Aurora in a REALLY BIG nutshell

[aurora_novarum]

So, beanpot's love meme had me looking at my profile, and I've noticed more people on it. I don't pay close attention, so you usually have to whack me on the head to say "I'm here" whereupon I will likely spam your journal. So, hi, new people, and old friends. *waves*

I figured I'd explain a bit about me so y'all know what you're getting into. I think I can count on one hand the number of f-lock entries I make, so pretty much what you see publicly is what you get.



The Real Me
I'm a single, well educated, *cough* year old female living on the East Coast of the USA, but have family ties and interests in Canada as well. That's pretty much all I say about real life. Sure I have opinions on politics and religion and social issues and world events, but fandom's my escape hatch, and I tend to stay out of such discussions on lj. I'll talk about other tv shows/movies/books, but I'm fairly monogomist on my fandom–namely SG-1. If you're hanging out on my lj, I'll presume we share that in common to some extent or another.

My name:
"Aurora Novarum" is a name I made up when I was 10-12 and invented superheroes [as portrayed by my Barbie dolls]. It seemed fitting when I tried to come up with a penname when jumping into the world of fanfic. I have a couple other "fannish" names, most notably "totalTVaddict" (which is my yahoo email), because when I first entered fandom, it was through the TwoP (television without pity) and I thought I'd be hanging out in more places than just the SG-1 thread. I joined and started wandering fandom a couple weeks before Season 8's "Citizen Joe" aired on SciFi, so the inside jokes of that episode were very "fresh" to me. However, I've been a (casual) fan of SG-1 since probably 1999 when Season One/Season Two was airing in syndication.

My fandom tendencies:
I'm pretty much a gen girl through and through. annerbhp has told me more than once that "Teamy Goodness is my OTP", and I think she's right. My personal philosophy is whatever floats your boat/ship/flotation device. I've been lucky to meet and make friends with people in all areas of fandom, shippers/slashers/femmeslashers/multishippers, and of course other gen-fen like me. While I prefer not to see canon inter-team ship on the show, in fanon, I can be caught reading anything (but gen–team/duo/trio friendship stuff is my go-to spot for fandom kicks.) I love hearing other perspectives–and discussing them. I don't like harshing others squee. But I do hope for the same respect (even if they think my gen glasses are a deluded prescription). I figure we all agree on so much more than we disagree...like Goa'ulds, and the Ancients and...hair.

I love the team dynamic of all of SG-1 (and in team, I include Janet, and George and Jacob and Bra'tac too). I love what I call "classic team" with the original Fab Four. I love NewGuy team with shiny Mitchell. I love Season Ten team when they've all gelled again with ex-pirate Vala too. And I even have a fondness for Jonas era team, although during Season Six I almost stopped watching the series* because I missed the "cute archeologist guy" that was on. Yes, I discovered I was a Daniel-girl at heart almost too late. Oh, and I'm a big fan of Bill Lee, brought on after I used him a one of my earliest stories.

*(that's a story in and of itself)

Although Daniel is my favorite, Sam is not far behind because I love a chick that kicks ass and is smart and has a messed up personal life. I discovered in some areas of fandom being a fan of Sam AND Daniel is some kind of oxymoronic pariah. But have found a home with like minded, (or at least tolerant of my foibles) folks. Like with ships, I respect people's criticisms and joyous ravings about particular events or characterizations in episodes, and happily discuss them, but I don't tolerate character bashing for bashing sake or closed minded opinions ("my way is the right/only way.") My natural tendency is to try and think the best of people...and that goes for characters...heck, I even tried to find something redeeming about Kinsey once. That was...hard.

My fandom activities:
As mentioned, I love to read and write gen fic–exploring friendships, character studies, figuring out something that quirks my interest in an episode. The first post to my lj is my list of fiction, which I also archive at Stargatefan and Alphagate if/when I remember. Lately I've been writing more "lighter" team stuff, but my mood ranges. beanpot has designated me Queen of Gen Fic. I don't know if I should resist such titles as contrary to my democratic nature, if I'm supposed to fight similarly proclaimed Dictratrix of Gen sg_fignewton as a rival, or if fig and I need to join forces to spread the teamy goodness love everywhere. (Personally, I'm leaning towards option three.)

