#✦previously... on sg a✦

[catboy-archaeologist]

DANIEL!!!! MY FUCKING MAN!!!! HOLY FUCK!! HIIIIII!! HIIIIIIIIII!!!!!!!!

[the-physicality]

Phoenix should go for Gabby Williams and with that Marine Johannes

that's a lot of moving and shaking... i do think gabby would be great as the 4 and she'd fit in the system but I don't know that she for sure wants to leave seattle.. obviously the "effort" comments from noelle and the way things shook out at the end... based on what other people said it's not the same vibe of a team she played for before.. but she likes the franchise [better than chicago at least]

i do think it's funny that she and kah are co-presidents of chicago sky management sucks club

Johannes is reserved for NY... but again i get the vibe NY will want to run it back.. and they have the most people under contract..and based on that list i doubt Johannes gets protected .. so she might go in expansion [or maybe not if they don't know for sure that she'd play for them... again NY seems like they are going to trade for draft protection]

the other alternative to gabby is emma, who has a history with the entire core 4 of the 2024 merc interestingly enough [ekat, mystics, and sky]

the other tricky part about MJ and GW together is we don't really have the space [salary wise i think], unless you think MJ is going to take over the starting 2, but based on her history, she's not

[jvnipsr]

“ FRIENDS. ” | lee myung-gi/player 333 x reader | sg drabbles

synopsis. no way he'd meet you, again — his "friend" since childhood. was he simply aware? no he fucking wasn't. he knew you weren't the type of person to be in debt either, unless he's just mistaken. though, why did you still managed to get in the games?

⠀⠀❕⠀⠀ warnings. spoilers???

⠀⠀❕⠀⠀ subj. i tried to make the reader's gender genderless. so if u see an issue in the process, pls tell me right away!! also pretend reader is REALLY good at gonggi. and erm, reader is indeed anxious and likes to fidget, a LOT.

a/n. can u acc tell im testing how ill write my aesthetics..... like erm hehennensjsjbajq im so indecisive im gonna explode into madness and rage 🔥🔥 also it's been quite a while since I've written.... idk weeks? months? who knows?? however, no beta so we explode young lolz erm... enjoy ig

⠀⠀ IT WAS MOMENTARILY baffling him, really. he thought he'd go on about his day whilst he played the games thoroughly without any issue being visible. but when he saw your distraught figure in red light, green light? his mind were a naught but dozens of clouded thoughts. he spoke to himself that it was just him hallucinating or perchance a dream yet a nightmare.

⠀⠀hell, he even thought you looked good.

⠀⠀ the way your free hand swept and dragged people's hair — moreover if they pissed you off. it reminded him how you'd also drag his hair when you were children, your laughter and serene aura gave him modest comfort. yet you disappeared without a trace. he was worried sick; where had you been?

⠀⠀ nonetheless, what irked him is you didn't give him a single glance, not even physical contact like you used to do. did you forget about him? it irritated him yet it made his demeanor worrisome. you made him feel abandoned. he wanted you to at least linger your gaze at him, even if it means the last time.

⠀⠀ did you still consider him as a friend, at this point? or did he become another stranger to you?

⠀⠀ although, his expectations were slightly different from what he previously had thought hence the second game was announced. momentarily, you were paired up with him. he hoped you would interact him, even if it means very little.

⠀⠀ “hi, " were the compact words that left your lips. oh, how he felt dreamy when he heard your voice for the first time. he wanted to have a full confab with you right now, he did. however, he acknowledged to himself that right now wasn't the time hence this event was a life or death occurrence. he knew to himself that he had to focus. though, his mind was currently filled with you. it was always you.

⠀⠀ people were seen struggling whilst doing the five minigames, though his team only struggled slightly. but you? he observed how you were merely nervous doing the gonggi. yet no issues came in your way. the way your fingers motioned every move of the stone—throwing the stones each one freely and efficiently—eyes chiefly focused on the tiny solid plastics one by one. the tension amidst the air erupting as you flip the stones with ease, the silence was loud yet there was enough murmurs for you to hear—one hand opening itself as the five stones were visible upon one's sight—the guard making an 'O' shape afterwards.

⠀⠀ your team was the first one to yell, a loud yet beamed yell. your heart simultaneously pounded on your chest as it rang clear on your ears, the relief washing over your occupied thoughts as you exhaled deeply, own pair of eyelids closed shut. yet myung-gi had his eyes placed on you, it was always you.

⠀⠀ by that means, you and your team had to go back to the lobby. though, he slightly notices how your walk were sloppy. like a turtle attempting to get back to the shore.

⠀⠀ REST, that's what you want to do. sleeping—closing your eyes whilst you sat down on your bunk, hoping that you'd do this for eternity. although, pair of shoes were perceived as the direction was going towards you, what's their problem now?

⠀⠀ opening your exhausted lids, you looked up forward, only to take sight of your friend from childhood—both hands in pocket the moment he looked at you. at the current occurrence, he looked like his mind was throbbing to speak to you, to talk with you. your gesture, but, leisure as you invited him to sit next to you silently, shrugging off your shoulders. your eyes looking at the opposite direction as his—a soft yet small smile tugged his lips.

⠀⠀ "y—you look uh, good," realizing his form of speech, he bit his lip rigidly, enough for it to slightly bleed, "...ah— i mean, you did good— out there, yeah.” now his breathing pattern were shivering. gee, did he also mention how hot it is?

⠀⠀ dull as ever, you nodded awkwardly, "thank you." he glanced at you to see your features again—nonchalance could be seen on your face. but did he see you just smile for a second?

⠀⠀ awkward silence occupied the tension, both friends sitting next to each other on the opposite ends of the bunk, myung-gi was hoping for a motion to appear from you but failed to avail.

⠀⠀ "why are you here?" he questioned you—fingers fidgeting was visible on your lap—few gazes that and there from him. "i could ask you the same question, " you responded swiftly, "...I'm here to start off a new life— to get money for future needs." breaths hitched, your anatomy rocking back and forth a little—which to others are you sitting still, yet for myung-gi? he acknowledged to himself that you were anxious, though from what?

⠀⠀"you're here because you're in debt, are you?" you added, his jaw tightened from the question— "crypto market? people bought your coin, right?" oh, so you were aware of the incident.

⠀⠀ "look, I—"

⠀⠀ "yap later, I'm too tired for that." you groaned, your eyebrows scrunching—lips thin as you sighed briefly. unfortunately, you were unable to meet his gaze, again. your hand waving thoroughly at his direction while you still refrained yourself from looking at him. he blinked till he chuckled lightly, gazing at your aggravated figure. "still like your old self, huh?"

⠀⠀ you breathed through your nose, your heart fluttering at his full, but, jaunty laughter. he still had that youth in him, you just know it. nevertheless, before you knew it, his own hand made contact with yours—gravity seems to slow down—the friction was dense yet observable. his smile was hesitant thus apparent, his face increasing in temperature as he still had the cheeky smile plastered on his facial features.

⠀⠀ you made no move whatsoever, you, in fact, did not know how to respond to physical contact that well so you were slightly distant compared to the previous times. you sat there, mind's blank and black. you both are friends, aren't you? he had always been this affectionate since you two were juveniles, then there's no issue evident for that, right?

⠀⠀ "we are friends, myung-gi." you stated.

⠀⠀"you mean more to me than that, [n]." he further alleges.

[if-whats-new]

What's New In IF? Issue 32 (2024)

By Aj, Dion, Briar, Jen and Peter

Now Available!

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~ EDITORIAL ~

Two Issues in one week?!

Yes, it’s us again!

Since Issue 31 came out on Wednesday instead of the regular Saturday and we tried really hard to make this one on time, we’re back once more, just a few days apart.

We sincerely hope you’re not getting sick of us yet!

We want some feedback!

As we’re starting to get a hand of things, we would love some feedback from you guys! What you enjoy, want more or less off, how we could improve... Anything goes! We even have a nifty form.

We hope you enjoy this new issue!

AJ, DION, BRIAR, JEN AND PETER

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~ EVENT SPOTLIGHT : IF Short Games Showcase 2024 ~

December 1st 2024 to January 1st 2025

Short games tend to get less love than longer games in general-purpose, non-speed-IF comps, while the ones released outside of a competition or jam may not get eyes on them at all. The IF Short Games Showcase 2024 aims to give the shorter works their very own place to shine!

The Short Games Showcase is an opportunity to show off shorter interactive fiction works made in the past year (Jan 1, 2024 to Dec 31, 2024), regardless of whether or not they were previously released.

Authors can submit up to three games - each of them should be completable in 30 minutes or less. The showcase has a broad view of IF. It will accept anything usually considered to fall under that umbrella, including parser games, choice-based/choose-your-own-adventure games, visual novels, point-and-clicks, and text-focused Bitsy games. In addition, a work must not have been submitted to more than three prior jams or competitions.

The SGS will have both a Best Overall winner and winners in several specific categories:

Best Use of Short Form

Best Use of Interactivity

Best Story-Focused Game

Best Puzzle-Focused Game

Most Replay Value

Best Previously Unawarded Game

There might be no prizes, but bragging rights are great too.

Do you have a short project that deserves it’s own moment in the spotlight? Then don’t hesitate and join too!

To read more about the rules and overall goal of the showcase, visit the Itch page.

~ ENDED ~

The voting for ECTOCOMP 2024 is officially over! Check out the results!

You can now check out all 16 entries to the Videotome Jam!

Disabled Rep VN Jam has a very simple premise but a very important message. Check out the submissions!

~ ONGOING (VOTING) ~

A Very Hallmark Game Jam has entered the voting phase. You can now vote for your favourite out of the five entries.

~ ONGOING (SUBMITTING) ~

Media depicting healthy examples of polyamory isn’t that common. The PolyJamorous 2024 is trying to break the status-quo!

This year’s Yuri Game Jam is in full progress. The devs have until December 2nd to submit their projects.

