Open question: with cast changes in Stargate Atlantis, what are you going to write/read?

[wraithfodder]

With the SciFi interview snippets with various cast members (Joe Flanigan, David Hewlett, Amanda Tapping and Rachel Luttrell) as well as Multichannel's article on Weir's (Torri Higginson) departure and heck, who doesn't know that Paul McGillion's Dr. Beckett got toasted in season 3? it got me thinking...

How does this affect you fannishly?

There are many of us who have stories just perculating away, half-written (heck, I've even got one or two season 1 stories with Ford in 'em that remain undone). Season 4 has stripped away two key characters - Beckett and Weir. Will you continue to write in season 3 if you adored Beckett and/or Weir? Or will you 'go with the flow' and write season 4 fiction and just live with the loss?  Will Sheppard/Weir fanfic will continue despite her loss (from the show) or will it wither? While stories which feature Ford are few and far between, Weir was an integral part of the show - heck, she was on SG1 before SGA even came about. It stands to reason that the feel of the show will change as well as Atlantis will now be under a military commander (Carter) instead of civilian (Weir). Or will it just be easier to have the team spend as much time off Atlantis as possible to avoid that?

And Beckett features so prominently in many stories (particularly those of a hurt/comfort (aka whump) persuasion) that how will fans add in Keller, who is the new kid on the block with basically no backstory with Sheppard's team??

Feel free to comment away. Myself, I haven't decided what to do, but have too many pre-season 4 stories to finish that I'm not altering them to fit season 4.

Comments

[lady-xan.livejournal.com]

Hi Wraithfodder! I’m a long-time lurker here. You have better and more complete information than most official sites. LOL I just wanted to comment on this from my view and what I’ve observed. Personally, I’ll be writing pre-season 4 stuff or AU. Just don’t like the changes. That’s not to say Keller and Carter might not pop in, just not in their season 4 capacity.

As for Shep/Weir, I’m not too worried. I lot of what’s written about them already happens in AU’s so nothing will change there. Heck, one or the other gets killed off quite frequently. I’ve read many comments by writers that they weren’t planning to watch season 4 anyway after Weir was basically written out and they’re still churning out a lot of stories.

Of course, a lot of people do write general fics based on canon so I’ll probably give those a miss from now on. I’ve decided to watch season 4 and that’s about all I can handle.

What I’ll find interesting is what happens after the show is finally cancelled (I’m thinking it will get at least one more season). Will most people just move on to their next show meaning fics, vids, etc. will dry up? Time will tell I guess.

[wraithfodder.livejournal.com]

Yeah, it's hard to tell what will happen with fiction, which is why I made this post. I get the feeling that some SGA fanfic writers may concentrate exclusively on the team and not much on being on base...