rambles on relationships and the end of the show

I've read a few people's thoughts on Joe Mallozzi's post about relationships and have a few of my own.

( who's going home with whom tonight? )

To tell you the truth, I'll be glad when this show is over, done, ended, completed, nailed, spaced, put out to pasture, kicked the bucket, bought the farm, finitos. I love the characters, their potential, and the potential of their situation, as well as the people I've met through it (those who are still talking to me, at any rate), but the show itself seems to mangle everything I like. At least once it's done, I can let the bunnies run free and write without thinking they're gonna retcon things at random intervals, and without waiting for the next axe to fall.

Incidentally, if this post screws up, I'm afraid it's going to be a few hours before I manage to repair it, since I'm posting this via email from work. It should work, but...there's no telling...

fic options

Looks like the winners of the fic options poll were In The Game and Widow's Pique.

Now, the only barrier to me writing them are the SGA Santa (the plot finally arrived - thank you, Alli), the Sheppard H/C Santa (got plot, waiting for muse), and two profics, neither of which I've yet started.

And that small thing called 'the muse' which is stalling me every time I try to get John and Teyla out of the parking lot of the local mall, and whenever Teyla and her escort step off the Landing Web into Atlantis court.

I suspect I drained my muse dry with NaNo - I've felt little to no interest in writing lately - profic or fanfic. Most of August and September were characterised like this, too - partly because of the lack of anything to work with in fannish terms, partly because I was word-exhausted from the SGA Big Bang.

Profic is mostly the need to have a deadline. The fannish stuff is coming back slowly, but I still feel like I'm empty of the words I want to write - good words, meaningful words, a story that will capture hearts and minds and which isn't just words on paper.