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    Originally posted by Southern Red View Post
    ITA. But you see that bracelet and know why he won't take it off and it just pulls you out of the scene. Actors do what they have to do, and I admire his loyalty to his wife, but it does make you think about him not his character.
    Ah, I didn’t see that until after I posted but yeah, you can forget the some of the things I posted in my last post. Anyway, I guessed that it was something like that but didn’t want to speculate but now I know and will leave it. Thanks
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      Originally posted by ShipperWriter View Post
      Just got home from the dentist. Most of one of my molars is gone. I had to have so much anesthetic that the roof of my mouth is numb. I'm not doing anything except going to bed.

      I will talk to everybody in the morning! Have a good night!
      (((hugs))) Wake up feeling better.
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        I've never seen the bracelet before. Where/when does he wear it?
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          Originally posted by Sparky She-Demon View Post
          I've never seen the bracelet before. Where/when does he wear it?
          Just a white/grey braided bracelet he’s been wearing for a few years now, you can see it in every con pic of him where you can see his arms, but since it’s not Sparky we’re not going to post any pictures here but you can probably see it in some of the non-Sheppard pictures posted in the JF/JS thread.
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            I've got some serious Sparky-on-the-brain going on...I'm watching Glee and getting some sparky crack!fic plot bunnies. I need an intervention LOL
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              Originally posted by drewandian View Post
              I've got some serious Sparky-on-the-brain going on...I'm watching Glee and getting some sparky crack!fic plot bunnies. I need an intervention LOL
              Use me as a sounding board. Send the crack!fic ideas. I don't write crack!fic, but I occasionally read it.
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                Originally posted by Sparky She-Demon View Post
                Use me as a sounding board. Send the crack!fic ideas. I don't write crack!fic, but I occasionally read it.
                i won't be writing any crack!fic til i finish my sparky advent fic (that i haven't even technically started) and my sam/jack advent fic...so it'll be a while lol
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                  Originally posted by JT-2 View Post
                  Sure!

                  They're all posted at the John/Elizabeth LJ community here. Click on the day's link to go to the art/story.
                  Thanks for the link! Southern Red, I really enjoyed today's story!
                  Spoiler:
                  (I don't have a LiveJournal, so I'm posting here.) I had yet to come across a Sparky ice skating story, and I think that you really nailed it. You also characterized Elizabeth very well. I can definitely imagine her being nostalgic during the holiday season, and I liked how she was speechless upon seeing the Christmas tree and skating rink. This was a great fic to start off the holiday season with! Well done!


                  Originally posted by ShipperWriter View Post
                  To celebrate 3,600 posts, I'm posting a short little Sparky snippet from my new fic. I'm not sure about John, I think I made him talk too much. SR, you mind pulling out your red Sharpie for a few minutes?

                  Spoiler:
                  John Sheppard clicked his pen and someone knocked on the door.

                  "Hey. Do you have a minute?" Elizabeth Weir asked as she walked inside his classroom, her leather work bag slung over one shoulder.

                  "For you, five." He smiled. "What's up?"

                  She pulled a paper out of her bag and handed it to John. "Permission form for the play. If Taylor gets signatures from his teachers, he can audition."

                  "Great. I'll give it to him at practice later." He took the form and laid it on top of his iPhone. "So how was your day?"

                  She tilted her head in thought. "Rather good, actually. I only had to write up one student today."

                  John chuckled. "I had to break up a cat fight in the hallway just after lunch. I still don't get how some girls can be so mature, and some are still using a pacifier."

                  "I never understood it, especially when I was in school. My teachers gave me such praise for being so mature and responsible, yet I was just being myself."

                  He leaned forward in his chair, groaning in unison. "You're a unique individual, Elizabeth. Your teachers just saw it early on."

                  Elizabeth smiled, then crossed her arms. "You're being rather complementary. What's going on?"

                  "Huh? Nothing," he replied, shuffling his papers in embarrassment of being caught. And here I thought I was being subtle.

                  She perched on the edge of a student desk. "You know I don't believe that for a moment."

                  John pretended to look for something for a few more seconds, then gave up and sighed. "What were we talking about?"

                  Elizabeth smirked and gave him a knowing look. It was amazing that they knew each other so well that they were capable of figuring each other out with a single look. Usually she was better at it than he was; he wasn't good at expressing his feelings, which was the primary reason he was having such a hard time asking her out on a date.

                  He groaned. "I gotta get going to practice. I'll have Taylor drop this off to you when it's completed."

                  "Sounds good. Thanks, John, for your help."

                  As she walked out the door and he sat in his chair feeling like a moron, he brought his hands up and covered his face.

                  "Anytime," he muttered.
                  Enjoyed it, ShipperWriter!
                  Spoiler:
                  I don't think that John was too talkative. Rather, I think that he was just a bit nervous around Elizabeth, as seen when he "[shuffled] his papers in embarrassment of being caught" and was "having such a hard time asking her out on a date." I'm not entirely sure if he would start to ramble when he's nervous, but I suppose that you could try to express his nervousness through subtle actions instead. Descriptions of him shifting his gaze around the room or shuffling on his feet uncomfortably, for example, would work well.