Once upon a time, a game jam was held to create stories around the theme of fairy tales… and that game jam is the Once Upon A Time VN Jam. It’s running from October 1st to January 31st.

Concours de Fiction Interactive Francophone 2025 is for all French-speaking enthusiasts. Submissions are accepted March 3rd 2025.

Are you perhaps a fan of more somber, melancholic themes? Then check out the Dying Year - Visual Novel Jam! You have until the end of the year to participate.

The Black Visual Novel Jam is all about working with creative professional developers who work in visual novels to bring more Black stories to life. The goal is to create a space where Black creators can show their unique storytelling through visual novels.

IF Short Games Showcase 2024 is a great way to shine some new light on your projects made in the past year (Jan 1, 2024 to Dec 31, 2024), regardless of whether or not they are previously released! You have until January 15th 2025 to join.

Winter Visual Novel Jam 2024 is here! You have until January 1st 2025 to submit your projects.

Are you familiar with Decker? Then why not take a part in the Deck-Month 2?

Another bitsy jam is here. This time with the theme "better late than never".

SeedComp! is a 2-round interactive fiction game jam, focusing on creativity and the growth of ideas and the Sprouting Round has just started! Check out the Planting round for inspiration.

~ OTHER ~

Intents to enter are open for Spring Thing 2025. To submit an intent to enter, you'll need a working title for the game and a few other pieces of information. Intents for the 2025 festival can be submitted any time between now and March 1st, 2025.

~ NEW RELEASE ~

You’re a promising officer in the Teranese military, a force which has not seen major engagement in decades but which holds vast influence. Thanks to the… complicated circumstances of an injury, you’ve been quietly reassigned. Now you’re to be the bodyguard to a child of a famous scientist who is attending a wilderness boarding school for the children of the richest and most powerful figures of Teran society. What could go wrong? Play Honor Bound (CScript) and find out! (There’s also a mini prequel game about the Honor Bound PC, aged 17 - Honor Bound: Recruitment Day (Twine).) @hpowellsmith

I Fell in Love with a Mailman (Godot) is set in the RADICAL 1980s with the rise of the claw machine industry, play as a girl boss big city girl who's grappling with the realization that her successful corporate life might not be as fulfilling as she imagined. Return home for the holidays and discover a new side of yourself: will you win a prize in the game of love, or is romance simply a rigged game of chance?

You are the Dark Queen—the most powerful being of your entire universe. Your lair is breached by an aspiring hero—a pitiful thing, easily crushed. Except they keep coming back. The Dark Queen of Morthlome is a 20 minute anti-game about an unconventional relationship and the capacity for change.

Two people show signs or attraction to you; however, only one truly loves you. "Eric or Alex?" The same question appears over and over again in your mind. Now it's time to really find out the answer! Go through different apps, discover and gather information in order to decide who is the true love in Attention (Unity)!

As always, don't forget to check out the submitted entries to the events mentioned in the previous pages. They deserve some love too!

~ NEW RELEASE (WIP) ~

In Swapped (Twine) you play as a 17 year old senior, anxiously awaiting the day you graduate, pack your bags, and ditch Sunnyview. But one day, all of that changes when filming for a movie is announced near your hometown. A chance encounter with the one and only Taylor Victory, famous actor with eerie facial similarities, leads to a deal. You will swap places—Taylor will experience a normal week of high school as you, and you will live the life of an actor in their place. @aurelim

In the grim remains of a shattered world, Voxhaven stands as the sole surviving city. The air, thick with pollution, carries the stench of decay and betrayal. The government’s watchful eyes are everywhere, controlling every move... every whisper. Survival means more than just enduring the endless haze—it's about navigating a city built on lies and deceit, where trust is scarce and death lingers in the shadows. In Voxhaven, freedom is a distant dream, and every breath you take is a reminder of the world’s broken past. - Requiem of the Fallen (Twine) @miss-briar-novels

This Too Shall Pass (CScript) delves into a reality in which you were once the Chosen One- Destined to save the world. But you had failed. You now navigate that same world 22 years later as it slowly succumbs to that fate you were supposed to save it from. @thistooshall-if

MEMORALYSIS (Ren’Py) follows the psychic detective Philon Delancy to a strange seaside town to solve the murder of one of its most notable public figures. What starts as a routine house call quickly reveals a tangle of messy relationships, local superstitions, and past unsolved mysteries — and at the center of it all is the victim’s enigmatic niece, Celosia James. But surely the rumors about the young heiress have been greatly exaggerated. After all, everyone knows demonic possession isn’t real.

To Allison, life is just an endless cycle of exhaustion with no escape route – wake up, study, work, fulfil family duties, sleep, rinse and repeat. But sometimes she can't help but wonder... Is that really all there is to life? Soon, Allison stumbles upon a group of people who may be just as lonely as she is, and little by little, their encounter returns colour to her world... - Re:Curse (Ren’Py).

In All the Way (CScript) you play as a young woman living in a time and place a little like the early 90’s in California that is about to have some serious run ins with the supernatural. Her life and that of her friends are quickly disrupted by beings that seem to have a bit of a vendetta for her - but what has she ever done to these creatures and why are they targeting her and her friends?

In the Halls of Asgard (CScript) you play a Norse God trying to survive in Asgard, and preparing for Ragnarök.

You play as the amnesiac protagonist, trapped in a mysterious house with two other captives. You quickly learn that the only way to escape is to have one of the three of you die. Will you kill or be killed? Who is the mastermind? Is there no way for all of you to survive? The mystery deepens as you find that no matter who dies, the killing game begins anew in Yet Another Killing Game (Ren’Py).

The Corpse Road (Twine) is an explorable fiction about death.

~ UPDATES ~

Ashenmaw - Dragons of Marrowoods (CScript) updated their demo. @ashenmaw-if

Fellow Traveler (Twine) released Episode 3 “tease” and Act 1. @robotvampire

The Soulforge Order (Twine) released Chapter 1. @thesoulforgeorder

The Sword of Rhivenia (CScript) released Chapter 5.

The Thousand Of Us (CScript) added new content to their public demo. @ivanwm-05

We Wretched Creatures (Twine) released Episode 6. @darkfictionjude

Azrael (CScript) updated their demo.

Drink Your Villain Juice (CScript) updated their Patreon demo. @drinkyourvillainjuice

New Era (CScript) updated their demo. @newera-interactiveif

Starways Saga (CScript) added new content to the Navy Path.

After Dark (CScript) updated their Patreon demo. @dalekowrites

Exit Through the Gift Shop (CScript) updated their demo.

Haunted (Twine) added a “Side Story” to their demo. @hauntedif

Meteoric (CScript) released Chapter 5.

The Unwilling Sword of Lamenthria (CScript) released Part 1 of Chapter 3. @lamenthria-if

Trouble Brewing (Twine) released Chapter 5. @troublebrewing-if

~ OTHER ~

Thom Baylay’s Kitsune (CScript) is now in Open Beta.

Issue 29 of the Amare Fortnightly Bulletin is out now! @amaregames

The Twine Cookbook is now available in print and through December 2024 it's 25% off! All proceeds from sales go toward the Interactive Fiction Technology Foundation and its support of Twine.

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As always, we apologize in advance for missing any update or release from the past week. We are only volunteers using their limited free time to find as much as we can - but sometimes things pass through the cracks.

If you think something should have been included in this week's zine but did not appear, please shoot us a message! We'll do our best to add it next week! And if you know oncoming news, add it here!

~ MAYBE YOU NEXT? ~

We did not get a submission this week. But if you have an idea for a short essay, or would like a special space to share your thoughts about IF and the community...

Shoot us an email!

~ HIGHLIGHT ON ~

A couple of games that we thought were cool.

Treasures of a Slaver's Kingdom by S. John Ross (Inform 7)

Comes with a fake manual for the 1979 TTRPG it's purportedly "adapting". Well-crafted, sincere, and really funny.

//submitted by Carter X.//

Your favourite game here?

Do you have a favourite game that deserves some highlighting?

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As we end this issue, we would like to thank:

Carter X.

For sending us a Highlight!!

And as always, huge thanks to all you readers who liked, shared, and commented on last week's issue!

What might be tiny actions are huge support and motivators to us!

Thank you for cheering us on this journey!

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Thank you for reading and see you next week!

AJ, DION, BRIAR, JEN AND PETER

WHAT'S NEW IN IF? 2024-ISSUE 32

[spockvarietyhour]

Alt-New York this week is the Bloedel Floral Conservatory in Vancouver, previously seen in Stargate SG-1's "The Gamekeeper"

[rna-world]

LOTG REGION MAP

This is a map for all the regions (and some subregions) for LOTG, at least the ones that are important. The other areas are just even more cities and factories, with a lot of empty space in between.

REGION DESCS BELOW (its long)

Refinery [HF] Heavy Factory

A foul stench covers the facility. Monstrous factories filled with dangerous organisms filter through the earth for precious minerals. Even after their departure, their machines continued on, their crunching echoing through the walls.

Derelict Sprawls [DU] Derelict Urban

The one of the oldest remaining cities on the surface, many refused to abandon it to live atop the iterators, and simply fortified further. Though it seems to have not worked out for them.

Sub-region: Cathedral

A place of prayer and worship, those who came to the cathedrals sought some form of guidance. When Sixteenth Boundary Collapse was constructed, the cathedrals had been integrated into them.

Abandoned Rail [AR]

A rail station connecting Refinery and Sprawls, proving obsolete after the Lineside was constructed. Most of the station has sunk deep into the earth or been washed away by the rains.

Quiet Bay [QB]

The rain shadow caused by SBC’s can has left the skies of the bay rather calm. Some cycles are clear enough to see the neighboring iterator group on the horizon. Small temples dot the shores.

Arboreal Lineside [AL]

A commercial rail line, linking together the iterators separated by the mountains. Most of the rail remains above the clouds, undamaged by rain. Vultures and other aerial life have claimed it as their nesting grounds.

