Five Things - Set 61

[sid]

Five New Year’s Resolutions made on Atlantis - INTERACTIVE!

Five things that happened when the cameras suddenly stopped working at the SGC

I'll post this last one right here, because I'm so gosh-darn pleased with it.  :-)

Five emails General O'Neill sends to Colonel Carter in the earth-to-Atlantis databurst

How’s it going? You’re missed here. Vala apparently sends her love (which would kinda scare me if I were you. Which I am not.) I’m sure you’re doing a great job. When in doubt, just ask yourself: What would General O’Neill do? And then, toot sweet, do the opposite. You’ll be fine. I have faith. Also? Chewing gum stuck to the sole of my shiny shoe. Am circulating memo throughout the Pentagon regarding proper disposal of any and all gum and gum-like items.

Springtime in Washington. Cherry blossoms, etc., and so forth. With a dandy cold wind off the Potomac which will freeze your tushie. My tushie, that is. Not yours. Don’t think the breeze will carry that far, for science-y reasons which I can just hear you explaining to me. I kinda miss that.

Mitchell’s fine, don’t worry. That boy is a heckuva punching bag, though. I think he’s taken over Daniel’s role on SG-1 when it comes to the bad luck/trouble magnet/damsel-in-distress bit. P.S. Clearly I know that you know that my life depends on your never repeating any of the previous to a certain anthro/archaeo/pissy Doctor who shall remain nameless. P.P.S. and don’t go telling Mitchell I said that, either. They’re entirely capable of ganging up on me. And Teal’c would just laugh. Well, not ‘laugh’ per se, obviously. You catch the gist of my drift.

Thank you profusely and profoundly for the memento of my being born, lo these many, many, many years ago. You’re obviously being paid too much. What are the shipping costs from Amazon.peg? Seriously, though, it’s lovely and thoughtful, and I almost have it trained to fetch my post-prandial snifter. Goals are important. Sanity, and sensibility, overrated. As Jane Austen might have said. Or not.

Yuletide-type greetings and pine-scented wishes! Will be hanging my stocking at the cabin, alongside those of Dr. Jackson and Ms. Mal Doran. Mr. Col. Mitchell is waffling, but we will break him down. Snowshoes and hot toddies… not at the same time, to be sure. Your charming self and the contents of your charming wallet will be sorely missed at any poker games that spring up by mere happenchance. (Oh, yes, Teal’c still resists the pull of the cabin. Even with the December dearth of mosquitoes. I suppose there is some attraction in the proposition of bouncing his granddaughter on his knee, so I will overlook the slight to my hospitality. You’re excused, as well. Maybe next Yule?)

Comments

[avidrosette.livejournal.com]

Oh, wow, what a fabulous O'Neill voice. This feels exactly the way Jack would have written. (And, funny, it is kind of how RDA writes.) Particularly love the fourth paragraph: "lo these many, many, many years ago," "Amazon.peg," "fetch my post-prandial snifter," "Sanity, and sensibility, overrated. As Jane Austen might have said. Or not." Ha, ha! Each sentence keeps topping the previous one. Fabulous piece, and thanks for posting it outside the cut for us fearful, OTPish types. :-)

[sid]

I knew there was a good reason not to lj-cut this!

Thanks for letting me know how much you enjoyed it. :-)

[green-grrl.livejournal.com]

OMG this is hilariously adorable!!! For some reason "Mr. Col. Mitchell" is cracking me up!

(Too bad Teal'c can't come to the cabin to keep Ms. Mal Doran distracted while Jack sneaks off with Daniel. But I'll forgive him for his grandbaby, too. ;-)

[sid]

I guess we have to let Teal'c have a life of his own. *sighs*

If Mr. Col. Mitchell comes, he'll be in charge of keeping Vala occupied. (which is probably Jack's sekrit plan)

[write-light.livejournal.com]

Amazon.peg Oh god that's inspired! :D :D :roflmao:

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[paian]

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rotf!!

[paian]

Totally adorable! And wonderful Jack voice. You've managed to capture his deliberate way-beyond-over-the-topness without it sounding lame or silly. When he's in this mood, this is how he should sound. I really love that. And I love how it must have made Carter smile, because she deserves it and could use it, and a Carter smile is a thing of beauty.

[sid]

Yes, these must have brightened Carter's day, which was Jack's goal, of course.

Me, I love the way RDA writes. And funny, emulating his style brought out Jack's voice loud and clear. *g*

[delphia2000.livejournal.com]

Yes, you made me look up prandial! :o) Perfect Jack voice and I can see Sam snickering over each one. Adore the idea of Teal'c with a granddaughter! He'd be such a sap for her. You rock.

[sid]

Jack rocks. I only transcribe. ;-)

Teal'c = big ol' sap.

[perfica.livejournal.com]

I wish Jack would write more emails. C'mon, he's bored in Washington!

::hint hint::

[sid]

That's a lovely compliment! Glad you enjoyed. :-)

[discodiva76.livejournal.com]

Soooooo good.....'nuf said!!....I love you and your work!!..


Deeds xx

[sid]

Thanks, sweetie! *beams*

[sg-fignewton.livejournal.com]

This is utterly delightful. Personal favorite bit is definitely amazon.peg!

Bookmarking... :)

[sid]

I'm glad you enjoyed it so much :-)

(Love your icon! I accidentally wrote gen! Whee!)

[jd-junkie.livejournal.com]

These rock in every imaginable way, especially the Jack voice.
Very him and very ... you. :-)
*squeals*

[sid]

Jack lives in my head. Don't tell anybody!