                  And since no one's said it on this particular thread yet... well, it's still December 6 over here, so happy birthday to Torri Higginson!
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                    * I have altered the order (not the phrasing) of these posts to keep them on the same topic

                    Originally posted by Southern Red View Post
                    I think it was aimed at the male audience since it focused mostly on her. Plus, I don't think Joe is up for much exposure, so I'm sure they worked with him on that. But yeah, I agree it was missing a lot.
                    See, that's where it falls flat. If they're aiming it at me then they missed by a country mile. My view on that sort of thing is this: you either go PG - in which case a kiss is as far as it needs to go, and anything else is gratuitous, or you go all in (as much as you can w/o producing porn), a la True Blood, which has a fair amount of sex but I don't find it gratuitous because it's consistent with the tone of the show. I find that particular scene offensive, because its so obviously gratuitous. It doesn't need to be there, it's poorly shot, it's not erotic in any way, and it looks really awkward.

                    Sometimes the little things they do to get around guidance ratings are completely ridiculous. Like...let's have sex but not take off our clothes. If they have to go to that length to cover things up (no pun intended) then what is the point of having it there in the first place? If people want to see skin, there are plenty of places to see it. Having an obviously fake and gratuitous scene just cheapens the show.

                    Originally posted by JT-2 View Post
                    Another awesome story, ShipperWriter! Bravo!




                    But going back to the actor/character discussions with regard to smut....... see that clip bugs me cause he's wearing his family wrist band. If I didn't know about that, I could just see the character and not be thinking "Joe".


                    That clip certainly doesn't make me want to watch the rest of it. Sorry Joe.

                    Originally posted by Southern Red View Post
                    ITA. But you see that bracelet and know why he won't take it off and it just pulls you out of the scene. Actors do what they have to do, and I admire his loyalty to his wife, but it does make you think about him not his character.
                    I didn't realise that's what it meant, but I did notice he was wearing it. So that says to me....if that was the thing I noticed, then the scene was just filler
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                      Originally posted by Southern Red View Post
                      (((hugs))) Wake up feeling better.
                      Thanks. Unfortunately, I was hugging a pillow during the night and flipped, so I woke up with the left side of my mouth against the pillow (which was the side that had the work done). So despite two Aleve, I still feel like I got socked in the mouth.

                      At least, how I imagine it would feel like.

                      Originally posted by Brie View Post
                      Just a white/grey braided bracelet he’s been wearing for a few years now, you can see it in every con pic of him where you can see his arms, but since it’s not Sparky we’re not going to post any pictures here but you can probably see it in some of the non-Sheppard pictures posted in the JF/JS thread.
                      IIRC, he wears it instead of a ring, right?

                      Which I will now make this question on topic by asking: if John and Lizzeh had been married, do you think they would've worn traditional wedding rings?

                      I know the TPW would never have allowed a marriage between them much less a moment of chemistry despite the amount of hate mail they would've gotten but considering how improvisational Joe and Torri could be during the run of the show, I'm wondering if that might've made its way onto the show. Had they been married.

                      Hey, it's Fluffy Thursday. I'm allowed to daydream a little.

                      Originally posted by drewandian View Post
                      I've got some serious Sparky-on-the-brain going on...I'm watching Glee and getting some sparky crack!fic plot bunnies. I need an intervention LOL
                      Having a dentist use a drill on your numbed up molar that still feels like a semi is on a treadmill in your mouth is a good way to get rid of the bunnies. Believe me, I know. They're still hiding in the bushes somewhere...

                      Originally posted by Sparks of Atlantis View Post
                      Enjoyed it, ShipperWriter!
                      Spoiler:
                      I don't think that John was too talkative. Rather, I think that he was just a bit nervous around Elizabeth, as seen when he "[shuffled] his papers in embarrassment of being caught" and was "having such a hard time asking her out on a date." I'm not entirely sure if he would start to ramble when he's nervous, but I suppose that you could try to express his nervousness through subtle actions instead. Descriptions of him shifting his gaze around the room or shuffling on his feet uncomfortably, for example, would work well.
                      That's the way I see John acting when he's nervous. Not babbling, but clamming up and moving his hands and feet, or biting his lip. He's more physical than verbal in that situation.

                      Shuffling feet would've been great ... had he not been sitting behind a desk. Will try to work that in the next installment.

                      *fic bunny peaks around the bush and smiles*

                      Yep. They're on top of it.

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                        Originally posted by Sparky She-Demon View Post
                        I've never seen the bracelet before. Where/when does he wear it?
                        On his right wrist and all the time.

                        Originally posted by Sparks of Atlantis View Post
                        Thanks for the link! Southern Red, I really enjoyed today's story!
                        Spoiler:
                        (I don't have a LiveJournal, so I'm posting here.) I had yet to come across a Sparky ice skating story, and I think that you really nailed it. You also characterized Elizabeth very well. I can definitely imagine her being nostalgic during the holiday season, and I liked how she was speechless upon seeing the Christmas tree and skating rink. This was a great fic to start off the holiday season with! Well done!
                        Thanks, I'm so glad you liked it. It was fun to write.


