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Date: 2012-01-14 03:09 pm (UTC)So I will just leave you with this:
Is that a tramp stamp?
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Date: 2012-01-14 04:23 pm (UTC)Ok, Is that a Tramp Stamp The Dvd Commentary to a on the fly comment meme ficlet:
*puts on my serious analysis glasses*
The concept for this little ficlet was born from the HIMYM episode when Ted gets a butterfly tramp stamp. Innocent ole me did not know what a tramp stamp was so I did what I also do - googled it.
With that in mind, months (years?) later when I read sholio's prompt about Ronon seeing an unexpected tattoo my brain went straight to my quest about tattoos. Not something cool or groovy, Sheppard with a celtic cross between his shoulder blades or Rodney with e=mc something. Tramp stamps.
I then thought about who would be the owners of said tramp stamps.
I started with Jennifer Keller because she was a) a girl and b) the most likely to have a 'I regret this college night out' tattoo. She would have a butterfly (the typical one) and be defensive about it.
Jennifer's claim that 'its not' is - its not a tramp stamp. It is a butterfly.
And it was written.
I thought about using Rodney next, as Ronon might have glimpsed it on a mission, or whatever. But Rodney is too easy to fluster and bluff so I went with someone not so easily flustered. Lorne.
Lorne's tattoo was a bit of a think. I also did not want it to be an actual tramp stamp, but something Lorne, the artist, might actually get. In the end after much thought, I went for something that'd be ironic. The Eye of Ra. Something that only a member of the SGC would find amusing.
And it was written.
Last, the moment I thought of Lorne, I knew I had to use Woolsey as the finale. Elizabeth would handle any queries with aplomb, but more, I didn't want the last tattoo to be on a woman.
Writing Woolsey's tattoo reveal just kinda flowed. Venue: meeting. Situation: Ronon bored and looking for something interesting. Also, here I wanted the tattoo explained. So - either Japanese or Chinese characters which Ronon could not read.
Using Sheppard as the vehicle of further exploration and 'poking' felt right. In my head Rodney would be laughing too much. Teyla would be too polite. Jennifer and Lorne too amused.
I also liked the idea that Sheppard can read Japanese.
The tattoo being the character for soup instead of courage comes straight out The Big Bang Theory and Penny's tattoo that Sheldon confirms as 'soup'. I also liked the idea that John's eyesight was good enough to read it from under the table.
Woolsey's tattoo may not actually say 'soup'. Sheppard could just be teasing him.
Either way, I thought it was funny and a good way to end.
So it was written :)
Thanks AuntMo!
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Date: 2012-01-14 04:06 pm (UTC)By the way, what is your banner a pic of? It's beautiful!
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Date: 2012-01-14 04:43 pm (UTC)And as usual, you make me blush! *fans self*
Uhm, Sam and Ruby in Repeat Business *flits off to re-read it*
right: You mean the scene where Sam is spying on Dean and the BAU team and Ruby is persauding him to leave Dean.
When I write I tend to have one or two firm 'scenes' in my head for the story. This was one of them. I think I wrote it before much of the story prior to that scene.
I knew Ruby was the real reason that Sam was ignoring Dean. This was the first time the reader's got to find out why. When thinking about all the reasons why Sam would leave Dean to the mercies (or lack thereof of) of T&E the only logical reason for me, would be 'because Ruby is lying to him and hooking him on demon blood'.
Sure, Sam ignores Dean prior to Stanford and you could realistically just write Sam as being oblivious to it all and leaving Dean. But I wanted poor ole Sam to have a 'real' reason and not be neglecting Dean just because.
Thus, writing that scene was fairly easy. Ruby's reasons for leaving Dean with T&E would be a) its safer for him (than hunting) and b) he won't understand what we're doing. Logical. Sam likes logical. Even if emotionally he's a big softie.
The difficult or touchy part in writing this was... how is Sam reacting? I wanted the guilt to shine through, to redeem Sam a little. But I also wanted his acceptance of the above Ruby reasons to be well... reasonable. And logically yes, it does make sense for Sam to leave Dean, to keep him safe. The 'ole I'll sacrifice my own emotional well being to save you. Typical Winchester.
But I also wanted the readers to shout at Sam 'You Moron! You have no idea what T&E are doing to him! Go rescue him!'
and then have Sam walk away.
Yeah, yeah, I'm cruel :)
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Date: 2012-01-15 02:30 am (UTC)Sorry, back to topic :)....
You certainly succeeded with that little passage because I so wanted to smack Sam for just leaving his brother and going with Ruby.
Cruel.... maybe a little lol! But it works so very, very well!
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Date: 2012-01-15 03:41 am (UTC)Yes! *fist pump* Success - headslaps all around for Sam. Poor boy :) Can't catch a break.
