Director's Cut

Still wondering how the amazing S/J vidders are able to cut down hours of footage from our favorite show and mix them together to create something new and exciting (and especially shippy)?  Here's five more nominees in the category for Best Video Editing. Some will make you squee and others will warrant a big *shippy sigh,* but all of them are fantastic!

Best Editing x2

Another day, another universe...

About a month ago, we wrote a blog post about a few of the nominations in the Best Alternate Universe category. Today, it's time for part two!

Alternate universes are often confused with alternate realities, probably because outside of sci-fi alternate realities aren't very common - and if they are, they're usually called AUs. What makes a story an alternate universe then? Well, imagine your favorite characters stripped of everything except their personalities (there might be differences here based on different life experiences, though), get picked up and placed in a whole new sandbox! Suddenly, there is no Stargate, no Air Force and no aliens. Yet, there is still friendship, chemistry and in the case of our favorite ship - a whole lotta UST!Think... The Changeling, the origin of the very popular fireman!universe. 

Don't worry if the differences aren't entirely clear yet - just take a look at remaining nominations in this category and see if you understand it after reading these fabulous stories!

The continuation of the Best Alternate Universe Category!

AU fics are defined as stories that are set in a completely different environment, like the firefighter universe from The Changeling.

Cut it out!

10 Seasons.
214 episodes.
160 hours of footage.
From beginning to end, 6 and 1/2 straight days of Stargate SG-1!  Oh, and that doesn't include the hours and hours of extra features and deleted and behind-the-scenes footage that never made it to air (Hello, Trio confirmation anyone?).

So how does a fan vidder decide which Sam/Jack scenes will make the cut? Sexy or sappy?  Humorous or angsty? So many emotions to choose and so many musical choices to make them great.  Get ready for a ride on a great big emotional roller coaster as we take a look at the first half of the nominees for Best Video Editing.

Best Editing

From a man on a brink to 'The Man' - fandom celebrates Jack O'Neill

Jack O'Neill.  For many he's enough to inspire a litany all on his own.  For that reason, the Best Characterization of Jack category was born.

He's a tough character to write.  With his distinctive speech patterns, O'Neill-isms, projected personality and soft under-belly, writing him is like trying to level a balance with pinfeathers.  

But when a writer gets it right, it's undeniable.  Jack O'Neill jumps off the page and the reader can practically hear his voice and feel his emotion.

This category is deep with incredibly written Jack O'Neill.  Let's see what the readers had to say.

Category: Best Characterization of Jack

Whaddya say we mix things up a bit?

For some of our artists it just isn't enough for them to stick with one medium when making Sam and Jack pretties.  So what are you gonna do when you are inspired to combine pics and gifs and digital drawings? You come up with great pieces of art like the ones featured in the Art category for Best Mixed-Media.

Best Mixed-Media

Say what?

One of the most important things about writing fanfiction is getting the dialogue just right. It's not only about characterization and getting the characters' voices down on paper, but also phrasing it correctly without using dialogue tags. Sometimes, the way words are spoken say so much more than they seem to and it's difficult to convey that through written words.

The Committee decided the Awards would be a great opportunity place this kind of excellent writing in the spotlight.

Best Dialogue

Nominations in this category can be works of any length, genre or rating. The work is being judged on the quality of the dialogue, not necessarily on the work as a whole.

Alone we can do so little...

...together we can do so much. -- Helen Keller

How does SG-1 continually beat the odds? What makes them so good at what they do?  Teamwork.  They are all so different and yet play to the talents of one another so well that it seems they literally can overcome any obstacle that is placed in their path.  

Featuring our favorite original foursome, Hammond, Janet, Vala, Cam, Landry and many others, the videos nominated for Best Team Vid all illustrate why you just can't live your life without the people who love and support you.

Best Team 

The Others

As you know, these Awards are all about our favorite ship - Sam/Jack. However, that does not mean we don't like the other characters from Stargate: SG-1. As a matter of fact, most of us shippers love (almost) all of the other characters, from the mains to regulars to guests. Aside from having great personalities, most of them are also considered fellow shippers, so the Committee decided to include a special category for Best Characterization of Other Canon Character!