                        Originally posted by ShipperWriter View Post

                        IIRC, he wears it instead of a ring, right?
                        Mostly, though he sometimes wears a beautiful Celtic style ring. No one knows the whole story, but there has been much speculation. There were a couple of different bracelets before this white one that he hid under the black wristband. At a con he said he made the shell one at school with his son and then another time when he and his wife were in Australia, he said they got bored one day and went to a place where they could make jewelry. Several little necklaces have also shown up over the years. He used to forget to remove his wedding ring and it shows up in several shots, one in the office scene at the end of HZ and again in Thoughtcrimes when he is driving the car. LOL It's anybody's guess why he stopped wearing it but the general opinion from things he has said is that the bracelet replaces it as a tribute to her. We probably shouldn't be talking about his here because it's technically an invasion of privacy, but lots of us are curious.
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                          Originally posted by Pearl of Atlantis76 View Post
                          Sorry, everyone, today just passing through, but i have had this thought on my head all day today and so i want to share it with you all.

                          Has anyone ever thought that maybe it would have been better if Elizabeth had never travelled off world in the Pegasus Galaxy and had always remained in Atlantis? I mean if we look at it, a lot of bad things happened to her every time she stepped through the Gate when she travelled to other planets in the Pegasus Galaxy.

                          First she passed out when she went to that mist planet in "Home", then she was blindfolded on the Genii planet in "The Siege part II", then i don't even want to mention "Progeny".

                          Hummm...Ok, she also went three other times off world and nothing happened to her, like in "Condemned", "Inferno" and "Epiphany". But even though...

                          Oh and just before i go, i skimmed through some of the latest posts and was shocked to know that there are still some Sparky fans who haven't watched "The Real World". How is that possible?!
                          Originally posted by Falcon Horus View Post
                          FYI, Kate Heightmeyer never left Atlantis, except for that one time during the storm and she got killed in the city. So, going or not going off-world really isn't going to prolongue the life any more.
                          And on the reverse of that argument, though their lives are always put in danger and they're constantly getting kidnapped, drugged, shot at, whatever, Team Shep (minus the poor, lost little Ford) is still alive and kicking, even the (supposedly) inept Rodney. So I don't think where you are matters much. And, of course, if ever we saw Elizabeth go off world and something didn't happen to her, well, that would be boring. It's a TV show, hence, drama.
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                            Originally posted by Southern Red View Post
                            On his right wrist and all the time.

                            Thanks, I'm so glad you liked it. It was fun to write.

                            Mostly, though he sometimes wears a beautiful Celtic style ring. No one knows the whole story, but there has been much speculation. There were a couple of different bracelets before this white one that he hid under the black wristband. At a con he said he made the shell one at school with his son and then another time when he and his wife were in Australia, he said they got bored one day and went to a place where they could make jewelry. Several little necklaces have also shown up over the years. He used to forget to remove his wedding ring and it shows up in several shots, one in the office scene at the end of HZ and again in Thoughtcrimes when he is driving the car. LOL It's anybody's guess why he stopped wearing it but the general opinion from things he has said is that the bracelet replaces it as a tribute to her. We probably shouldn't be talking about his here because it's technically an invasion of privacy, but lots of us are curious.
                            Yeah, good point. But in any case, he's an actor that I admire because he still maintains a normal family life. My final word on the subject.

                            Aleve finally kicked in! Hoping the fic bunnies will come out of hiding soon...

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                              Good morning, Sparkies! Happy Pretty Friday! And I can't believe I forgot to post it here, but Happy Belated Birthday to Torri Higginson! (Her B-day was yesterday.)

                              Hope you're feeling better, SW! I've had oral surgery myself, and I know it's not fun at all. Especially eating. *whimpers and hugs*

                              Originally posted by Eri13 View Post
                              And on the reverse of that argument, though their lives are always put in danger and they're constantly getting kidnapped, drugged, shot at, whatever, Team Shep (minus the poor, lost little Ford) is still alive and kicking, even the (supposedly) inept Rodney. So I don't think where you are matters much. And, of course, if ever we saw Elizabeth go off world and something didn't happen to her, well, that would be boring. It's a TV show, hence, drama.
                              And of course, dramatic license to keep the main team alive no matter what. *snickers*
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                              Sparky is on screen. Therefore, it is canon. Elizabeth is still out there. And John WILL bring her home.

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                                Originally posted by ShipperWriter View Post
                                Yeah, good point. But in any case, he's an actor that I admire because he still maintains a normal family life. My final word on the subject.

                                Aleve finally kicked in! Hoping the fic bunnies will come out of hiding soon...
                                Hope the fic bunnies come out to play for you SW. I'm trying to come up with an idea for Sparky Advent fic. Is there as specific length?
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