ponders*

Sometimes I think fic is like the teaspoons when you're doing the washing up. No matter how done you think you are, there's always one left in the bottom of the sink.

*pokes through foam* Anything else while I'm here?

PSA on Trolling - FANDOM POST!

I wouldn't normally do this, but I know my flist spans multiple fandoms and this one's running away with itself.

This post at stop_plagiarism has the full details but here's the short version:

If you see posts on any of your comms accusing someone called Spiletta or Spiletta42 of plagiarism, it is a troll.

The whole thing is terribly out of hand, and extremely vicious (posting of RL details has gone on as well) and mods are stamping on it as quickly as they can. BUT they have to know about it. Please direct them to the stop_plagiarism post for full details, and if the IP address of the poster can be noted, that would be useful too in tracking the troll for reporting to LJ Abuse.

The person responsible is using the usernames claireandelle1, furqueen[96] (not sure about the numbers) and kittyxpete.

So far, Stargate, Buffy, B5, Torchwood and Doctor Who comms have been hit. The mods at stop_plagiarism are trying to track everything down so that LJ Abuse can be informed, but the more information, the better.

Also, if you're a mod, check your comm! Most of mine are on moderated status anyway, but if you're not, please keep a close eye on it. What with the shoebox project getting hacked (DO NOT GO TO THE SITE THIS MEANS YOU*), and copperbadge and others getting attacked recently, it feels like fandom's adopted a siege mentality. Writers who have a higher profile than me (I'm looking at some of my House friends in particular here), please make sure everything's backed up, because these folks are nasty, and they're going after the popular writers.

Remember: You're not paranoid if they're actually out to get you.

*seriously, DO NOT GO TO THE SITE. If you do, run a spyware check IMMEDIATELY. Look after your computer!