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Graphics Rec

2019-01-22T19:28:47Z

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far_to_nowhere @ stolen_garden

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Graphics Recs

2013-03-14T08:13:34Z

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longerthanwedo @ thevividimagery

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Vid Rec

2013-03-13T11:41:09Z

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Shelter from the Storm by chaila.
In a world of steel-eyed death and men who are fighting to be warm, "Come in," she said, "I'll give you shelter from the storm”.

James Ellison as he orbits Sarah Connor, trying to grasp the truth of what's going on, to find solid footing in the midst of it all. Remastered and glorious.

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Meta Rec

2012-04-07T00:00:48Z

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On rewatching season 1 by sanguinity.

There are a lot of jokes on this show that in another context would be nothing more than tropey, cheap, one-shots -- like the guns/pancakes and C-4/towels juxtapositions -- except that the show is often doing commentary at the same time it's doing jokes. So much humor is about social tropes, and this show has a lot to say about its social tropes.

Like about performance and camouflage, f'rinstance, especially (but not exclusively) as it relates to femininity and domesticity.

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MP #03 - First Time Meeting(for one of us)

2011-05-09T16:13:10Z

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Graphics Rec

2011-05-09T15:48:04Z

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softestbullet at gosh

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Fic Rec

2011-05-05T15:50:49Z

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Baby, Baby, Ain't It True I'm Immortal When I'm With You. by redbrunja.

Sarah Conner blinked slowly, the painkillers dulling her mind. She shifted, pulling against the soft, padded cuffs that bound both wrists to a hospital bed and her head cleared in an unpleasant rush of adrenaline.

She remembered arguing with Derek about directions, the familar and sickening shriek of tearing metal, loud drunken shouting and the taste of rage in her mouth.

It hadn't been a good morning.

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Fic Rec

2011-04-21T20:31:14Z

Posted by: goodbyebird

Happy J-Day, everyone! ♥

Alternate Meanings by lithiumdoll.

A waitress brings the coffee and iced water with a friendly smile that even reaches her eyes; John guesses she’s new or she’s had practice. He smiles back, ducks his head and murmurs his thanks and, when she’s gone, brings his mug up to his mouth.

“They may not have discovered the body yet,” Cameron says conversationally, just as he starts to swallow.

He keeps swallowing, ruthlessly clamping down on the urge to cough and pretty sure she did that on purpose.

If she’s exploring the concept of physical humour – or maybe just sadism – he really doesn’t want to know. “Not here. Later.”

She nods and falls silent again.

When Sarah comes back from the restroom, her expression is so carefully blank that John automatically begins to steel himself against whatever’s coming next. Possibilities rush forward; too many to process. He puts his mug down carefully before he breaks it. “What?”

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Vid Rec

2011-04-04T00:42:26Z

Posted by: goodbyebird

Skynet Symphonic by Pogo.

Comprising nothing but small sounds recorded from the James Cameron masterpiece 'Terminator 2: Judgement Day', 'Skynet Symphonic' is my tribute to one of the greatest action features of all time!

Each section is composed entirely of sounds from a major scene in the film. For example, the Terminator pounding on the fire escape door is used as a kick drum. Bones breaking play the role of a snare. Electrical disturbance acts as a crash cymbal.

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Vid Rec

2011-02-24T14:52:39Z

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L.E.S. Artistes by cherryice.
I can say I hope it will be worth what I give up.

Sarah Connor during T1 & T2, who she was and who she becomes.

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Fic Rec

2011-02-19T11:16:05Z

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untitled Galentine's Day ficlet by chaila.

"Last week with the metal was too close," Sarah says. "We're not splitting up. It's not safe."

"What's not safe is none of us getting any sleep," Jesse argues, eyeing James, who's now sitting on the the couch with a sleepy Savannah on his lap.

"What?" he asks innocently.

"Agent Sunshine over here snores like he's sawing logs," Jesse says.

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Meta Rec

2011-02-15T09:02:57Z

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Jesse Flores & Derek Reese by beccatoria.

The chief difference here is perspective. Calculation. I don't think Derek's morals are actually all that different to Jesse's I just think she's a strategist and he's not.

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One hell of a dog fight.

