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paian wrote a follow-up to As You Were: Facing Movements - Jack/Daniel, referenced Daniel/Cameron, 4450 words, mature. It's a gorgeous, aching, hopeful story with characterizations that melt my heart. No one writes Jack/Daniele like paian.

And what's my journal these days without mention of BSG? Tricia Helfer, Katee Sackhoff, and Jamie Bamber on "Best Week Ever." The guy's not wrong...they're all damn hot. I love a scruffy, leather clad Bamber.

As motivation to get my ass to the gym and the post office, I'm in the process of converting episodes 04x03 and 04x04 of Boston Legal to ipod format. I only get to watch if I'm on the treadmill or elliptical at the time. That should be the motivation I need because I'm ready for more Boston Legal now.

brain melt...

Katee Sackhoff, Tricia Helfer, and Grace Park have a Barbarella inspired spread in April's GQ. *brain explodes* I think I'm in lust with the entire cast of Battlestar Galactica.



In other, non BSG related news (except how, these days I can relate everything to BSG), lilysaid asks, "What makes a pairing work for you?" I answered there but I'm answering here, too.

* While I love the spark of something on screen and that definitely pushes me toward pairing two characters (Jack & Daniel, Dan & Casey, Bones & Booth, Adama & Roslin), what I need most of all is the idea that, based on what I've seen and learned about characters, even independently of each other, they would work well together.

* I have to care about the characters and have an interest in investing more in the character than we're given on screen. Zelenka is a perfect example. I like him just fine but I'm not looking for more so I don't read Zelenka fic.

* I love pairings that come together against all odds. Sam & Dean (moral taboos!), Harry & Snape (personal history and power differentials), Jack & Daniel (DADT!), John & Rodney (more DADT!). Initial bickering/difference of opinions that leads to a meeting of minds is the perfect set up for me.

* I'm a huge sucker for crossovers. I love when an author writes a crossover so plausible it's hard to believe the universes will never collide in canon because clearly these characters are meant to be together.

* I have an OTP in every fandom but I am not OTP-centric. I read multiple pairings in almost all of my fandoms including fic where 1/2 of my OTP is paired with someone else (as evidenced by my SGA OTP).
SGA: Rodney/Ronon
SG-1: Jack/Daniel
SPN: Sam/Dean
Torchwood: Jack/Ianto
HP: Harry/Snape
BSG: Adama/Roslin

Now let me talk some more about how much I love Ianto Jones. ( In particular, how 'Fragments' solidified everything I was already thinking. )