I Suddenly Remembered My Charlemagne

For this meme, pick seven of your fics and provide a one sentence DVD-style commentary of each one.

1. Paralysis (Sanctuary): There are words I associate with James/Declan, all of which I got from penknife, and in this fic, I did my best to flip them, particularly the word "knees".

2. Chasing the Dragon (Sanctuary): I wrote this story while I asleep (I'm not even kidding).

3. With My Shield (Or On It) (Sanctuary): This was my attempt to be subtle (like artaxastra), and work in a Sparta reference while no one was looking (like the Faustian touches in "Golden Apples"), but I'm not sure if it worked.

4. Lines in the Sand (Sanctuary): I cried in Starbucks writing this.

5. Another Queen is Coming (SGA): I have no idea why I love Jeannie Miller so much, but if the Wraith are matriarchal and concerned about Rodney, they have to be terrified of Mrs. Miller.

6. Far From the Tree (Chronicles of Narnia): Sooooo many tree jokes, sooooo little time (also, Diggory and Edmund should talk more).

7. Making Light (Highlander): I wrote this entire piece confusing Amanda with Alexa. WHOOPS!

As requested by cnidarian.  You can find the fic itself at this link.

Boy does this take me back. Thank goodness I'm going through something of a fandom renaissance lately. :)

Some background! I wrote three "big" stories while I was in the SG-1 fandom, two of them simultaneously (more or less). While I was writing those longer stories, I wrote about a dozen shorter ones off of unrelated plot bunnies, most of which were designed to deepen my understanding of the characters. If this is starting to sound familiar, it's because I decided that it worked well with SG-1, so I am doing it again with Sanctuary.  In any case, this story in particular was written to fill in some gaps while I was off writing "Blood Night", particularly the very last scene of that fic, but also to practice taking Sam and Jack (and Teal'c) out of the main action, and letting Daniel and Janet work through it themselves.

Other interesting things: I think this might have been my first (attempt at a) sex scene (which I say because it kind of, uh, failed). Also, it was the first time I cheated with italics, but in this case it was actually to make the story shorter. Finally, this is one of the only fics I've ever written (or read, if I'm being honest), where SG-1 ran away. Which, frankly, they probably should have done more often. But that would have been a boring show. And then since they don't usually run away, it makes it kind of worse when they do.

( I have not yet begun to commentate )

Short but sweet, I hope! ;)  If you would like to request one of your own, I am still taking prompts here.

penknife requested Communication, on the grounds that it is "a lot of dysfunction in a tiny package". That is, as you say, not wrong. :)

(The fic is rated M, I suppose I should mention)

( Cut for talking, if you can imagine )

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Yes, the commentary is nearly longer than the fic...

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