Tundra [CF] Cold Farms

A quiet, vast snowy plain. Early civilizations settled here long ago due to the dense rains and nearby lake. Though these early settlements were built over in favor of agricultural land, not all of it was completely destroyed. Grass eats away at the bricks, unveiling the past.

Evergreen Backlet [EB]

Across the temperate forests of plants is an urban sprawl blanketed in snow. Each building and complex towering and spreading like an invasive species, the greenery below struggling. Yet the further traveled from Thirteen Catastrophes, the steeper the climb becomes, and the more the rainfall begins to freeze to snow. Yet the suburbs still feel endless.

Swamped Peaks [SP]

Once a beautiful mountain range, now treated like a septic tank. The rainfall from the local iterator has turned the once untouched snow into a disgusting slurry. Mounds of strange biomass fill the caves, alongside terrible predators, conditioned by the cold.

Sub-region: Observatory

At the highest point lies the unfortunate remains of an astronomical research laboratory, far from the reaches of the iterator rains. However, it’s condition has since deteriorated, housed now by scavengers and whatever escaped the sewers.

The Sewers [BD] Biomass Dump

A labyrinth of musky tunnels and sumps spreads like roots through the range. A dangerous place, filled with discarded biomass, sticking to the walls in a thick film. One wrong step could lead you to being devoured by the writhing masses, or right into the rushing currents of what may not even be water anymore.

Glacier [SG] Superstructure Glacier

Living blocks stacked into towers higher than previously imagined, the alleys below uncomfortably squeezed together. Bridges between buildings, creating a canopy of sorts. Though, rather than the city being reclaimed by nature, it appears the iterator itself is reclaiming it.

Sub-region: House of Bows

Architecturally unimpressive compared to the Temple of Nexus or Council of Droplets, yet a wonder in its own way. Swarmers fill the vacant rooms, iterator biomass crammed in the corners, weaving between wall to wall. It’s difficult to tell where building ends, and creature begins.

Eroded Basin [NB] NPM Basin

Nine Purple Mountains was constructed within the basin in order to contain the water vapor and protect the Steppe and Scablands. The rainfall only further widened the basin, causing structural damage to the buildings and facilities above. Scrap, garbage, and rubble fills the basin below them now.

Dry Canyon [CA] Canyon Alley

The skeleton of a river, dried up from iterator activity. Many attempts at constructing railways and other settlements lie dead and abandoned. Though it remains one of the only safe routes from OOQT to NPM.

Scablands [WD] Wild Desert

The ground fractals and forms into scars in the earth, rocks scabbing the surface. Vibrant wildlife flourishing in little patches. Temples and sanctuaries scattered throughout, serving and taking care of those lost within the beautifully cruel desert. They had tried their best to protect these lands from iterator rains.

Sub-region: Oasis

Go east, past the crumbling temples, and deep into the wild as you can go, you will find it. A lake so deep it’s thought to lead to the void sea. Many have drowned trying to find the bottom themselves. Perhaps there’s another path down?

Untouched Steppe [US]

Untouched by rains, that is. Rolling plains of shrubs and grasses, with skies so clear you can see the stars from the surface. Cities built around religious sites spread wide, seemingly making do with what little water there is. Though it may seem rather lifeless, droves of wild creatures appear from their burrows and dens during the cool nights.

Mausoleum [DC] Desert Crypts

Just below the mountains is a large graveyard of sorts. The memories of those who have moved on and left this material world lined in rows, stacked like blocks, sand and dust slowly enveloping them. Fierce organisms guard these crypts, guarding what is already largely forgotten.

River Reservoir [RR]

The wetlands that surrounded the river were built atop of and excavated in favor of creating water pumps and tanks for the iterators. As a result, the water levels began to fluctuate rapidly in response to the rains. Though the architecture is designed around this, a creature in the wrong spot may end up swallowed by the river.

Archipelago [AP]

What was once a large plain has been drowned and eroded by a single, rather large iterator. What remains now are a few islands and external facilities and factories peeking out over the dirty waters.

[dr-futbol-blog]

The Pegasus Project, Pt. 2

The meeting continues, and we see that Sheppard is putting a lot of effort into staying in what he had called one's "best behaviour" in Sanctuary (S01E14). One might imagine that McKay also felt the need to be on his best behaviour, especially since he has a need to impress Carter, and possibly Jackson -- albeit to a lesser extent, since he is involved in those soft sciences that are barely science to him -- regardless of whether or not he feels sexual attraction toward her. But while McKay is by no means behaving badly, he is not going out of his way to be on his best behaviour either. His need to impress Carter and Jackson is of a scientific sort and his method of getting attention on the scientific arena has always been combative, and that currently seems to be the only thing that he is going for: he wants them to see him as smart and capable and to be viewed as an equal, of having his place around this table. Which is ironic, given that they seem to have come all this way partially to get his expertise on their project and as we later learn, Jackson at least thinks that McKay could have won the Nobel Prize many times over. And while McKay has not met Vala and Cam Mitchell previously, SG-1 are not strangers to him in the same way they are for Sheppard, he has worked with them before, and hence does not feel the need to give them a certain kind of first impression the way Sheppard seems to. It is especially to Carter that Sheppard seems to feel the need to project a certain image.

Sheppard: If he speaks again, I'll shoot him. Daniel: But to answer your question, we are introducing another stargate into the equation. Teal'c should have it in position right now. Carter: If we can make a connection between that gate and one from the Pegasus galaxy— McKay: You, you're trying to make a jump. Don't shoot me; you know I can't help myself.

When McKay had been about to launch into an explanation of what it meant to put a St. Bernard and a Chihuahua together, which Carter anticipated was about to get somewhat graphic (and all of the Earth humans very likely were able to picture it in their mind's eye, as it were -- also, as an aside, it is not nearly as impossible as McKay makes it out to sound because mixed breed St. Chihuahuas are out there), we saw that Sheppard had already opened his mouth, as though to launch into some comment. We have seen over the course of three seasons that Sheppard has a need to constantly communicate with McKay and he cannot help himself making comments on everything he says or does. It is Sheppard's default mode to make a witty rejoinder to anything McKay says, and by having introduced the topic of dog-on-dog sex where the issue of size is the central question, he most definitely would have had something to say. Sheppard does not have time to make his comment, however, before Carter jumps in to chide him not unlike a sister would, not altogether different from Jeannie's "Meredith!" that she herself witnesses later. We see Carter shaking her head in a way that tells us that she is more than familiar with McKay and his antics, like she is the one who has to suffer him on the regular.

Only, she is not the one who gets to suffer and/or enjoy him on the regular, Sheppard is. It is obvious that Carter managed to veer into Sheppard's territory in a major way, and he hates it. He hates her, and the nicer and more wonderful that she is, he hates her ever more. And now we see Sheppard make as though a conspiratorial comment to her, saying it to her while it is meant for the whole room and especially McKay to hear, as though the two of them were each other's bosom buddies. His eyes are fixed on McKay as he makes his comment, intimating that it is meant mainly for him, and he looks at her only briefly, giving her a faux-friendly smile, scrunching his nose and squinting his eyes as though to communicate that he is jesting, of course. This is just friendly banter between two colleagues, this is the kind of horseplay they engage in all the time.

But let us make record of what Sheppard actually does here: he lays claim to McKay in front of her in particular. He is telling Carter that McKay is his to chide or punish (and also to reward) when the occasion calls for it, and that even in the case that they actually were required to shoot him for what ever reason (say, if a situation such as had happened in The Long Goodbye (S02E16) were to happen again), he is the one who would do that and not her. It is his job. Shooting McKay, telling him off for talking about doggy sex, and everything in between -- that is Sheppard's territory. She does not have jurisdiction over him. The same way as someone's spouse is automatically entitled to a shot-gun seat in the car over their buddies or even members of their birth family, so too Sheppard seems to think that an intimate relationship with McKay, which he is obviously unable to fess up to in public, entitles him to be the one who gets to shake his head at McKay when he is being McKay in front of company. Carter doesn't even go here.

On the face of it, it seems like Sheppard is telling McKay to be quiet and stop making inappropriate comments and interrupting the discussion, but what he is actually doing is telling Carter to quit while she is ahead. McKay does not seem to be looking for Carter's attention in any particular way and has been neutral pretty much throughout the meeting, sticking to business. He is being remarkably subdued, and like we have seen him be exceedingly neutral when speaking Carter's name e.g., in the meeting in Letters from Pegasus (S01E17), so he seems to be considerate of Sheppard's feelings also here. His crass and extremely loud feigned interest in Carter was never about Sheppard, apart from him seeming to use it to protect Sheppard's career and reputation in the message that he sent for the SGC to view when they were cohabiting the first time and had to suddenly re-establish contact with Earth. He also may have exaggerated some things related to Carter he had needed to vent some of his own jealous feelings regarding Sheppard and the women, to try to make him feel reciprocal jealousy because he was feeling jealous himself. But otherwise, he has not been antagonizing Sheppard using Carter on purpose, and seems to be careful not to do it here, being almost overly courteous -- not to impress Carter but to be considerate of Sheppard's feelings. And his excitement here is also not due to getting to work with her so much as him being pleased that he was able to follow Carter's line of thought, of figuring out what she intended before she had had the time to explain it.

McKay tells Sheppard not to shoot him like he had just promised Carter that he would do if he talked out of place again, and McKay obviously knows that Sheppard did not mean it. In asking Sheppard not to shoot him he is actually playing along with him, he is giving Sheppard the attention that he seems to crave by including him in the conversation because McKay cannot help engaging with Sheppard any more than Sheppard can help engaging with him. He further reminds Sheppard that he cannot help himself, which just confirms and reaffirms the intimacy between them. Sheppard knows McKay better than anyone and it seems like McKay felt like Sheppard needed to be reminded of this. Carter knows him in a professional capacity but besides McKay's oversharing of his childhood in an attempt at bonding, the two of them are not that close. Carter does not know him very well, and does not know most things about him like Sheppard does.

