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Title: 'Sparky, or Behind Every Great Woman'
The Pairing: Sheppard/Weir
The Author: nostalgia
Spoilery for: All of Stargate: Atlantis and bits of Stargate: SG-1
Notes: For the insight here, all praise is due to Qwirkiness n Liz. Only the mistakes are mine.
The Premise:
Atlantis is the spin-off from Stargate: SG-1, which is itself a spin-off from the movie Stargate. Which means Atlantis is the grandchild of James Spader. Or something. Following the tried andhated trusted method of taking the premise of the original and setting it further away, Atlantis follows the adventures of a group of air force numpties personnel and civilians sent to a far-off galaxy in search of spiffy weapons (which they have yet to find) and a power source to get them home (ditto). In a fit of cheese, they live in a floating city called - wait for it! - Atlantis.
Dramatis Personae:
Dr Elizabeth Weir
When we first met Liz Weir, she was blonde and slightly taller. But while Jack O'Neill impersonated a frozen chicken, Elizabeth got her cosmetic surgery on and with a summer hiatus and a pack of dye, she became a shorter brunette with scary cheekbones. Also worth a mention given the subject, Blonde!Weir and Dark!Weir had chemistry with entirely different SG-1 personnel. While the blonde had clearly done Jack, Dark!Liz was blatantly doing the hot monkey sex with Daniel. So, we must wonder what the chemisty'd have gone like if the blonde had gone to Atlantis. She started her 'gateverse life as a diplomat assigned to run the SGC after Hammond got the boot, but with the spin-off already in the making, it was pretty obvious she was never going to stay. So she was packed off with her hair-products to a galaxy far, far away.
The key here is that Weir just drips with the vibe of sex-getting. She wants, she will have, oh yes. Like a sexynon-evil Margaret Thatcher, she runs her city and bitches out her minions.
Major John Sheppard
A younger, more generically handsome version of Jack O'Neill (sorry about that), Shep is handed the job of running the military boys when his commanding officer pops his regulation clogs in the pilot episode. Helping 'shippers is his whorish vibe and habit of eyeing people up at random and apparently without even realising it. Also, half of fandom thinks he's made of sex. He was always going to be the male half of any OTP (though thankfully fandom has subverted even this), with the producers going out of their way to make him look Especially Manly and Teh Sexx.
Textuality (Those Cold, Hard Facts:
She'sengaged involved. He has santioned het subtext with Teyla. But...
Well, since when did canon bother shipping? And with Mr Liz absent and Teyla... not that interesting, you can see why the Shep/Weir shippers don't feel all that threatened by those pesky textual love-interests.
Weir: One more thing, Major. It's something I'd like you to sleep on. I have a few thoughts on it myself- [Rising, Part II]
Admit it, you heard her say "someone to sleep on". Because what are we but porn-whores?
My little resistant heart imploded with joy when Weir found Shep watching football with Teyla and pouted and thrust out her breasts. THEIR LOVE SO CANON!
Weir: By the way, what were you going to say?
Sheppard: When?
Weir: Before, when you thought... you know.
Sheppard: Oh. That.
Weir: I didn't want you to say at the time. But now I'm curious.
Sheppard: I was going to say, uh... (long pause) Take care of each other.
Weir: That's nice.
Weir: You weren't really going to say that, were you?
Sheppard: I have no idea what you're talking about.
Weir: I didn't think so. [38 Minutes]
Then came an ep which actually seemed to do just that. Make it canon. Not thrust out her pouting breasts. Which she'd already done by that point. 38 Minutes begged the question of just what he was going to say when he thought he was totally dead by the end of the episode.And pairings are no fun if they really are canon.
The mid-season double of The Storm/The Eye provided further ammunition for the ship wars. Oh, yes, see his pain when he thinks she is dead. See how they HOLD HANDS at one point/ Note her pride in his abilities.
In Home Actual Canon prevailed, giving us Shep dressing Teyla as a cheap hooker and Weir sucking face with her fiance. Thankfully, it wasEarth all along a dream, and they got to return to the unacknowledged UST that drives our wee shipper hearts.
Weir: I'm the one who put him in charge of security.
Sheppard: Yes, you did. And if you want to dismiss me, go ahead.
Weir: Why don't you go and see how Lt. Ford is doing? [Suspicion]
Weir: You do understand the Geneva Convention prohibits using prisoners for scientific experiments?
