So, let’s start with the different definitions of “beta”.

“Hey, Rodney,” John says. “Remember that wager with SG-1? Do you think we just lost?”

What does it take to get Sheppard to pose for pictures in the buff? A great story, satisfying and surprising and subtle.

Above all, worldbuilding is not technically neccessary. It is the great clomping foot of nerdism. It is the attempt to exhaustively survey a place that isn’t there.

The present king of France is subtle and insiduous, and he creeps into your writing without you even noticing sometimes. Tracking him down and kicking him out of your fic is one of the most critical things you can possibly do.

Oh, Fandom had walked on the wild side before. It had dabbled in AUs, done the circle jerk thing. Gotten high on reviews, and wanked with the best in BNFs. But Meta. Meta knew Fandom, knew what it needed even if sometimes it seemed that Meta despis