You know that old rule about modern television shows—in their universe, their show cannot exist. For instance, The Office can reference Battlestar Galactica, which is on TV in The Office's universe, but The Office itself does not exist in The Office's universe.

One would assume that this also applies to actors, so that Steve Carrell does not exist in The Office's universe either, nor do any other actors that appear on The Office unless they appear as themselves. This is kind of tricky however...

But my question is—does the show "Farscape" exist in the universe for "Stargate: SG-1"? Obviously, Stargate as a show does not exist, though a near-equivalent called "Wormhole X-Treme" does. But what about Farscape? You would think no, given the presence of Ben Browder and Claudia Black. However, this clip has me wondering:



Is Vala supposed to be ripping off Farscape, which the TV executive has not seen? If so, does she cast herself as Aeryn because she sees the resemblance? Isn't that kind of weird?

Or, does Farscape not exist in the universe of Stargate: SG-1, and therefore is just Vala's wacky mind creating a scenario?

And for that matter, in this same episode, the reason for making the "Wormhole X-Treme" movie, despite it only lasting a few episodes on TV, is because it performed well on DVD. Is Wormhole X-Treme supposed to be Firefly, or does Firefly exist in the Stargate: SG-1 universe, and Wormhole X-Treme is just like Firefly?

*sigh* They shouldn't be able to do this, make references without more implicit understanding of what they mean.

Tags: farscape, firefly/serenity, stargate sg-1, television meta

twelvecolonies is having a long fic challenge. Impossible? Yes. Am I going to try to do it? Heck yes.

So, I'm looking at my BSG story prompts and wondering what would work for this. Here are my options:


#1. New Caprica AU where Sam and Dee end up in each other's places and Kara and Dee run the New Caprica resistance. I'm not sure I can get 25,000 words out of this, though, even if I end up with it being Kara/Dee.

#2. The follow-up to my AU where Kara uses "All Along the Watchtower" to wake Sam up at the end of "Someone to Watch Over Me", where unwiped!memories!Sam and Kara work together to help the fleet get to Earth more plausibly than in "Daybreak". This is probably about the right length, and I have most of the plot points outlined already.

#3. Another 4.5 AU where Lee and Gaeta run the mutiny with a lot less bloodshed and shady participants, leading to a universe where the younger generation of military leaders, political leaders, cylon leaders, etc., are in charge, make peace, and take the fleet to a better end. I'm not sure I could finish this in 25,000 words, though, and the outlining on this fic would be insane.

#4. Crackfic sequel to my fic where Head!Leoben inspired Glen Larson to make old!BSG and Head!Six inspired RDM to make the more-accurate-but-not-perfect new!BSG, and all the head!people get together to have frakparties and mock the adaptation of the "true" story of BSG (pseudo MST3K). Depending on how much story I put into this, it could easily be the right length, and if it goes too long, the seasons make perfect stopping points.

#5. Pre-series Kara gen fic about her life as a flight instructor, with appearances by BFF Helo and various students, including Zak but pre-Kara/Zak. I have most of the outline for this, but I'm not sure how I want it to end.

#6. New Caprica AU where Leoben stops Kara from stabbing him during the kiss and shoots Sam when he comes in. Sam dies, Kara's taken to a baseship, and Sam downloads. Again, I know where this story goes for a while, I just don't know what the endpoint is, so I'm very hesitant to start it.

#7. Sequel to my bsg_bigbang fic that only karate0kat has read so far, but will be published before the twelvecolonies deadline. The story doesn't necessarily need a sequel, but I'd love to write more of that universe.


There are some more prompts for longfics, but I can tell that they'd end up being much longer than 25,000 words; I just wish I could narrow it down even further. I should really get started writing one of these in the next couple days, but I have no idea which one...

Tags: battlestar galactica, fanfiction, on writing