SGA LiveJournal Project
Saving Stargate Atlantis
We lost Wraithbait, Crossroads, & Area52. Some things made it to AO3 & Dreamwidth but LJ (Fanfiction.net is just a no) remains the most complete source for early SGA Fanfic/Art.
I'm tagging old communities, writing accounts, lists, etc.
You can find this in the Memories, subscriptions, and watching. There are A LOT and I update it regularly, so if this interests you, check it often.
NOTE: Subscribing to my feed will do nothing for you. These are not my posts (although, you may be able to create an RSS or a janky python to give you updates)
This account is reserved for the project so everything listed is SGA-related. To find the SGA, you may need to dig a bit but trust me, I am already doing much of the work for you (Like, grad students writing a thesis on fandom, you're welcome, babes. I got you).
Your life is the best story! Just start your blog today!
Go take a look before LJ purges them. This includes all genres/pairings. If you do, don't ignore the comments section! So many stories and au series were created/live in the comments. They also often contain links to more fics and some truly hilarious conversations. The comments are where the true history lives and where you'll learn what made SGA the 'fandom to beat all fandoms' *even SG-1 (seriously, it's been mentioned in academic theses).
Tips for navigating LJ:
Prepare a sacrifice to the internet gods (Russian, in this case) and pray for a list of tags or categories
Never assume that a link actually works but FEAR NOT! Copy that be-och into Wayback and you may strike gold. If the link does work, please save it on Wayback? Let's not be stingy.
Understand that there is a different com for everything. When it comes to SGA, that includes individual body parts (I am not joking)
* Yes, I have started saving the fic lists to Wayback but as predicted, it is being annoying (the mobile version hates me). These are not MY recs. I am saving everything I find.
NOTE: I am a McShepper. So the majority of what I link will be McShep. Deal with it.
*So I am switching to Raindrop to make a link list. Yes, that means that you will have to save the actual fic yourself. This just gives you a consolidated location to start from.
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There is also a listy-listy thing in Google Sheets that sorta halfway works (I'd love help wrangling this thing btw)
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1lJm6lMd0aVuiL3JO0drDT_-uID-nv5NIp2Jr9uBMYRU/edit?usp=sharing
If anyone has private collections of saved fics/art that they are willing to share read-only access to, please send them my way.
If you have fic lists, please try to send me the Wayback links or a similar 'permanent' archive. We all know the tragedy of clicking a broken link.
I also ADORE essays/opinion pieces related to SGA Fandom and often share them here.
We may not manage to return to the glory of Crossroads but a connected 'library' of independent collections is possible. We don't have to rely on corporations if we work together.
If there are other archiving enthusiasts who'd like to join me in this project, send me a pm.