I've also been given another title I'm quite proud of by zats_clear... "Betababe, the fastest beta in the west." I always want to primp my hair at that title. Heh. I got the title because I hope I'm a decent beta-er (at least other people seem to think so), can wield commas, and I, well...I can read *really* fast naturally. If time permits, I'm usually a good call for someone needing someone to sneak peek a beta, and yes it's been known to happen for ship and slashy stories too. ;-)

I have a kneejerk tendency to want to answer random trivia questions, so if you ask something SG related on lj, expect me to pounce. I'll try not to spam too much. I've found an outlet for those tendencies at the Stargate Wiki where I started helping out with transcripts in Season Nine and still contribute and edit articles. I will also unapologetically pimp the Wiki as a resource, because it's big and cool with lots of stuff. (Hey, I was crazy enough to volunteer to write three English to alien dictionaries for them. I've got a vested interest. Heh.)

Last but not least, I'm one of the co-founders of redial_the_gate here on lj, which if you don't know about it yet, it's a comm where we're rewatching all of SG-1--one episode a week. There's international chats where we all watch an ep together, snarky recaps, fanworks, and meta discussions. It's been more successful than our wildest dreams.


And that's it. More than you ever wanted to know about me. Everyone's welcome to play in my little SG-1 sandbox, but no mud in the eye!

Comments

[http://users.livejournal.com/traycer_/]

heck, I even tried to find something redeeming about Kinsey once. That was...hard.

Hee! Me too!! I'm still looking for something really nice, but so far, all I've come up with is that he likes his dog well enough to use his name as a password. :) Then again, that may not say a whole lot anyway.

Nice to meet you again!

[aurora-novarum.livejournal.com]

Well, he did try and help take down the Trust (when threatened with imprisonment, so um...) He helped Henry Hayes get elected (so as to ride on his coattails). Um...

Yeah, at least he liked his dog. I strangely still felt a bit sorry for him when he got Goa'ulded. I mean, he was a twit and a thorn in the SGC's side, but at least he was a semi-incompetent HUMAN twit.

Hi again! Shares secret handshake with traycer_

[maychorian.livejournal.com]

Cool! Thanks for the down-low. :)

[aurora-novarum.livejournal.com]

LOL. Thanks for reading all my silly navel gazing! :-D

[princessofg.livejournal.com]

I am so glad you're here. And thank you for the update.

and you can like sam and daniel at the same time at MY lj anytime, babee. No oxymoron there.

*hugs*

[aurora-novarum.livejournal.com]

Aw, thanks. :-)

SG-1 for the win!

[mrspollifax.livejournal.com]

*waves* I confess I've been lurking around here for a while. I'm a big fan of your fannish love for everyone on SG-1. And I love the Stargate Wiki, so thanks for your hard work there!

[aurora-novarum.livejournal.com]

Yay! I've seen you at mutual friends lj's too.

Yes, there's nothing quite as awesome as Daniel...except for Sam, and then there's Teal'c, and of course Jack...but then Cam is cute too, and then Vala and...hee!

Glad you like the wiki! (they're always looking for more volunteers too. No pressure! Just figured might as well ask. Heh. :-D

[cnidarian.livejournal.com]

Hello! Also lurking here. Thanks for this summary post, really nice to get to know you better. Your SG omni-love is the stuff of legends! :D

[aurora-novarum.livejournal.com]

"Stuff of legends!" Really? Wow! and Hee!

Hi back!

[abyssinia4077.livejournal.com]

Does it count as lurking if you've been around pretty much since I discovered this fandom? (okay, I'm not even understanding the sentence I just typed...)

And you are TOTALLY the fastest beta ever. Though I live in fear of your flying commas.

I discovered in some areas of fandom being a fan of Sam AND Daniel is some kind of oxymoronic pariah

I will still never, ever, ever understand that. Ever. But then if I had an OTP, it would be Sam/Daniel so I clearly *like* both of them rather a lot...