2011-02-15T08:59:27Z

Posted by: goodbyebird

They are doing a SCC re-watch at scchronicles_tv. First ep post went up last Friday(discussion post here), and you can go sign up to do one of the episodes yourself or just tag along and see what interesting discussions pop up. Not to mention you'll be watching SCC again, and with fellow fans :D

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Yuletide Recs

2011-01-01T23:50:23Z

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As It Stands by zeldadestry.

He sketches his mom while she’s asleep on the couch. She’s holding onto a pillow, cradling it in her arms, against her chest, and he swallows past the tightness in his throat. He remembers a story someone told him once, about how Jesus’s mother held her son after he’d been brought down from the cross, how she hugged his corpse and cried because she remembered holding him as a baby. His mother always knew who John would be; even when she was pregnant she never had a chance to imagine other scenarios for who he might become, what he might do with his life, with his skills. All she ever had is what she has now, sore muscles, a battered body, perpetual tension and terror, and never, ever, a good night’s sleep. She hates for anyone to catch her napping during the day, but she’d be useless, otherwise. It’s probably the best sleep she ever gets.

To Learn The Games You Play by wanderlustlover.

Allison’s problem is never that she doesn’t remember. It’s burning under her tongue, in her veins and the furious pounding of her heart, even when it’s the very first thing she tells the monsters. Her captors. The Terminators. Skynet.

She’s going to be tortured.

Starved. Treated like an animal.

She’s going to wish she had died.

Normal by shell.

She told herself she didn't have time to mourn her mother, her father, her life, and it turned out to be true. She focused on the now, on diapers and formula and clothes. Thanks to Sarah, she had a place to stay and money for the first six months, maybe nine or ten if she were careful. So she was careful.

One day she woke up and Sydney was six weeks old, past the newest newborn stage. No longer a neonate, according to her books, but still a baby. Sydney seemed to grow and change every single day, from smiling to giggling to sitting up. Lauren made lists whenever she could get her sister to take a nap, took the bus to Goodwill so often they greeted her by name and set aside clothes and toys. Crawling was going to happen next; she needed to childproof their one-room apartment as soon as possible. She could do it. She was doing it. It was going to be fine.

And then Sydney got sick.

My Father's House Has Many Rooms by nestra.

When John Henry saw that he was finished speaking, he picked up two action figures, one in each hand.

"What do you think was the lesson of that story, John Henry?"

"That you should help people in trouble?"

"Not just that. The man who was robbed was Jewish, and Samaritans were considered their enemies. Jesus is saying that to be a good person, you should help anyone who needs it, no matter how different they are from you."

"Everyone is different from me," said John Henry, placid as always.

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All the Sarah Connor Chronicles stories in Yuletide can be found here. We were lucky enough to get fifteen this year! Go enjoy, and comment :)

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Graphics Rec

2010-12-08T13:59:17Z

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letsey_x at letsey_x

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Tempus fugit.

2010-09-24T14:07:03Z

Posted by: goodbyebird

Boy, my unplanned Summer hiatus turned out to be very long indeed(ironically due to me working on SCC stuff). Will be getting back to my semi-regular posting habits once again. Just letting you guys know I'm still around!

Meanwhile the profile page has a shiny new banner, if someone want a looksee :)

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Vid Rec

2010-07-07T18:42:07Z

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Raise It Up by beccatoria.
Child, soldier, child soldier.

A vid that fits nicely with last week's Savannah portrait rec, as it covers the same subject: children on the show that are unavoidably affected by the war against SkyNet.

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Graphics Rec

2010-07-02T22:50:30Z

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Savannah Weaver portrait by aka_katya.

A portrait of Savannah all grown up. Very awesome.

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And now for something completely different.

2010-06-16T21:38:17Z

Posted by: goodbyebird

I don't usually do news-type posts, but you all remember Thomas Dekker talking about a possible SCC movie? Well, at the Starfury T2 Convention in London, Brian Austin Green got asked about these rumors at the Q&A.

The gist of it all is that James Middleton and Brian Austin Green have been working to get a Sarah Connor Chronicles continuation movie. Josh Friedman is going to be asked to return, along with writers Zack Stenz and Ash Miller. This movie would complete the story as it was originally intended and if it were successful enough, a sequel could perhaps follow.

Small audio clip from the panel.

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Meta Rec

2010-06-13T12:32:27Z

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Why “Born to Run” was awesome by chaila.