Sheppard: No offense, Doc, but had the Wraith attended the Geneva Convention, they would have tried to feed on everyone. [Poisoning The Well]
Weir: No. How's that for an answer?
Sheppard: It's pithy. I'll give you that.
Weir: I'm sure you already agreed to this.
Sheppard: Only because we'll get something out of it.[Underground]
Mmm, the Power Issues. With Liz confined to the city by... whatever it is she does of an afternoon, Shep gets the front-line ability to make shit up and then clear it with her afterwards.
What Fandom Did Next:
There was a Yahoo group within hours of the first ep. Then Shep was renamed Shepwhore. As always with spin-offs, it was fun to watch the 'shippers migrate and browse the new potential for pr0n. The initialpredictable bizarre split where the slasher hated Weir and the hetfen loved her has thankfully evened out somewhat, and there's less slash/het hate going down than in SG-1 fandom (where there is, like ONE pairing for each and THEY SHALL NEVER BE FRIENDS EVAR OMFG HORS, etc.)
Are they just the Sam/Jack of Atlantis? Well... probably. In that there's the power issues and the fact that they will sooooo never actually get it on like wild monkeys. But these two might actually manage to Do It before senility and impotence set in.And it's less shaming to admit you're shipping them like woah. But - and let us not neglect this - the power is shifted. Oh, what fandom can have with the sex/power/genderpolitics/etc here... Not that it, err, does. But since when did fandom ever manage to stick with the obvious goodness when there is songfic and fluff to be had instead?
Why It Works, Goddammit
She is hot. He is hot. Their sex would be hot. Err, I mean, because it's a subtle and insightful study of gender relations in a power vacuum and of the essential conflict between democracy and autocracy in a militarised society. Mostly, they clash over who should be in charge, with him apparently assuming she'll just let him away with anything and her getting pissed off at the way he tries to walk all over herby using sex as a bargaining tool. They make het sexy again. They bitch at each other. And they ARE SO DOING IT.
And, yeah, my inner feminist digs that the chick has all the power (in theory) and frequently bitches him out for his transgressions. If you want angsty and messed up, the potential is right there. You want to write hatesex? Then canon is pretty much with you. You want sekrit longings? The lack of canon is pretty much with you.
Linkage
The List
The Archive
A Site
Go forth and make with the hot monkeysex, yo.
I asked someone none-me to think of recs because my taste sucks. Thus:
Lyssie
Freedom Comes When You Learn to Let Go
darkfic
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/2029153/1/
A.J.
Habits, PG
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/2003414/1/
A.J.
Dolce Vita
darkfic R
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/2093885/1/
http://bitextual.gatefiction.com/nostalgia/england.htm
Title: And Think Of England
Author: nostalgia
R
LittleRed
Suspension R
http://www.livejournal.com/users/mylittleredgirl/64008.html
*flees*
Title: 'Sparky, or Behind Every Great Woman'
The Pairing: Sheppard/Weir
The Author: nostalgia
Spoilery for: All of Stargate: Atlantis and bits of Stargate: SG-1
Notes: For the insight here, all praise is due to Qwirkiness n Liz. Only the mistakes are mine.
The Premise:
Atlantis is the spin-off from Stargate: SG-1, which is itself a spin-off from the movie Stargate. Which means Atlantis is the grandchild of James Spader. Or something. Following the tried and
Dramatis Personae:
Dr Elizabeth Weir
When we first met Liz Weir, she was blonde and slightly taller. But while Jack O'Neill impersonated a frozen chicken, Elizabeth got her cosmetic surgery on and with a summer hiatus and a pack of dye, she became a shorter brunette with scary cheekbones. Also worth a mention given the subject, Blonde!Weir and Dark!Weir had chemistry with entirely different SG-1 personnel. While the blonde had clearly done Jack, Dark!Liz was blatantly doing the hot monkey sex with Daniel. So, we must wonder what the chemisty'd have gone like if the blonde had gone to Atlantis. She started her 'gateverse life as a diplomat assigned to run the SGC after Hammond got the boot, but with the spin-off already in the making, it was pretty obvious she was never going to stay. So she was packed off with her hair-products to a galaxy far, far away.