I know - I'm evil! ;)
Date: 2012-01-14 08:48 pm (UTC)Eventually everyone left and it was just Rodney and John on the couch, John a tight black ball of contentment. He ached sure, but it wasn’t bad enough to keep him awake. Rodney was filling in paperwork, muttering under his breath an array of imprecations at government bureaucrats.
The small apartment, cleaned up, still reeked of monster, so John nearly missed it. But the whiff was very distinctive. Chocolate.
Rodney was munching a bag of m’n’ms and John stretched out a lazy paw, demanding one too.
“Noooo, no no no, not for you.”
John tried to persuade him with artful pawing before sinking deep claws into Rodney’s leg. As Rodney screeched, the m’n’ms went flying and John leapt off the couch after them. It wasn’t such a good idea as he wobbled, his legs and back protested, but the scattered m’n’ms were soon hoovered up.
“An m’n’m loving cat, great. Just my luck.”
Much later, when Rodney was in bed, asleep, John sat curled up on the foot of the bed. Rodney was a litany of snorting snores and was drooling on his bed. An open book, on greek mythology lay on the bed and Rodney had left the window open a crack.
It was decision time, leave or stay. Leave and go back to eeking out an existence on the street or staying with a ‘person’ and getting regular meals. There was however one advantage to staying with Rodney McKay, MD. He hadn’t seem that surprised by the monster lady and had connections with secret government agencies, so maybe, just maybe, he was the right person to stay with. Because maybe, he’d be able to figure out a way to turn John back.
Either way, stay or go, John had left Rodney his first clue. A message on the mirror, in pawprints. And John figured there’d be no harm in staying for a little while and seeing if Rodney was smart enough to figure it out and help John.
Help him turn human again.
You may be evil, but I need a Beta
Date: 2012-01-14 09:09 pm (UTC)Right oh evil one, my DVD Commentary On the Organic Fic Sprung from the Muses.
'Cos this one was. I have no idea where this fic sprung from other than a desire (and subsequent effort) to write crack!fic. I still think I failed, but you'all liked it, so... \o/
So, my thoughts and intentions during this section:
John is a cat. I now need to end the fic. Do I go crazy fic ways and have magic intervene to change him back into a human whilst on Rodney's bed. Do I leave it for a cliffhanger type ending? Aliens? Mummies? Evil Ghosts? I decided on the cliffie for one simple reason - the idea of John Sheppard the cat, curled up on my lap eating m'n'm's was so darn cute I couldn't end it.
John liking mnms - a no brainer. His ability to annoy Rodney is transcended into any form he takes. The claws into Rodney's leg encompasses every single experience I have with a cat - they claw my leg when I get tired of petting them :(
BUT the leaving the message on the mirror in pawprints was a stroke of utter 'it came as I wrote it'. I didn't know John was going to do that. Initially I thought I'd end this fic with John crawling onto Rodney's head in the night (because this also happens to me) but then... came the mirror and paws and desire to be human again.
A lot of the inspiration for this fic came from pentapus's SGA fanart, of which there are a number of Rodney&John&aCat scenes. But cats are also inscrutable creatures at times and John Sheppard remains a mystery in many ways too, so it all fit.
One day I'll write a sequel. One day ....
Re: You may be evil, but I need a Beta
Date: 2012-01-14 09:27 pm (UTC)Oh no, you didn't fail with this fic! I still think about it and re-read it!
The pawprints on the mirror are an awesome idea! I love this little touch and I can imagine Rodney's face when he sees them in the morning. *grins*
Thank you! :)
Re: You may be evil, but I need a Beta
Date: 2012-01-14 09:31 pm (UTC)Welcome. Heck, just thinking about the commentary spawned ideas for the sequel. I have a condition - self torture. Aiiiieee
Re: You may be evil, but I need a Beta
Date: 2012-01-14 09:36 pm (UTC)\o/ A sequel, a sequel! :)
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Date: 2012-01-14 09:38 pm (UTC)*fails*
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Date: 2012-01-14 09:41 pm (UTC)Re: You may be evil, but I need a Beta
Date: 2012-01-14 09:42 pm (UTC)*sings lullaby* Go. go. Who knows, maybe Cat!John will come sit on your head in the night. ;)
Re: You may be evil, but I need a Beta
Date: 2012-01-14 09:44 pm (UTC)*grins* The thought of cat!John sleeping with me in bed? Makes me go *awwwwwwww*. :)
I wish you a good night and wonderful dreams! :)
Re: You may be evil, but I need a Beta
Date: 2012-01-14 09:45 pm (UTC)*envies your sleepy SPN icons*
Nite!!
Re: You may be evil, but I need a Beta
Date: 2012-01-15 02:41 am (UTC)Took a quick look at the story to refresh my memory and it looks like the MD actually seems to be correct, so you ain't wrong. John thought that Rodney was a medical type doctor, so - MD :D
Re: You may be evil, but I need a Beta
Date: 2012-01-15 03:31 am (UTC)Crack, ah, the nectar of the Gods ;)