Like we had noted in connection with Inferno (S02E19), when Sheppard had tried telling Weir that he does not know what guys are like because he does not pay attention to guys, here we see again that there is no one who knows McKay better than Sheppard does. McKay is reminding him of something that he already knows: he can't help himself. And this is likely true of him in contexts other than this conversation as well, McKay blurting out things that he should not. And like we had discussed in connection with the previous episode, it is quite possible that although we do not hear Sheppard tell McKay "the L-word" until Tao of Rodney (S03E14), after a fashion, it is entirely possible that McKay himself has let it slip in some moment of weakness or in the throes (or the afterglow) of passion. McKay seems wholly incapable of not saying what he is thinking. He knows that Sheppard is not good with feelings and especially expressing them, that he likes to keep an ironic distance to his emotions, but McKay himself is like an open book to him. McKay cannot help himself and Sheppard knows this about him.

Sheppard: A jump. Can you do that? Mitchell: One of Colonel Carter's more brilliant planet-saving ideas from a few years back. Stargate Command inadvertently dialed the gate address of a planet that was on a collision course with a black hole. P3W-451, if memory serves.

We see Sheppard shaking his head at McKay now, and he seems to be partially copying what Carter had done earlier because he feels like Carter is his romantic rival, is his competition for the attentions of McKay -- which of course is not true. He is shaking his head in lieu of shooting him, which he naturally had not even contemplated, and he is the actual long-suffering spouse here.

But at the same time, Sheppard is pleased that McKay had said what he just said. Sheppard does not care if McKay interrupts them until the cows come home, he has always enjoyed listening to McKay talk. Sure, what the Earthlings have planned on doing in their galaxy is probably really important but it is not truly a concern for him. It had seemed at the start of the previous season that Sheppard had made the decision never to return to Earth, that there truly was nothing left for him there. Sheppard is a Pegasusian, he is a Lantean, he has returned to the city of his ancestors, and what ever trouble Earth was facing now, it was an abstract concern for him. Sheppard would rather have been listening to McKay talk about dog-on-dog sex all day long, and he most definitely does not mind McKay very obviously frustrating Carter with his antics. in fact, he encourages it. The worse that McKay looks in front of Carter the better.

Besides which this, Sheppard looking at McKay and shaking his head is an example of that wordless communication between them, and although he shakes his head no, what his gaze seems to communicate is "Yes, I really am upset," possibly even "We are so going to have angry sex later, you had better come ready." McKay gets to see the real Sheppard briefly while just as soon as he turns to Carter, Sheppard puts a mask on, puts on a friendly façade. He is asking her a follow-up question like his intention is to show that he had been paying attention, he is a good student unlike that rowdy boy in the back row, when in fact he is the one who comes up with all of their mischief and the teachers never catch on because he has the face of an angel. This is also probably what he had been like in his boarding schools for real as a child.

Carter: The only way to disconnect before Cheyenne Mountain got swallowed up was to set off a shape charge right at the event horizon. Now that energy spike forced our outgoing wormhole to jump to another stargate that was relatively close by. Mitchell: And, if we can do it again we can tie up the Ori supergate indefinitely.

Carter is about to answer Sheppard's question when Mitchell interrupts her, and because he is a newcomer to the flagship team of the SGC that he has been asked to lead, it is possible that he feels the need to prove himself. Mitchell feels the need to show both that he understands what the plan is and that he has knowledge of what SG-1 has done when he had not yet been around, that he has studied everything that they had done and that he really belongs there.

Because Mitchell is friendly toward Carter and McKay is combative when it comes to sciencey stuff, it may be easier to disregard the sexism in Mitchell very obviously speaking over Carter, whose rodeo this actually is. Even though Mitchell technically outranks Carter, having two Colonels in one single gate team was always going to cause issues, and Mitchell's apparent need to assert himself here seems to be part and parcel of him needing to prove that he is a leader and that Carter is in his team. Note the way Sheppard has unclasped his hands now, and is looking directly at McKay before Carter starts showing them things on the screen that draws his attention away from McKay. McKay having given him that little bit of attention had immediately made his body language relax incrementally.

They then rehash some backstory and more exposition to why they have come to Atlantis now to solve their own issues in the Milky Way. What is interesting is that the trouble they had with the black hole mentioned by Mitchell had been way back in the second season of SG-1, before the character of McKay had yet been a twinkle in anyone's eye, but that problem was actually one that McKay could well have helped the SGC to solve given his expertise in Astrophysics, and likely he had been at Area 51 learning about the stargate and its properties at the time. It was because McKay had such extensive knowledge of the gate that he was later invited to solve another problem they had with the gate, and he very likely would have been privy to the same mission reports that Mitchell has perused, since learning about how the gate acts near a black hole is precisely to kind of thing he had been hired to research.

And like we had seen when McKay had been working with Carter previously, he thinks that she is way too reckless and cavalier with her "brilliant planet-saving ideas," risking everyone's lives in the process. None of them in this room beyond Jackson had been aware of how close to annihilation Earth had come then. Given that he had likely read such reports, it is not surprising that McKay had thought that Carter was some irresponsible bimbo who just throws crap at the wall until something sticks before actually meeting her, antics such as using a nuke to divert a wormhole having given McKay a first impression of her long before they met. And like he had on their first encounter, McKay has some notes on her plan now.

McKay: Even if you were able to establish an initial connection— Mitchell: We need a nuke, we know. McKay: And a dialing crystal capable of— Mitchell: Already have one. McKay: And if you want to— Mitchell: Yeah. McKay: —keep the connection— Mitchell: Yeah! McKay: —open for more than— Mitchell: Yeah! McKay: —thirty-eight minutes— Mitchell: Yeah, yeah, yeah! McKay: —you need to find a black hole in the Pegasus galaxy! Mitchell: This is not our first barbecue, Doctor McKay!

McKay is a world-class Astrophysicist and the foremost expert on stargate technology in two whole galaxies, so he is well within his rights to point out the problems he sees in their plan, even if they had thought of all of them already. He has to make sure that they have thought of everything before lending them his expertise on the matter. McKay is not doing anything out of the ordinary here, he is talking shop and not even being particularly combative about it. But for some reason, Mitchell decides he has had enough of McKay.

Just like Major Lorne had on their initial meeting, Mitchell seems to think that McKay is a real piece of work, egotistical and self-important. He starts locking horns with McKay for reasons that probably have more to do with his own feelings of inadequacy than with McKay, and he is just projecting this feeling on McKay like McKay was purposefully trying to make him look stupid. We see that Mitchell tries to counter everything that McKay says but what we also need to understand is that none of what he says is his idea originally. He is just telling McKay what Carter had explained to him. They have obviously had a mission briefing before they had left for Atlantis, and this is all old hat for him. For McKay, however, he is being presented with this science problem afresh and he is thinking it over, thinking out loud like he is wont to do, trying to cover all the basis like a responsible scientist (not like Carter) would do.

It seems like everyone in the room starts watching them go, knowing that they would not get a word in edgewise. Jackson still seems to be watching McKay like he actually likes him (and perhaps worth noting is that much later on, Jackson is the only person to call McKay "Rod," which he may secretly have wished to be called all his life). Jackson clearly thinks that McKay is one one the cool kids, and while he is not attracted to him, he still likes watching him in his element. Carter just smiles and looks down, clearly having expected McKay to have this initial reaction to her plan. He would not be McKay otherwise. She knows that he needs to get it out of his system so that he can actually get McKay to help them with what she had come here seeking his help for, knowing that they need him. It was humiliating for her to have to need him but this is his forté. What they were attempting to do was important enough for her to undergo the humiliation of having to ask for his help, and now Mitchell was winding him up for no reason, making him even more difficult to work with than he usually is.

Vala clearly has no idea what she is supposed to think about this, and Mitchell is so very obviously frustrated. He is full on sighing and rolling his eyes exasperated with the man sitting next to him, and is probably wishing that he could shoot him. What is interesting is Sheppard. Nothing in him outwardly changes from his previous position except that he goes entirely still. Note that he is watching Mitchell, not McKay. Even though he does not see Mitchell as his romantic rival the same way as he does Carter, he is very much another rooster in the henhouse. Like Caldwell, he is an Air Force Colonel that outranks him, and his dismissiveness of McKay as a scientist and of Carter apparently as a woman is something that he finds alarming, because it might indicate he has other views that Sheppard would definitely dislike, that he has dismissive views of other minorities as well. He does not know Mitchell from Adam but he thinks that he knows the type. He is one of the good old boys. All American corn fields and apple pies by the books kind of a guy.

Mitchell is most probably a "high-school to flight-school" type, basically the antithesis to who Sheppard is. And the way Sheppard regards him here is cold. He had been joking about shooting McKay but if this guy disrespects him, his men (including the man that he loves) or his way of running things in his city, he might just shoot Mitchell. Sheppard is keeping quiet here because he feels like he is forced to, because what ever he might say in this moment would indubitably be bad -- could get him court-martialed, in the worst case scenario. He had worked way too hard for what he has with McKay now to throw it away, but you can tell that having to watch this is affecting Sheppard deeply. He is protective of McKay, and while he knows that McKay can take care of himself especially when it comes to the science of it all, the instinct to jump into the fray for McKay is still there.

McKay: I am just saying, the yield calculations can be extremely tricky, if not borderline impossible. You may need me. Vala: Colonel Carter said as much. Carter: Oooh, we weren't going to tell him that.

Mitchell is not doing anything to hide his almost immediate and visceral dislike of McKay, his face broadcasting "Take a load of this guy!" for everyone in the room to see. This is especially egregious given that McKay appears to be right in cautioning them about the plan, and he furthermore volunteers his help so that they might get it right. There is nothing compelling him to get involved with this, he just sees people in need of help and decides to extend a hand.