*smishes you*
*runs off*

[aurora-novarum.livejournal.com]

No, it doesn't count as lurking when I glomped on you when you were still a newbie watcher and wouldn't let go. :-D

What if I taught the commas to do tricks? Would you still be scared? Hi ho, semicolon, away!

I will still never, ever, ever understand that. Ever. But then if I had an OTP, it would be Sam/Daniel so I clearly *like* both of them rather a lot...

Be glad you don't. I understand the history of it now, although most of the animosity was before my fandom time as well, but I don't agree with it.

And as you know, if I *had* to interteam ship, it would be Sam and Daniel because they were the pairing I saw with romantic chemistry way back when (although I love their friendship too). Plus they're both so cute and smart together! What's not to love?!

*chases abyssis to smish you back*

[thraesja.livejournal.com]

I discovered in some areas of fandom being a fan of Sam AND Daniel is some kind of oxymoronic pariah.

Odd, isn't it? I've never understood the need to hate one character in order to like another. I figure most of it is people feeling the S/J vs J/D fandom rivalry, with a few others of the belief that two astoundingly intelligent people couldn't possibly get along and share credit where credit is due. The former need to explore either more gen fic or more threesome (or foursome, 'cause why sould poor Teal'c be left out in the cold?) fic. The latter need to hang out with more intelligent people.

I have a kneejerk tendency to want to answer random trivia questions

Oh, good. I thought that was just me.

Thanks for the peek into your fandomy mindset. :)

[aurora-novarum.livejournal.com]

I've never understood the need to hate one character in order to like another.

Right. I think you're right about the reasonings, augmented by hard feelings from whatever went down before my time in fandom. But yes, more love would make things much better...including Teal'c!

Poor Teal'c is often forgotten. Although in canon, he's really had one of the more successful love lives of all of them, come to think of it. Teal'c is the awesome!

Oh, good. I thought that was just me.

Hee. Nope. It's a blessing, and a curse.

[sg-fignewton.livejournal.com]

B-b-but you didn't mention magnets! Or pie!

fig and I need to join forces to spread the teamy goodness love everywhere

Hee! I'll vote for that one, too!

Yay for team love, and Redial, and yes, you are one of my queens of gen fic. I just preside over gen fic. ;)

How could someone possibly not love Sam and Daniel? Or Jack and Daniel? Or Teal'c and Daniel...?

Erm. Yeah. Sending a trend, here. :)

[aurora-novarum.livejournal.com]

Yay to teamy goodness! And Redial!

you are one of my queens of gen fic. I just preside over gen fic. ;)

Hark, prithee, forsooth and all that jazz. You presume I recognize such authority, fair rival! Scepters at dawn! No, wait, not scepters! Pies! Yes, pies, because then we can end up just eating pie instead of duelling.

And discuss the important topic of pie versus cake.

[belsum.livejournal.com]

While I prefer not to see canon inter-team ship on the show, in fanon, I can be caught reading anything
I've finally realized this about myself in regards to The Office. While I would never, never want to see Jim and Pam broken up on the show itself, I'm fine with reading fic about it - as long as it's well written.

I, however, am NOT a fast beta and I always feel terrible for the folks that use me. I am extremely thorough and not too shabby (if I do say so myself) but it can definitely take me a while to get to your story.

[aurora-novarum.livejournal.com]

But betas are love no matter which form they come in!

Remember who won the tortoise versus the hare race, after all.

Yes, well written is the key word there for any fic. I will read just about anything, but I admit, I'm a bit of a fanfic snob to what I like. So terrible. Hee.

[supplyship.livejournal.com]

You are awesome! Wait. I already knew that. :D

I love your SG1 trivia knowledge and your ninja-like ability to answer random fandom questions!

[aurora-novarum.livejournal.com]

Aw, you sweetie!

Trivia ninja! hee hee!

(I still haven't worn off the novelty of playing with my birthday icons, btw).