[lolmac]

ROFL! "Clearly I know that you know that my life depends on . . . "

[sid]

... but he just thought that he'd mention it anyway. :-D

[lavenderlocks.livejournal.com]

"you catch the gist of my drift" oh yeah!

That is well-channelled RDA - no wonder it sounds / reads like Jack.

*waits patiently for SG1 Movie 3*

Oh, and thank you!

[sid]

You are most welcome! I loved writing this. :-)

[charmedstrange1.livejournal.com]

Oh, this was just lovely, and so very Jack. It made me miss him.

For some reason I read them all as one long email (perhaps thinking they were all sent at once in the databurst? not sure if that is correct thinking or not..) and it didn't even phase me that they were all different times of year. It was all just so wonderfully Jack's voice and humor, and Yay! and Awww, at the same time.

Thanks for this, because I'm having a sad day today (I have a sick doggie), and this was a sweet moment.

[sid]

I was so delighted with Jack's voice! He's a great pick-me-up. *nods*

Hugs for you and your doggie.

[natsuko1978.livejournal.com]

heh. SO sorry.

I've read the Jack email one about 5 times... and only just realised that I didn't comment. :( Ooops

I LOVE your Jack-voice. Always. :D It's so well-realised in these "emails".

However... I feel awful about this... but I've been agonising over it. I don't know whether you saw my recent "pet peeve" rant on tout de suite (not actually inspired by THIS, actually, but by a number of other fics where I've seen it in narrative - where there is no excuse for a misspelling IMO)...

So I have to ask - did Jack write "toot sweet" meaning it kind of ironically or do you really think that he would not know the French origins of the phrase? (You see, personally, I think Jack WOULD know how to spell it, even if he says it as "toot sweet". IMO, at worst he might think it was written "toute suite". He MIGHT write "toot sweet" as a joke, but then I think he'd use speech marks or something, you know? So, you see it's bugging me. Irony or a difference in our views of Jack?

Sorry. Still love these emails - it's just been GETTING to me. Do you know how it is when you don't know how to take/read something and it bugs you and BUGS you?

[sid]

Hmm. I think with Jack (and RDA) it could go either way. By that I mean that very few Americans would ever write out the French phrase tout de suite, but they're often unusual in their speech choices. Spelling it out properly would be not quite as humorous, but it would still be unexpected, and there's always a humorous element in that.

I remember RDA signing something once as Jacques Eau Kneel. He loves wordplay so much.

[sg-fignewton.livejournal.com]

So what's worse, Sid? The shock of writing gen, or the shock of getting gen recced (http://community.livejournal.com/stargateficrec/1244888.html)? ;)

[sid]

I guess "worse" isn't the right word in either case. ;-) Thank you so much!

Pimps:
sg1_five_things is great for exploring other areas of the fandom. I get to write gen and het and recurring characters like Jacob and Zelenka. I even took my first stabs at Vala and Cam over there. (In a totally non-violent way. *g*)

If you'd like to leave some nice gen prompts, you can do that here, and of course everyone's welcome to come play in the sandbox! We'd be very happy to see some shiny new faces. :-)

[groovekittie.livejournal.com]

Hilarious! And perfect Jack-voice! *glee!*

[sid]

So very glad you enjoyed it! *reciprocal glee!*

[sg-betty.livejournal.com]

Perfect! Just perfect!

[sid]

Thank you kindly! :-)

[lokei.livejournal.com]

What fun! Thank you for the laughter, I needed it today.

[sid]

Delighted to be of service! Nothing ever makes me feel as good as hearing that. :-)

[shadadukal]

Great, great fic. Very well written. Superb Jack voice.

Thanks for sharing!

[sid]

I'm so glad you enjoyed it!

[captain-tibbs.livejournal.com]

Absolutely adored this ficlet! This is exactly how I imagine Jack writes his e-mails - the voice is perfect :)
It's all so good, as well;
The "chewing-gum" memo, Jack's tushie, his referencing Daniel as anthro/archaeo/pissy Doctor, Amazon.peg, his whole Jane Austen drop and everything - all like sparkling gems in a treasure chest of a fic.
Thank you!

[sid]

That's lovely feedback, thanks so much!

Yes, Jack was definitely inside my head when I wrote this - fortunately he's not there all the time. *G*

[aelfgyfu_mead]

Very fitting, for all the characters involved. You make me miss them more.

[sid]

They're right here! *gestures broadly at LJ-land* (But I know what you mean. *sighs*)

Glad you liked it!

[elaran.livejournal.com]

Yes! This is Jack all over to me. :D

♥

[sid]

Thank you! *giggles at your icon*

:-)

[rocky-no.livejournal.com]

This is perfect Jack-voice and RDA-voice! I love it all so much.

So many great phrases, but "Snowshoes and hot toddies… not at the same time, to be sure." leaves me picturing Jack doing just that.

Thank you!

[sid]

Jack's pretty coordinated - he could probably pull it off. *g*

Glad you enjoyed!!

[cadencecascade.livejournal.com]

This is so Jack! I totally believe he lives in your head... Excellent!

[sid]

I'm going to start charging him rent. :-D

Thanks!

[neiths-arrow.livejournal.com]

Wow! You've certainly got Jack's voice down. Could you be talked into writing Sam's responses to these emails? How exactly CAN one response to such emails?

[sid]

About the only response I can think of for Sam consists of smiles and giggles! :-)

[cesy.livejournal.com]

I really liked these.

[sid]

Thank you very much!