The way McKay does it is somewhat surreptitious because McKay fears rejection and hence does not want to outright offer his help. The way he sniffs "You may need me" with his nose up in the air sounds unarguably haughty, but again this thing that might be interpreted as egoism if you did not know McKay at all is just him protecting his soft centre, is a defensive strategy that is meant to lessen the pain of the inevitable rejection because he knows that people usually do not want him around. In fact, the way Mitchell has been talking to him, looking at him, his negatively charged body language, he was making it pretty obvious that he does not want McKay around. But at the same time, he can see that they need him. They will not be able to pull this off without him, possibly not even with him.

What happens then is interesting. First of all, Sheppard looks up at the ceiling on McKay's words about being needed by these guys, not unlike he had when Norina had been talking about wanting to study under McKay back in Inferno. He is rolling his eyes but he is doing it for a different reason than Mitchell. It does not even need saying but Sheppard admires McKay. He thinks McKay is just great. He has told many people when McKay has not been around to hear it how much he thinks of his skills (even Mitchell, it later turns out), and he had called McKay a genius to his face just in the previous episode. Sheppard's look is not communicating his exasperation with McKay's self-aggrandizement because that is not even what he had been doing here. McKay was not talking about himself and how smart he is, he was offering his help to people he thinks are in need. Sheppard gets that. Likely he is thinking Of course they need you, Rodney. They came all this way for you. What makes Sheppard roll his eyes back is McKay beating around the bush this long to get to the point, of taking his sweet time circling back to what he had wanted to say all along, and McKay taking his sweet time doing things is something that Sheppard has experienced more than once. McKay wants to be included but would never say it out loud, and Sheppard if anyone is aware of McKay's broken self-esteem, likely knowing all kinds of things about his childhood. It is obvious to him that they need him, and it should be obvious to McKay himself. But he needs McKay too.

What ever Sheppard was thinking, it is interrupted by Vala suddenly bursting out in nervous laughter because while she does not understand everything that is going on in this room, she does understand enough to be amused by what she had been watching. It was especially amusing to her that Carter seems to have predicted this whole thing, which tells her (and Sheppard) that she does know McKay pretty well. Being able to anticipate someone's responses is a sign of intimacy, and while McKay might not be the most difficult guy in the world to figure out, and in fact winding him up and watching him go is something that most people in McKay's life have figured out is easy to do at some point, it is still upsetting for Sheppard to see that Carter knows him like this.

And Vala, not being savvy to all of their Earth customs and having a limited repertoire of social skills says what occurs to her out loud, seeming to break the tension in the room at the same time. And while it appears to be true that Carter had told Vala this, she had never intended for McKay to hear that they need him because she knows that the guy would never let it go. And Carter's response to suck in a breath through her teeth and squirm about not having wanted to tell McKay that they need him is even more upsetting to Sheppard. It really grinds his gear because it proves to him without the shadow of a doubt that she does know him. Sheppard knows McKay well enough to know that she knows him well -- too well for his comfort.

Weir: John, do you think you could spare Rodney from your team? Sheppard: Hell, you can keep him. Mitchell: Nice.

McKay himself looks pleased when Carter basically confesses that it was true, that they actually needed him and had come here looking for his help. McKay's whole modus operandi is to perform tasks for other people to get them to tolerate having him around, to like him back, maybe even some day to love him if he just manages to do enough things for them, does all the right things in the right order.

McKay has a soft look on his face that has nothing whatsoever to do with attraction or him feeling any kind of way toward Carter beyond just being glad to be included. His face is basically saying "Well, how about that!" and Sheppard is easily able to read his thoughts off of his face. And while Sheppard might love seeing McKay like this, he wants McKay to be happy and content, he hates how easily Carter managed to put this look on his face. It is obvious to Sheppard that McKay craves Carter's approval -- and while neither of them may realize that the reason he craves her approval so much is because she resembles his mother, whose approval had always been conditional and hinging on good behaviour (and which is also why him ending up with Keller when they ran out of story is a goddamn tragedy for the ages, but more on that later), he sure as heck does not want McKay to be looking at anyone else like that.

Sheppard is actually upset here. He is not being glib for the sake of being glib, he is not wisecracking away because he is too cool for school and making it out to seem like he doesn't even care, whatever, he's not bothered in the least. It isn't eating him up at all. Sheppard tells them that they can keep McKay, obviously not meaning a word that he says, and note that he is looking at Mitchell when he says this and then turns to look at Vala, but pointedly does not look at Carter. Not only had Sheppard personally asked to have McKay in his team after having seen him willing to sacrifice his life for the greater good in Hide and Seek (S01E03), even if McKay was not personally important to him, we know that he is an integral part of Sheppard's team. He is not someone who is there to open doors and to hack computers to him, he is someone that had just rained fire on a planet just because Sheppard had asked him to. The reason he seems to be saying this to Mitchell in particular is not just because he does not want Carter to "have him," but he seems to feel like he needs to "play it straight" for Mitchell, thinking that Mitchell is not a guy that would just let it slide the way they have decided to live up here in Pegasus, away from the watchful eye of the brass. And in this, he is protecting McKay too, because if he has to go on a mission with military men alone and without him, it is better that they think he is just eccentric and a science nerd rather than that they think he is any of the colourful words the Air Force had for gay men.

Mitchell smiles to himself at Sheppard's comment, as though he had just gotten the dirty end of the stick. In this he is behaving similar to how Major Lorne had reacted to Sheppard pairing him off with McKay in The Runner (S01E03), where his intention had been to make sure that McKay would stay safe when he felt unable to protect him himself at the time. Mitchell seems to be acting not unlike a school bully who has just been paired with the class nerd for a group project, and it is obvious again to everyone in the room that this displeases him, even while realizing that they do actually need him, they had come here for a reason.

But at the same time, the way Sheppard looks at Mitchell when he tells him that he can have McKay, he is telling him to take good care of him. The serious look in his eyes does not match his words. He is obligating Mitchell and Mitchell in particular to take charge of McKay because he does not want it to be Carter. He does not actually want McKay anywhere near Carter, and he sure as hell does not want him anywhere near Carter when he is not there to see to it that nothing untoward happens. And this is another example of Sheppard and McKay having worked on their relationship, the two of them having "talked about it for a really long time," Sheppard seeming to have promised McKay to trust him more. Trust him to take care of himself obviously, but trusting him meant allowing him to accompany a blonde bombshell on a mission too. Sheppard hates this but a promise is a promise is a promise.

Continued in Pt. 3

[dabuerre]

my stargate watch got kinda screwed. i got atlantis heavily spoiled. and sg-1.. well. im basically at the end of season 10, and i wanted to talk about episodes i actually i like

"Beachhead" was pretty cool. love the supergate. loved vala. shit was good.

"Collateral Damage" was pretty interesting. more Cam lore. not enough though

as i said previously, "Ripple Effect" is amazing, just for bringing Janet back, but also seeing Martouf. i also loved how one of the teams did their thing. thats such an sg-1 thing to do.

"Stronghold" i really liked that Cam showed his friend his memories. was pretty cool.

"Ethon" i liked that the brought back the Rand/Caledonia shit, but again, no real progress? like, i guess i kinda get it, didnt seem likely that they actually would change, but yeah, dissapointing. also, when i first watched this, i thought Jonas was from Rand, but nah, he was from.. uhh.. Kelowna? something like that.

"Of the Grid" was kinda nifty, ig. i kinda love the whole kassa thing. druggie corn. my favorite. can you imagine sitting on the couch, playing your favorite shows, and then getting high of of corn??

and that was kinda it. i really liked the end episodes, "Crusade" and "Camelot" but...

i think these seasons work best in hindsight. like, when you watch them at first, you will probably hate them. but the more you watch them, the better they become. probably mostly because of the new world-building, and shit. season 10 is definitely better. will make a similar post when i finish it. debating if watching "Ark of Truth" is neccesary? comments welcomed.

i also wanted to add, that i have no idea why they are adding more enemies in these late seasons. like starting war if the Lucian Alliance is.. very boring to me. i also really hate what became of the Jaffa. i guess it kinda makes sense, but i dont know, i kinda wished that after so many bloody years of constant war, they would just sit on their asses and fucking draw and make sculptures and shit. but nah. we had to have another power hungry jaffa, who eventually joined the oril, redeemed himself, and died. then came another power hungry jaffa, who did a horrible fucking warcrime, and then lost dakara. what is the fucking point. makes me sad. teal'c fought for nothing.

[the-little-red-queen]

I’m loving sg-1 bc every single episode where they accidentally bring something back through the gate that wants to kill them they are somehow a) surprised and b) able to pull some previously unheard of and unprecedented level of quarantine out of their asses

It’s like every time it happens some poor soul in the risk analysis department puts a tally on the board and makes up a new bs pass phrase the lock the mountain down even harder next time

“Authorization red-beta initiate wildfire” dude what

[catboy-archaeologist]

Oh shit im about to finish the series??? Holy Shit???

[autistic-crypt1d]

Stargate SG-1 Live Blogging:

Season 7

Daniel's back!!!

Seasons: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

Updates:

- Fallen

- yay!!!

- the run through the halls, so Daniel of him

- I love this haircut on Jonas

- "was there ever anything between us?" AHHHHHHH

- "has your hair always been that way?" "What way?" "Nevermind..." XD

- Teal'c looks so different in this episode, smoother somehow

- ow ow ow Teal'c face when Daniel asked where Sha're was 😭

- "everyone turn away, I want no witnesses" XD

- I think it's really funny that they start searching for Atlantis now and they don't find it for another year and it provides zero help with Anubis because they don't even go, the Atlantis expedition does

- Daniel's sassy thumbs up

- "wackier than strapping a Stargate to the bottom of an X-302?" "Yep!" "Wackier than blowing up a sun?!" "Oh yeah!" "... he's probably right" XD

- damn it Yu

- I love that literally anyone who becomes a member of SG-1 is sassy when captured

- Homecoming

- omfg I forgot Anubis goes to Kelowna

- "welcome home, Jonas Quinn" AHHHH

- hang on a sec, the non-Kelowna femal rep is the same woman who plays Eli's mother on SGU!