He doesn’t go because he doesn’t trust Sarah, and that matters. When John leaves, it's not because he's lost faith in her; it's because he thinks she's leaving him. And in many ways, she is. She’s human. She’s his mom. That’s the way it works. Though I maintain that Sarah is eight feet tall and indestructible, she’s not Cameron. Sarah hurts, Sarah bleeds, Sarah makes mistakes, Sarah is inefficient. Sarah will die. In the back half of season 2, literally everyone John loves is dying around him, for him or because of him, and he can't do anything about it. But with Cameron, I think he feels like he can do something, like she might not have to be really gone. She is someone who protects him, but someone who does not die for him (the reason, perhaps, he surrounds himself with machines in the future).

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Fic Rec

2010-06-09T18:13:27Z

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The Fire Handler by lithiumdoll.

“Saint Francis of Paola. Francis the Fire Handler. He was just this guy who was all about the caves and the beards - a hermit. Then there’s a river and he can’t cross it, but there’s another guy who could help him. Only this guy says no -- takes his boat and keeps on going.”

“Yeah, because you’d want Frank the Fire Handler on a wooden boat,” Ruan says dryly, with a nod. “That’d work out great.”

Bedell waves the comment away. “So Francis, he gets his cloak and he puts it on the water. Gets his staff, ties it to the cloak … and he sails anyway. He doesn’t know what the hell he’s doing, but he sails anyway.”

Ruan considers this and then shrugs. “Yeah, sounds like the Navy. What’s it got to do with grenades?”

“Cloak and staff, man. Cloak and staff.” He straps the bag down and pushes it under his cot. “Now I just got to wait for the river.”

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Vid Rec

2010-06-06T19:16:32Z

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Liar/Thief/Ghost by chaila.
I'm not calling you a thief, just don't steal from me.

A maternal conflict over John. Can also be read as Sarah/Cameron, and I am baffled by how well it works here.

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Fic Rec

2010-05-31T20:19:01Z

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Queen's Sacrifice by sabaceanbabe.

Ah, but the queen is the most powerful of your pieces, when used properly.

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Meta Rec

2010-05-24T19:27:46Z

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I think I'm PARANOID by obsession_inc.

As best shown in "Complications", it's a common theme of these characters to be self-made to some extent or another: John sent his own father back in time to be available for his conception and then sent Terminators and people back in time to protect his young self, Sarah forged herself into the leader and warrior she is so that she could be an example for John (saving the world, one generation in advance), Cameron observes and asks endless questions and slowly evolves (that programming that commands her to "fit in" seems to, in a family environment, be key to this development), Cromartie is dismantled in the first episode and spends weeks literally putting himself back together again. Even Weaver creates herself by coming back to piece Skynet together to make her own self possible, and in doing so she not only removes Skynet from its military setting by getting the Turk to throw the chess competition, but adds Cromartie's endo-skeleton to the mix and brings in human beings to interact with it, turning the original Skynet/humans interactions on its head.

The small characters get it, too-- the Terminator in "Self-Made Man" ended up having to build a tower in order for it to be available, ninety years in the future, for the mission to be completed. Fischer goes back in time and gets his young self thrown in jail. Lauren takes the place of both her parents in order to raise her baby sister. Allison from Palmdale-- by virtue of her persona taking over Cameron-- contacts her mother from beyond the grave and prompts her mother to name her baby Allison.

This is my absolute favorite piece of meta on The Sarah Connor Chronicles. obsession_inc covers the layers, themes and parallel storylines on the show brilliantly. Really shone a light on some things I hadn't quite picked up on. Well worth a read.

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Fic Rec

2010-05-17T18:06:03Z

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Immutability by templemarker.

Ellison looks at her like she's crazy; it's a familiar face on him. "Aren't you going to burn it?" he asks, even as he moves to the other side of the table to help her lift the body.

"No," she says. The words taste like ash; she's not going to burn this one. "I'm not going to burn her. John will need her later."

They wrap the body in a black bag; Sarah doesn't ask how Ellison knows the bags exist. It has turned to night in the time they spent in the ZeiraCorp building, and Ellison doesn't brook any questions getting them out of there. She drives. He sits in the passenger seat. They watch Los Angeles scatter its light through the windshield.

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