[astrogirl2.livejournal.com]

I have a kneejerk tendency to want to answer random trivia questions,

I enjoy your tendency to offer up random trivia on my Stargate episode posts. (More of those coming soon!) :)

[aurora-novarum.livejournal.com]

YAY! *gets bouncy in anticipation.*

[kalquessa.livejournal.com]

"Betababe, the fastest beta in the west." I always want to primp my hair at that title.

And well you should, for verily you are awesome and blindingly fast!

I should think about doing one of these posts, as I've gotten friended by a bunch of people recently, too. Half of me is like "Yay, more people to play with!" and the other half is backing away slowly going "Nice mod, niiiiice mob..."

[aurora-novarum.livejournal.com]

And well you should, for verily you are awesome and blindingly fast!

Hee! I feel like I should don a cape or something.

I don't tend to pay much attention to people friending me, but like I said, I was actually looking at my profile and going...wait, where did all these people come from?

(I confess, I think I sent one or two to you by raving about your awesomeness...and possibly your love of peanut butter).

[sg-betty.livejournal.com]

I discovered in some areas of fandom being a fan of Sam AND Daniel is some kind of oxymoronic pariah.
I was shocked when I discovered that. I've never actually witnessed it (being quite new to the whole thing and fairly careful about where I venture), but I find the notion as astonishing as it is inexplicable.

Re: Kinsey
Yeah, at least he liked his dog. I strangely still felt a bit sorry for him when he got Goa'ulded. I mean, he was a twit and a thorn in the SGC's side, but at least he was a semi-incompetent HUMAN twit.

Me too. I always figure that anyone who likes animals must be redeemable, in some way.

I'm glad you brought up the Wiki, because I haven't really had a look and now think that I better do so!

[aurora-novarum.livejournal.com]

Be glad you've not witnessed it. It's not pretty. To be fair, I haven't seen it much on lj, and the issue has faded...whether that's because LJ is more compartmentalized by nature or tempers have cooled over time, I'm not sure. Possibly the latter, because like I said, my flist spans the fandom spectrum (although, usually the saner members).

When I was first in fandom a few years ago, vestiges of hot tempers still overflowed and I went to scarier places--like the unmoderated comments on Joe Mallozzi's blog when he used to be on Gateworld (or GW's forums for that matter.)

Me too. I always figure that anyone who likes animals must be redeemable, in some way.

Exactly! By the way, you did know "Oscar" was actually RDA's dog, right?

I'm glad you brought up the Wiki, because I haven't really had a look and now think that I better do so!

Hee! Yes! Go forth and explore! I like the SG Teams by Episode and Planets by Episode especially (the latter of which is kind of my pet project. Someday I hope to finish more detailed articles on them all).

[a-loquita.livejournal.com]

Hey, as I told you the other day, you are more than welcome to spam away anytime! I strangely love it *g*

[aurora-novarum.livejournal.com]

Yay!

*snuggles one of newest friends*

[beanpot.livejournal.com]

**body tackles you**

SMOOCHES.

[aurora-novarum.livejournal.com]

*twirls beanpot*

[pepper-field.livejournal.com]

And she's lovely, new people! You show excellent taste in friending her.

:)

[aurora-novarum.livejournal.com]

Snerk. You silly. *blows pepper kiss*

[samantilles.livejournal.com]

*highfives from another with a username too awesome to give up from their pre-teens!* Who'd uvthunk those crazy things we made up when we were twelve would still be controlling a part of our lives? *huggles username with relish*

Thanks for being so welcoming into the SG-1 fandom community!! I've been completely blown away by it all!

[aurora-novarum.livejournal.com]

Who'd uvthunk those crazy things we made up when we were twelve would still be controlling a part of our lives?

I know. It's scary, huh?

It's so much fun to make new fandom friends, and great to have you with the rest of us crazy birds!

[never-at-home.livejournal.com]

I'm not all that new to your f-list, but stopping by to say "hi!" :)

[aurora-novarum.livejournal.com]

No, but you're a rare and welcome sight!

*snatches you and twirls you around in bear hug*