- Jonas and Daniel are so cute together I wish we got more of them so bad 😭

- "uh... this way" "You sure?" "Nope!" "Right" XD

- "you're very up" PFFFT

- idiot

- HELL YEAH!!!

- KICK HIS ASS CARTER

- rare Ba'al W

- thank you Jonas for keeping Daniel from dying immediately after coming back to life

- "hey Daniel, feed my fish?" 😭

- I miss him already 😭

- "we get paid for this right?" XD

- STOP THE MUSIC I'M GONNA CRY

- Fragile Balance

- OH MY GOD IT'S THIS ONE

- the pants XD

- "ok, love to, who are you?"

- "sounds like him, at least the loud grating part" PFFFFT

- "stranger things have happened" "name but one" XD

- "I'll go set up a playstation" PFFFT

- god I love Sam and Teal'c basically giggling at him

- "this you remember, my birthday you forget" XD

- THE RESTRAIN HELP

- "If I have to I'll drag the little tyke through the gate kicking and screaming myself if I have to" BRUH

- Daniel trying to make Sam say it is so funny

- "Do not be afraid" ZAT GUN

- THE THUD

- I'm sorry it's so fucking funny that he zip tied the Asgard

- ASSGARD

- FLAT WHITE ASSES

- aaaand we never see him again

- Orpheus

- ah man I remember this one now :(

- poor Teal'c, this one is rough

- "don't give me the eyebrow" XD

- I just realized why Teal's looks different, his eyeshadow is gone!

- god this episode is rough

- LET'S GO DANIEL!!

- LET'S GO TEAM!!!!! KICK THEIR ASSES!!!

- TEAL'C IS BACK BABYYYY

- "for the first time in my life I feel like I'm a part of something, something important" "as do I" AHHHHHHH

- Revisions

- oooooh this one

- the link concept is super cool

- HALLING?!

- I wonder if this episode inspired "Childhood's end" in SGA

- the updates are so spooky!!

- Lifeboat

- oh god

- this is such a good episode for Jackson and Janet

- "the small woman" XD

- Jack staying with Daniel just like he stayed with him when he was Ascended 😭

- "I knew my whole life that the world was gonna end" 😭

- god their acting is so good in this episode

- "you don't belong in that man's body and I intend to take it back!" HELL YEAH JANET!!!!

- the fact that Pharren's attempt to save those passengers is what ultimately killed them is so heartbreaking

- "but we'll be together?" STOP 😭

- Enemy Mine

- god I hate this Colonel so much

- "Daniel, go to your happy place" XD

- it's really sad how many had to die before they figured it out :(

- I also hate this general dude

- Chaka's new outfit is so cool

- wow they changed Chaka's facial features like a lot, he's so... glossy and much more brown toned than green like he was previously

- finally someone puts that dude in his place, what an ass

- Space Race

- omg this one

- that is so not the same alien

- Carter is so excited XD

- holy crap I forgot how futuristic this planet was

- PFFFFFT TEAL'C

- oh hey, isn't that dude the same guy that plays Vala's dad later?

- ugh, Jarlath

- woah wraith dart sounds!!

- the fucking tech con ad XD

- Murray XD

- wow, the ice clusters are cool

- not Daniel dipping his toe in the pond XD

- Sam being salty about losing is so funny

- Avenger 2.0

- ugh, Felger again

- "wrecked it in a single day" XD

- that is 100% the same place that little clone O'Neill was hiding

- god I hate this last scene, so fucking stupid

- Birthright

- "maybe they're more comfortable around Sam" "why? Because we have penises?" *cough* "powerbar?" XD

- "give em the ol' Teal'c charm!"

- I really liked Mala, I'm sad that she dies :(

- *wakes up to a staff in his face* "goodmorning" XD

- Evolution (Part 1)

- omg is this the Supersoldier start??? I recognize those wounds

- HELL YEAH IT IS!!!

- I had to write a whole separate post about these dudes cuz I obsessed with them, here's that link

- oooo sarcophagus lore, I forgot about this

- I forgot that the sarcophagus came from an ancient device (but honestly not a surprise, the Goa'uld steal everything)

- Nicholas Ballard mention

- OMFG IT'S THIS EPISODE

- dude this 2 parter is WILD I'm so excited

- I love their guide so much he's hilarious

- *CRASH* "found it!" XD

- MAYBE THEY WERE SKINNY PEOPLE PFFFT

- IT'S SO COOL

- the clan of his glasses as he put his head down is so funny

- "I think running would be a good idea right about now" *WATERFALL*

- this poor guide, they're stressing this man out so bad

- them adopting this random Jaffa is so cute I'm sorry, the way he looks at them like a lost puppy 😭

- they would've been cooler if they didn't speak I will say that

- Evolution (Part 2)

- god it hurts to see Daniel like that :(

- ah yes, this guy

- "I took an emotional inventory and found that I have some issues" PFFFT

- "I love American gum... good guys" bro he's so funny

- "at least a handful" ha yeah just you wait

- poor Daniel 😭

- oh hell yeah

- "you guys are into some crazy crap man" you don't even know the half of it my guy XD

- god I love this part

- the fucking rings take me out everytime I swear XD

- "Teal'c, are you hurt?" "Where?" "My pride" PFFFFFT

- Daniel's hop away XD

- Grace

- ahhh now this is the gas cloud one. I remember the title

- trying to remember what race this ship belongs to, but I don't think we ever find out

- oh my god it's Peter!!

- poor Sam :(

- I've already seen people point out the fact that this episode is titled Grace and the episode where Rodney is trapped alone in a sinking jumper and hallucinated Sam is called Grace Under Pressure but I really cannot stop thinking about it. Sam gets stuck in a gas cloud alone, hallucinating the people she loves to help her get out, then Rodney gets stuck alone and hallucinated her to help him get out XD

- "What if I quit the airforce right now? Would that make a difference or is that just an excuse" OOF

- god I wish we knew more about these aliensssss

- Fallout

- oh no, Jonas's Fuckass haircut 😭

- why did they have to make them look like siblingssssss, they even have the same damn hair cut!!!!

- poor Jonas man, got seduce by a Goa'uld

- Chimera

- UGH, Pete.

- not her humming the Stargate theme song

- the squint 😂

- THE EYE ROLL

- he's so funny istg

- "thank you Teal'c, this conversation has been disturbing on many levels" RUDE

- bro they barely started dating and he's like "break confidentiality for me or I'm gonna be a fucking baby about it"

- oh and instead of gaining her trust over time, he fucking stalks her and abuses his power to infiltrate her private life! CREEP

- Teal'c and his donuts, so cute

- damn it Pete

- Death Kneel

- AHHHHH I LOVE THIS EPISODE

- grumpy Jacob

- damn that's quite a crater

- I wish we got more supersoldier stuff before they made the weapon tbh, raise the stakes more

- poor Sam, she just had that whole Prometheus shit and now this

- all these alliances are so fragile

- LET HER DRINK YOU BASTARD

- it's hard to be at at it when it's so cool

- the Tok'ra trying to push out Jacob and Selmak because he's honoring the alliance is WILD

- HELL YEAH JACOB & SELMAK!

- SO COOL

- HELL YEAH TEAM!!!

- Heroes (Part 1)

- HEROES IS NEXT?!?!?!? BRO I'M NOT READY

- Daniel XD

- Siler being blasted into the wall is so funny

- Sam being awkward, Daniel being unintentionally difficult, Teal'c being intentionally difficult, and Jack just avoiding him is so funny and so them

- this other team is honestly really funny I like them

- god Kinsey SHUT UP

- "I just want to express my deep and unyielding love for you sir" XD

- Jack's laundry list of a medical file XD

- "you allow me to see grace, under pressure" AY YO EPISODE TITLE MENTION??

- Heroes (Part 2)

- here it comes :(

- Sam crying ahhhhhh 😭

- ahhh Woolsey's introduction

- his speech in Daniel's office is actually so unexpectedly moving

- her scream 😭

- Daniel's screams 😭

- ow ow ow ow ow

- the hug 😭

- "nothing about it was right, but it also wasn't your fault" ow ow ow

- Sam crying again nooooo god

- god I forgot Daniel was sitting in the dark corner alone 😭

- OW OW OW Daniel talking about Fraiser staying with him while he was dying

- "Whats her name?" "Janet" AHHHHHH 😭

- Resurrection

- ah this one, not really a favorite but it's ok

- ugh, I hate Keffler, huge ick

- "really? You?" Bitch that is Samantha Carter you're talking about, she is amazing

- I'm sorry but Barret is just so unintimidating

- WHY WOULD YOU GIVE HER A CANDLE

- "you couldn't help me" :(

- and right after Janet's death too AHHHHH

- Inauguration

- ah yes, the first time we actually get to see a president

- the president is hilarious honestly

- god Kinsey never. shuts. up.

- ugh I forgot how slimy Woolsey was in SG-1

- Woolsey finally realizing he's on the wrong side of this

- Lost City (Part 1)

- him rinsing off the phone is so funny

- ah yes, blonde Weir

- not the whole rest of the team waiting for him and his stupid crossword XD

- wow that explosion was so bad

- poor Jack

- "I did it again" yes you did

- Daniel is so weird when he's drunk I love it

- omg it is these episodes!!!

- Lost City (Part 2)

- that damn cross word XD

- man they're just changing the layout of these cargo ships willy nilly

- I remember this Jaffa dude being a traitor

- yup, traitor, luckily he's an idiot

- KICK HIS ASS BRA'TAC

- "bow before your god" "I don't think so. But I'm willing to negotiate your surrender" YOU TELL HIM HAYES

- the face touch 😭

- "oh please I have enough on you to have you shot" I love him XD

- oh hell yeah, Hammond and Walter on the Prometheus!

- AHHHH IM SO EXCITED

- AHHHHH!!!!!