The key here is that Weir just drips with the vibe of sex-getting. She wants, she will have, oh yes. Like a sexy
Major John Sheppard
A younger, more generically handsome version of Jack O'Neill (sorry about that), Shep is handed the job of running the military boys when his commanding officer pops his regulation clogs in the pilot episode. Helping 'shippers is his whorish vibe and habit of eyeing people up at random and apparently without even realising it. Also, half of fandom thinks he's made of sex. He was always going to be the male half of any OTP (though thankfully fandom has subverted even this), with the producers going out of their way to make him look Especially Manly and Teh Sexx.
Textuality (Those Cold, Hard Facts:
She's
Well, since when did canon bother shipping? And with Mr Liz absent and Teyla... not that interesting, you can see why the Shep/Weir shippers don't feel all that threatened by those pesky textual love-interests.
Weir: One more thing, Major. It's something I'd like you to sleep on. I have a few thoughts on it myself- [Rising, Part II]
Admit it, you heard her say "someone to sleep on". Because what are we but porn-whores?
My little resistant heart imploded with joy when Weir found Shep watching football with Teyla and pouted and thrust out her breasts. THEIR LOVE SO CANON!
Weir: By the way, what were you going to say?
Sheppard: When?
Weir: Before, when you thought... you know.
Sheppard: Oh. That.
Weir: I didn't want you to say at the time. But now I'm curious.
Sheppard: I was going to say, uh... (long pause) Take care of each other.
Weir: That's nice.
Weir: You weren't really going to say that, were you?
Sheppard: I have no idea what you're talking about.
Weir: I didn't think so. [38 Minutes]
Then came an ep which actually seemed to do just that. Make it canon. Not thrust out her pouting breasts. Which she'd already done by that point. 38 Minutes begged the question of just what he was going to say when he thought he was totally dead by the end of the episode.
The mid-season double of The Storm/The Eye provided further ammunition for the ship wars. Oh, yes, see his pain when he thinks she is dead. See how they HOLD HANDS at one point/ Note her pride in his abilities.
In Home Actual Canon prevailed, giving us Shep dressing Teyla as a cheap hooker and Weir sucking face with her fiance. Thankfully, it was
Weir: I'm the one who put him in charge of security.
Sheppard: Yes, you did. And if you want to dismiss me, go ahead.
Weir: Why don't you go and see how Lt. Ford is doing? [Suspicion]
Weir: You do understand the Geneva Convention prohibits using prisoners for scientific experiments?
Sheppard: No offense, Doc, but had the Wraith attended the Geneva Convention, they would have tried to feed on everyone. [Poisoning The Well]
Weir: No. How's that for an answer?
Sheppard: It's pithy. I'll give you that.
Weir: I'm sure you already agreed to this.
Sheppard: Only because we'll get something out of it.[Underground]
Mmm, the Power Issues. With Liz confined to the city by... whatever it is she does of an afternoon, Shep gets the front-line ability to make shit up and then clear it with her afterwards.
What Fandom Did Next:
There was a Yahoo group within hours of the first ep. Then Shep was renamed Shepwhore. As always with spin-offs, it was fun to watch the 'shippers migrate and browse the new potential for pr0n. The initial
Are they just the Sam/Jack of Atlantis? Well... probably. In that there's the power issues and the fact that they will sooooo never actually get it on like wild monkeys. But these two might actually manage to Do It before senility and impotence set in.
Why It Works, Goddammit
She is hot. He is hot. Their sex would be hot. Err, I mean, because it's a subtle and insightful study of gender relations in a power vacuum and of the essential conflict between democracy and autocracy in a militarised society. Mostly, they clash over who should be in charge, with him apparently assuming she'll just let him away with anything and her getting pissed off at the way he tries to walk all over her
And, yeah, my inner feminist digs that the chick has all the power (in theory) and frequently bitches him out for his transgressions. If you want angsty and messed up, the potential is right there. You want to write hatesex? Then canon is pretty much with you. You want sekrit longings? The lack of canon is pretty much with you.
Linkage
The List
The Archive
A Site
Go forth and make with the hot monkeysex, yo.
I asked someone none-me to think of recs because my taste sucks. Thus:
Lyssie
Freedom Comes When You Learn to Let Go
darkfic
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/2029153/1/
A.J.
Habits, PG
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/2003414/1/
A.J.
Dolce Vita
darkfic R
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/2093885/1/
http://bitextual.gatefiction.com/nostalgia/england.htm
Title: And Think Of England
Author: nostalgia
R
LittleRed
Suspension R
http://www.livejournal.com/users/mylittleredgirl/64008.html
*flees*
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