We have four fanfics that were nominated in this category, for different characters. Well, we'll let you see for yourself.

Best Characterization of Other Canon Characters 

Nominations in this category can be works of any length, genre or rating. The work is being judged on how well the author portrayed any canon character other than Jack O'Neill or Samantha Carter, not necessarily on the work as a whole. Nominations in this category must include the name of the character to be considered. However, there must be at least some shippy undertones in the story for it to qualify.

Hate them, love them, love to hate them...Villains are one of the favored archetypes in fiction.

Like it or not, there's something compelling about a good villain.  Whether the stereotypical bad guy, sympathetic anti-hero or the detestable hero, we all love to hate or hate to love the dastardly man (or woman) shrouded in black nature.

As we put a spotlight on the nominees from various categories, it's fun to dig into and wallow in these characters that make us love to see them be bad.  Maybe we root for them.  Maybe they're the catalyst for major change in our favorite characters.  Maybe we just like a little good, old fashioned whump.  But no matter which way you slice it, we're not alone.  

Check out some of the nominees below and what fans had to say about them!

Nominees for Best Villain

Crossing the Quantum Divide

Don't worry, we haven't forgotten about those last three fics that were nominated in Best Alternate Reality! We were just trying to highlight as many different fan works as possible over the past few days and since we're only human (and have real lives), we haven't gotten around to doing them all yet.

So, without further ado, here are the last three fanfics from the Best Alternate Reality category!

Every Sam has her Jack...

From videos that showcase what we love about Jack to videos that give us what we love about Sam.  Whether it's an angsty mix of Grace and Entity or an inside look at what Sam was thinking during that missing year in Continuum, vidders in this category weave favorite Sam-centric scenes with amazing music choices to bring her story to life.

Best Sam Centric

BtS: paring down categories

In the time between closing the nomination period and voting opening, certain categories were pared down. This has been listed as something that might occur in the rules since we started but we still got questions about it from fellow shippers. So, here's our answer...

Every Jack has his Sam...

As shippers we can't help but love Sam and Jack together, but we all have our favorite Stargate characters.  Some only read S/J fic, others like Daniel-centric or team adventures. And luckily, like fanfiction, there are as many different kinds of vids as there are vidders to make them.  

Soooooo, who's in the mood for a little Jack today?

This next group of vids are our nominees for Best Jack Centric videos.  Watch, enjoy, and try not to get too distracted...sorry, what were we talking about?

Best Jack Centric

OMG...I think I snorted!

It's time for a break from all of this seriousness!  No really...we mean it.  Ever watch a video and feel like you hurt yourself from laughing?  Cheeks hurt?  Stomach ache?  Tears?  Well then, we have a treat for you today.  

The following videos are all nominated for the category of Best Comedy.  We dare you not to snicker, smirk, or laugh out loud as you get lost in the hilarity.

Best Comedy

We're Animaniacs!

A couple of weeks ago, we featured several artists nominated in the Art Category of Best Animated.  Today we're bringing you more talented giffers who've made the cut and take the cake! 

Whether its giving us the Heroes hug frame-by-frame, breaking down the sexy looks from Out of Mind or a new twist on the Grace kiss, these artists will have you pulling out your DVDs for a re- watch ASAP!

Best Animated cont...

"Under no circumstances is it to be used to travel through time..."

Over the weekend, we shared a couple of highlights with you from our Best Alternate Timeline category. Today, we have a few more! They vary from different takes on episodes set in an alternate timeline to time travel, be that accidental or otherwise. Today's selection has long and short fics, so there's something for everyone!

Are you ready? Grab your gear and step into your jumper because here's...

The Continuation of the Best Alternate Timeline Category!

AT fics are defined as stories that involve a way to travel in time and change the past and/or future, thereby altering events that result in a different timeline.

Examples from the show are 2010, Moebius, Unending and Continuum.

It was an honor just being nominated...

The nomination period and voter registration have come to an end, but the fun is just beginning as we get geared up and ready to vote.