- LET'S GO PROMETHEUS!!!!

- the supersoldier weapons being built into the guns is super cool

- bro the Prometheus is so small compared to the motherships XD

- "brace for collision, if we go they go" Hammond is such a badass

- HELL YEAH DRONE TIME

- god that's so cool

- "that was SG-1" DAMN RIGHT

- "my god it's beautiful!" AHHHH I love that part so much

- AHHHHH

Season 8

[allieebobo]

Happy holidays and Merry Christmas everyone!! 🎄🎁

Holiday special

I hope everyone's having the absolute merriest holiday season so far!!

As mentioned previously, as a way to celebrate 2 years on both CT:OS and Merry Crisis, I'll be releasing 2 ''sneak peeks' for some moments that'll be coming up in future updates! It won't be the full scene, but hope it gives a nice teaser for what's coming in the year ahead :) I'll aim to release these sneak peaks by Jan!

Instructions

Vote for the 'sneak peek' scene you'd like in the poll below. I'll write the top-voted choice from the poll.

For the other 'sneak peek', reblog the main posts of @collegetennisoriginstory and @merrycrisis-if (if you haven't already) and I'll randomly generate a winner for this segment from the usernames of people who have reblogged the posts within the past week, and contact the winner to ask for an additional sneak peek scene they'd like! :)

[elenath9]

SG-1 Rewatch

So I know a lot of people are rewatching the show and we previously had a weekly episode in the Stargate community. Since those have stopped (and I kept going), I figured I might as well just continue to post my thoughts.

We left off at Enigma…

Ohh Narim’s got it bad lol.

First appearance of Mayborne and the start of a lovely relationship between he and Jack. 😉

I love how General Hammond won’t allow Mayborne to take custody of the Tollan and how they use Daniel’s status as a civilian to evacuate them.  I think it’s fitting that the Tollan go to live with the Nox.

Other random thoughts:

“Whoops!” (Daniel walking in on Sam and Narim)

The whole end scene when Daniel pretends not to hear Mayborne and Omoc tells Daniel that Narim was right about him and Jack says, “you did good Daniel” …… 👌❤️👍❤️

[builtbybrokenbells]

Gold Dust Woman | Epilogue

A quick glimpse into the future.

Pairing: Jake Kiszka x f!reader

Word count: 3.5k

Warnings: tooth rotting sweetness 🫶🏻

I couldn’t end this series without some fluff, come on now. Hopefully Jake lane takes this as a sufficient apology for breaking your hearts for a while 😁 thank you all for being the best, and as always, enjoy, be kind, and don’t mind any grammar mistakes.

It’s astounding just how much can change in a year and six months. Your home, although decorated the same, was completely rid from the demons of loneliness that once haunted the building. If you looked hard enough, you could see the areas that once appeared empty beginning to fill with memories of love. Pictures hung in expensive frames, small items littered on counters and shelves to remind you that behind the door, it was no longer just your own life contained inside, it was two. Shampoo bottles standing side by side in the shower, two toothbrushes sitting beside the sink, and two coffee mugs always paired together no matter dirty or clean. A Les Paul and an SG always taking post in the living room, illuminated by the sunlight during the day and blanketed with moonlight during the night. A record collection that had doubled in size, and a bed that only ever previously had one messy side was now in constant disarray. Your clothes no longer littered the floors by their lonesome, because there were plenty of button-ups and t-shirts from another wardrobe to keep them company.

In a year and six months, your house was completely different from the one it used to be. It was filled with laughter, light, and a promise of forever. It was something you never thought the world would bless you with, yet it seemed to surprise you more every day. Although more messy, your home was more inviting than it had ever been. You owed it all to one person, and it was not yourself. Jake had made the sorrow excuse for a wooden shack into your most favourite place in the entire world. He had filled up every empty corner with materialistic items, and the rest with his heart to remind you that as long as he was living, you would never need to be alone again.

It was also intriguing to see just how little things changed in the same time period. You thought that after eighteen months of the same thing every day, you might become bored or outgrow the habits you had fallen into, but neither were true. Your heart still sang with joy each morning, and your body still felt the same peace as it did the day he asked you to be his girlfriend. You worried that the happiness would wear off and you would find yourself stuck in the misery you had been so familiar with your entire life, yet it never made a return. As much as you feared change that might come, it was only proven further with every day that passed that the rest of your life was destined to be just as it was; happy, comfortable, and prosperous. You were eternally grateful for the stability, and you hoped to live in the bubble of elation for the rest of your days.

After the tour came to an end, you all packed up your things with worry about the future. Gold Dust Woman as a band had no plans, yet a following that was steadily growing larger as time went on. Greta Van Fleet was large in their popularity, destined for more fame without a doubt about it. With a new relationship, you feared that distance might add a pressure to your life that you were not equipped to handle, but when the homecoming plane landed, it only took a few moments to decide that Jake would be moving in with you. There was not a hesitation in the process, and it comforted you to know that even if he was gone, he was still all around you.

Finding inspiration in your own leap of faith, Danny and Dylan followed your footsteps not too long after. With your personal lives settled, you thought that as a next step, recording music would be your newest and most exciting adventure. You were not wrong in assuming so, and within the first six months, you had ten songs prepared and awaiting for your first ever EP as a band. You were picked up by a label in no time, and the producing process began. It was a tedious time of relentless marketing and interviews, including a few more gigs for short tours as an opening act for other bands. Now, with the PR out of the way and a team of your own, you were anxiously awaiting the arrival of your very first physical copy of your own record.

Midway through your journey with touring, you had taken a small break to come home and spend time with Jake before he left for his own tour. During your visit, you were pleased to find out that Sam had met someone who turned his world upside down. You were lucky enough to meet her and discover that she was everything he had ever dreamed of, and he was happier than you had ever seen him before. Thus began your quick work at repairing your friendship, finding it incredibly easy to open yourselves back up to each other and return to what you used to be before the brothers relentless conquest for your heart. The world seemed perfect, and although the hurt you experienced during the battle was debilitating, the damage was minimal compared to the prosperity of the future. The scars were white, long gone from memory and replaced by stretch marks that formed from being so full of love and happiness.

You had always been the type to gag at the thought of a fairytale ending, yet now that you were living amidst one, you could finally understand why so many people craved it so desperately. You could not imagine returning to the lifestyle you lived before Jake, because it all seemed bleak and depressing. Constantly searching for a thrill, never having the nerve to speak your truth, never knowing where you were going or where you would end up. It was sickening to recall, and even on your hardest days, or when you went weeks without being able to touch him, your life with Jake was beyond anything you had ever felt or lived before. He was your forever, and your only worry was that you didn’t have enough time in one lifespan to love him. You worried that there wasn’t enough time in the entire universe to love Jake the way he deserved, but you tried your hardest to be the best you could be for him, because god knows he was doing it for you.

You were sat on the couch of your living room, pondering over the empty space that seemed to be growing larger by the day. Jake’s SG was long gone from its stand, and had been for weeks. He was travelling the world and doing what he loved, and you were so happy for him, yet it did not take away from the fact that you missed him terribly. Each day it seemed like the minutes passed slower, and you were counting every second until he walked through the front door. You only had a few more days to go, but you were beginning to believe you wouldn’t survive it. Phone calls and texts only went so far, and you missed his company more than you cared to admit.

A show was playing softly on the television, but you were no longer invested in the screen. You were writing in your journal, hoping to finish some lyrics for a new song you had started. There was an incense smouldering away on the windowsill, the smoke sending a peaceful haze across the room and leaving a calming aroma in the air. The sun was twinkling through the windows, wrapping around the blinds you had pulled across and sending rays through the emptiness of the room. It was cozy, comfortable, yet seemed to be missing something. You knew that feeling would flee as soon as Jake was back home and sitting on the couch beside you. Your coffee cup beside you was spewing pathetic spurts of steam, long forgotten in your mind and destined to be remembered once it was too cold to enjoy.

You snapped from your thoughts, hearing the door open and keys jingling softly. You figured it must be Dylan; she had a spare key and used it quite often when both of your boyfriends were gone off on tour. The loss of constant companionship was made easier with a best friend like her, because she was always willing to help pass the time. Whether it was playing music, or going for brunch, or even just existing together, she was always down for it. She had taken Danny’s place in the routine Sunday Brunches when he was unable to make it, and you weren’t shy in admitting that she did a great job at making them just as fun. Sometimes, when the boys were free from work, the four of you would go together and fill the afternoon with casual drinks and laughter. No matter what, you were constantly surrounded with family, and it was more fantastic than you ever imagined it to be. Sometimes, chosen family was far beyond anything blood relatives could provide, and they outweighed every expectation that you had. You had no idea where you would be without them.

You stood, figuring you could be kind enough to greet her at the door. When you rounded the corner into the kitchen and stepped into the hallway, your heart nearly exploded straight from your chest. At the front door, with a bouquet of flowers in one hand and a box in the other, Jake was standing alone, surrounded with breathtaking beauty as always. He looked up at you, a blinding smile taking over his face, letting you know he was just as excited to see you. “Surprise.” He whispered, kicking his shoes off and walking to meet you. You took off in a sprint, too excited to care about your childish behaviour, and nearly tackled him with the strength in which you hugged him. He laughed, wrapping his arms around you as best he could with the items in his hands. “I missed you, angel.” He placed a kiss to your head, savouring the sweetness for as long as he could.

“What are you doing home so early?” You asked, although the words came out quite muffled due to your face being buried in his chest. The familiar scent was overpowering, holding you captive and intoxicating you immediately. Sandalwood, but it was no longer laced with the implications of sin; it was home, and it was the most sacred of all.

“I couldn’t wait any longer to see you.” He admitted, drawing back from you only slightly. He leaned down, pressing a soft kiss to your lips. “I’m so glad I did, because something came in the mail.” He grinned, reminding you of the box he was holding in his hand.

“Is that what I think it is?” Your eyes were glistening with excitement, knowing that he was wondering the same thing.

