io9: fan fiction

In Space, No-One Can Hear Us Squee

Graeme McMillan — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 11:00:26 PST

Fanfiction comes in many shapes and sizes, but rarely does it look as cool as Paul Maybury's wonderful Alien short. Someone, please let this guy go a full-length Aliens comic sometime soon (Click through for the rest). [LJ] (Via)

(Update: Now with correct spelling of Paul's name. Sorry, Paul.)

Samantha Carter Will Live Forever In Amanda Tapping Fan-Fiction

Alex Carnevale — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 14:00:00 PDT

Amanda Tapping is so ubiquitous in the Stargate universe that it took at least the better part of the Sanctuary webisodes to even partially erase the character of Samantha Carter from our minds. Of course, there's one place where the raging sexual tension of Stargate SG-1 is relived again and again: The wonderful world of fan-fiction, where Carter and Richard Dean Anderson's Colonel Jack O'Neill can enjoy major holidays with one another, and Teal'C is only introduced into the bedroom scenes when it's really warranted. We sample the finest in imaginary encounters with Amanda Tapping.

Unlike Anne Rice and Annie Proulx, we believe fan-fiction provides an important service - to make us a little turned on and a lot grossed out whenever a random episode of SG-1 flicks on in syndication. Amanda Tapping apparently agrees, as she features a swath of fan fiction on her official site, along with the usual spate of images of the English-born actress wrapped nude in an American flag (Hey, it's election season).

And if there's one constant of the Stargate fanfiction, it's that Richard Dean Anderson is a kind and gentle soul, and intimacy with the captain of the Stargate team is varied, mysterious, and above-all, consensual:

Straightforward sex had come some time later—hot, feverish, explosive—when the feel of their bodies touching as they rested had proven too tempting to resist. ... Her lover had traced the scar delicately and looked down at her, an apology shining in his eyes. Don't you dare…don't dare blame yourself, she'd thought, but when she'd opened her mouth to protest, he'd kissed the words from her lips. He'd pulled her close, murmuring a soft "I'm sorry" against her ear and she'd felt something break inside. His apology hadn't been for the scar alone but for everything—nearly missed rescues, time lost, wasted opportunities, anguish, regret, worry, want and need.

Such a sweet intro, and yet the sex that follows is shocking in its brutality.
Whoa, just kidding - Jack O'Neill proves to be a measured and attentive lover. I mean, what were you expecting?

With one last glance in the rear view mirror, she drove off telling herself that if he could kill a goa'uld singlehandedly, he could navigate Colorado Springs on his own.

Snap! Then there's the joy of seeing your favorite characters from SG-1 celebrating the holidays with one another.

Sam, flushed but ever pragmatic, lightly pushed him back and announced, "Jack, I think the turkey's done. Go turn off the timer."
God, what a Thanksgiving!

Exactly.
Now that Tapping will be part brunette, part blonde, we're hoping she does us the courtesy of opening up a brunette-only fanfiction forum on her site. Still, even fan-created content can go too far - We humbly suggest that the official Amanda Tapping website shut down the sick person behind this little gem:

Because Jack understood that a cookie is a cookie is a cookie, even when sober.

It's Like Life On Mars, Only With A Wooden Sword

Meredith Woerner — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 09:30:00 PDT

Neil's playing Nintendo while drunk, and he decides to masturbate while looking at the "kinda hot" fairy in the classic fantasy game Zelda. Somehow this leads to him asphyxiating himself with the game controller cord, and he passes out. When he wakes up, he's stuck inside the game as an elf. Now the confused lad has to learn how to defend himself from all the creatures in the Lost Woods. This is a truly hilarious fan video, so check it out and find out why that wooden sword isn't so crappy after all. [Atom]

Final Proof That Star Trek Is Just Retro Cheese

charliejane — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 08:00:00 PST

Skip J.J. Abrams' new Star Trek movie, and watch this fan-made film instead. Both films will consist of pathetic tributes to a dead franchise. The only difference? The fan film Of Gods And Men will be way more fun because it's not even trying to be taken seriously, judging from this trailer. But Of Gods And Men, with its huge cast of veteran Trek actors, is also just more proof that Star Trek is only good for nostalgia.

It's sad to see so many old Trek actors whoring themselves out for fan projects. This one is the motherlode: you get to see Tuvok from Voyager give Uhura from the original series a mind meld. Walter Koenig is back as Chekhov, and original series actors Grace Lee Whitney and Lawrence Montaigne also reprise their minor roles from 40 years ago. And some guy who played a captain in one of the movies plays that role again. The actors who played Harry Kim, Neelix, Captain Sisko's son and a bunch of other supporting roles turn up playing new characters. You can literally sit there and play spot-that-obscure-Trek-actor.

Star Trek: Of Gods And Men, according to this just-released trailer, will premiere its first segment on Dec. 22. This, not, the J.J. Abrams dud, is the future of Star Trek.