“Let’s find out.” He said, nodding his head down the hallway. Together, you walked into the kitchen and he set the package on the table. He let his bag drop to the ground before he went off in search of a vase for the flowers.

“I can do that,” you offered, practically vibrating at the thought of what was inside the box. He shook his head, reaching into a cupboard and grabbing the item he had been looking for. He filled it with water, carefully removing the flowers from the brown paper wrapping and setting them inside. He placed them on the table before kissing you on top of the head.

“Are you gonna open it?” He asked, looking down at your nervous hands settled on top of the package.

“I’m scared.” You chuckled, trying to stop the tremors in your fingers.

“Don’t be.” He said, wrapping an arm around you and pulling you into his side. “We’ll do it together.”

“Yeah, together.” You nodded, picking up the box and slowly pulling back the tape. You balled it up, tossing it down on the table as you opened up the flaps. On top of a mound of bubble wrap sat a card. You pulled it out, looking inside all while feeling like you could throw up. You read over the words written inside, feeling the anxiety morph into excitement. “That’s sweet.” You smiled, setting the card by the flowers. It was a note of congratulations from your label, making sure you were well informed of the huge milestone you had achieved. You slowly picked out the bubble wrap, setting it to the side while drawing in a long breath.

Your gaze fell over the cover of the vinyl record, immediately prompting tears in your eyes. You took a step back, letting out a shaky laugh as you dried your eyes. Jake looked back at you, more proud than he had ever been in his entire life. “You did that, sweetheart.” He said, unable to contain his own excitement. You could hear his tone wavering as he tried to hold back his own tears, only sending you spiralling even further. He pulled you into another hug, allowing you to air out your surge of emotions.

After a moment, you reached into the box and pulled it out. The cover was gold, shimmering under the sunlight flowing in from the windows. ‘Gold Dust Woman’ was embossed on the surface in pitch black lettering, standing out from the background. You flipped it over, looking over the track list. At the very bottom in small print, you could see the production rights trademarked by your company. “That’s me,” you squeaked, pointing at your name alongside Dylan and Riley’s. “That’s my name.”

“It is,” he laughed, leaning in to get a closer look at it. “I’m so proud of you, y/n. More than you’ll ever know.”

“Thank you,” you whispered, pulling the record from the sleeve to cement the reality of the situation. “I couldn’t have done it without you, baby.” He let out a scoff, shaking his head at your statement.

“You can do anything you put your mind to, sweetheart. All I do is cheer you on.” You looked up at him, love surrounding the two of you as hearts danced in your eyes. You leaned up, almost forgetting the record in your hand while you were in his company. There was nothing quite as captivating as Jake, and he seemed to outshine everything else. You kissed him, pouring all of your emotion into him and telling him all you needed to just from the small action.

“I’m so happy you’re home.” You mumbled against his lips. “I missed you so much.”

“I’m happy to be home.” He said, smiling against you as he kissed you again. It seemed like the two of you could never get enough of each other, and you wouldn’t have it any other way. “Now, are you going to listen to it, or what?”

“Yeah,” you giggled, looking back to the album in your hand. “In a minute.”

“Go, I’ll be right here when you come back.” He chuckled at your unwillingness to leave.

“Trying to get rid of me?” You raised an eyebrow.

“Never,” he said, his tone telling you that his statement was final and not up for debate.

“Okay, I’ll be right back.” You said, rushing off to the living room. You carefully placed the record down on the couch, removing the vinyl that was sitting on the player and placing it back in the proper sleeve. You took out your own, gently placing it down and then putting the needle on the surface. You turned the volume up and the television off, waiting for a moment while the static turned into music. You heard a clear drum beat fill the air before your guitar joined in, followed by a clear bass line. You were thrilled, the sound better than you ever imagined it could be. You couldn’t believe that it was really your song playing over the speaker, but it was real, and it was the most exhilarating feeling you had ever experienced. “Jake, do you hear this!?” You shouted, cheeks aching from the permanent smile stuck on your face.

“I hear it, angel.” He replied, but he sounded occupied with something else. “I almost forgot, I have something else for you.” You furrowed your eyebrows, confused at what else he could possibly have for you. “Come here for a minute.”

“Okay,” you said, confusion evident in your tone. You made your way back to the kitchen, a bubble of anxiety rising in your stomach. He sounded distant, nervous almost as he called out to you. You had never known Jake to be anything less than self-assured even when he was wrong, and you were curious about what was so heavy on his mind that it changed his normal routine. When you first entered the room, you didn’t see him straight away.

You were confused at his whereabouts, knowing that his voice had been coming from the kitchen, yet you didn’t see him standing in his previous spot. You walked around the table, freezing in your tracks almost immediately. Your eyes went wide as your heart dramatically thudded against your rib cage. Jake was on one knee, hands shaking as he held a small velvet box in his hands. “Oh, god, Jake.” You breathed, bringing your hand over your chest to sooth your erratic heartbeat.

“That doesn’t sound very good.” He gave a nervous chuckle, just as scared as you were about the whole thing.

“No!” You shook your head, easing his mind before he descended too far into his own thoughts. “Not like that, just… wow.”

“I was going to wait, but I couldn’t. I don’t want to wait anymore, y/n.” He spoke so softly that his voice barely broke through the air. “I’ve known since the day I met you, so I don’t see a point in putting it off. I want to spend forever with you, if you want it, too. You are my whole heart, the reason I can get out of bed in the morning and the only thing that helps me sleep through the night. You’re my best friend, the absolute love of my life, and I can’t think of a single reason why I wouldn’t want to be yours forever.” He said, watching your face carefully in case there was any chance you didn’t want what he was offering. “I don’t want to sit and watch while the rest of our lives pass us by. It would be the greatest honour to marry you, Gold Dust Woman.”

You took a step towards him, cautious for no real reason. Part of you believed that it was a figment of your imagination, because his love often seemed too good to be true. You thought over his words, only feeling your heart swell with more affection the longer you remembered. He was right, and there was no reason in the world as to why you should be afraid of saying yes. He was your forever, and you’d known that long before you ever admitted it to yourself. He loved you like no other, so well that sometimes you forgot what it was like before he came along. Your life was picturesque with him by your side, something you had only ever heard about in movies and books, yet it was your reality that you were lucky enough to live every single day. He was everything, and you were beyond grateful to even exist in the same universe as him.

You realized your silence had given the wrong impression, noticing the shift in his expression as he began to turn worried. “Yes, Jake.” You said, hoping to ease his mind. “A million times yes.” You said, moving forward and kneeling down in front of him. “I can’t think of a better way to spend my life, and there is nobody that could make me as happy as you do.” You said, grabbing his face gently between your hands. You pulled him into a kiss filled with love and warmth, just like the rest of your memories with him. You could barely keep the kiss alive, the smiles on your faces too much to handle. When you pulled away, he took the ring from the box and slipped it on your finger, trying his hardest to hold back his tears of elation. “It’s beautiful,” you fawned over the sight, taking in every detail the ring had to offer.

“But it doesn’t hold a candle to you, angel.” He said, looking back up at your face. “I promise I’m going to love you like you deserve until the day I die, and I’m sure that I’ll still love you the same even long after I’m gone. In every universe, and every lifetime. You’re the only thing my heart knows, Gold Dust Woman.”

“Me too, baby.” You promised, feeling your lip quiver from the profound confession. “So, this is forever?”

“Seems like it.” He laughed, tucking a strand of hair behind your ear. “You can’t get rid of me, now.”

“Not like I ever could before.” You teased, running your thumb over the soft skin of his cheek. “And it’s not like I ever wanted to, anyway.” And it was the truth; not a day passed in which you wished to change a thing, because a lifetime of loving Jake was better than anything you had ever dreamed of.

The End

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[could-they-be-a-pro-wrestler]

HIGHLIGHTS FROM THIS EPISODE OF FRIDAY NIGHT PUNCHGROUND

THE UNLIKELY ALLIANCE OF THE MOYA CREW AND SG-1

Previously, Team Star Trek sent a message to the entire sci-fi community by having Hikaru Sulu (Star Trek) defeat Hiden Aruto (Kamen Rider Zero-One) in a decisive manner. Even though Team Star Trek’s message was aimed at Team Star Wars, it’s clear that Captain Kirk wanted to put all other sci-fi teams on notice.

John Crichton and Aeryn Sun (Farscape) have noticed Kirk’s increased aggression. Because of this, they’ve approached the SG-1 team to see if they’d be interested in forming an alliance to stand against Team Star Trek.

Meeting John and Aeryn is Jack O’Neill and Samantha Carter (Stargate SG-1).

[archoneddzs15]

Sega Master System - Teddy Boy Blues

Title: Teddy Boy Blues / テディーボーイ・ブルース

Developer/Publisher: Sega

Release date: 20 October 1985

Catalogue No.: C-501

Genre: Action

In Teddy Boy Blues you control a little boy with a green beanie on his head. He jumps around platforms trying to shoot all the creatures in each level. When shot, the creatures turn into eggs that can be collected (just like Joust). You can shoot rapid-fire, but if you stand in one spot for too long, the floor drops out beneath you. Each screen is a small, simple maze of platforms, although they tend to look larger because they wrap around themselves. The stages are short but challenging, and there are bonus levels that let you rack up big points. Teddy Boy Blues is undeniably fun. The games tend to be short, which makes you want to play over and over again. This game as well as its arcade original was endorsed by Japanese singer Youko Ishino and themed around her 1985 pop single "Teddy Boy Blues". It would receive a 16-bit facelift as part of the Game Toshokan service for the Mega Drive, as well as on the Mega CD as part of Game no Kanzume Volume 2 and also part of that Sega Game Music B.B. Queens album disc. This Master System version was distributed on Sega MyCard format, which is very similar to the Sega MyCards that were previously used on the SG-1000, as well as Hudson's Bee Card for the MSX, and the PC Engine's HuCard.