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It's about time for a new challenge, isn't it? So here it is:

Stargate: Mensalantis!

The MENSA-verse is very much like the normal SGA-verse, isn't it? Same place, same people as far as we know. So it stands to reason many of the same things we know from the show would have happened in the MENSA-verse. But how did they happen? What was different? Were the same people involved? So many questions!

Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to answer them. In other words: Take an episode, any SGA episode, and give us a peek into the MENSA-verse version. You don't need to rewrite the whole episode (though if you wanted to, that'd be cool too!) - write a tag scene! an outtake! a mission report, even.

Or, as [livejournal.com profile] cesperanza said: I think the idea would be--as we did--to use the eps for a springboard, so that we're not retelling the whole arc but (contradicting) bits and pieces (to allow for maximum pairings and smut and all that good stuff!)

You have from now until June 17th. Go wild! :-)
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The MENSA Remix Challenge is closed! Here are the three entries:

challenge entries )

I hear a fourth is still in progress - I'll add it here once it's finished. :-)

Apart from these entries, 7 more stories and ficlets were added to the Mensa AU Masterlist over the last month, several of which were not announced on this comm:

other new stories )

I'd like to add a personal rec - if anyone hasn't read [livejournal.com profile] seperis's fabulous The Principle of Exclusion because they didn't like the parody ficlets it's based on - this is a completely different, serious story, and one of the best MENSA-verse fics I've read. Give it a try!
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It's about time for a new challenge! Come and play:

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The MENSA Remix Challenge

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A remix is a story that retells another story, keeping characters/pairings, settings and basic plotline intact.

A MENSA remix is not your typical remix - it's a remix that turns a story, any story, into a MENSA AU story. Which, by the rules of this comm, means that it must contain at least one MENSA-verse character in a central role.

Like this: How would the events of Story X have played out in the MENSA-verse?

Or like this: What if a MENSA-verse character had been present during the events of Story Y?

Or anything else you can think of.

Pick a story - one of your own, or someone else's, and start writing - but if it's not your own, make sure the original author is fine with you remixing it.

Post your story to this comm with a note that it's for the MENSA Remix Challenge and make sure to credit the original author - include author name, title and a link to the original story in your story headers.

You have one month. :-)
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The "Getting To Know You" Challenge Masterlist

six entries total )



A few more stories will be late; I'll add them to this list as soon as they're posted.

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All right, folks - the "Getting To Know You" challenge is officially closed. And I'm very happy the way this has turned out. Such great fic! I'll be posting the masterlist in a moment.

And a question to all of you - would you guys like to see regular challenges on this comm? If yes, any kind of suggestions for what you'd like to see, or how often? Prompts you'd like to suggest? Let's talk about it in the comments.
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To celebrate breaking the 100 members barrier and the 175 watchers barrier, we've thought of a little challenge for our favourite AU. We know so little about it and its people that we thought it was high time to get to know them a little better! So here it is:

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The "Getting To Know You" Challenge

A MENSA-verse Fanfic Challenge

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Getting to know you - what does that mean?

Anything that lets us get to know one (or more) of the MENSA-verse characters a little better: backstory, first meetings, important moments, character pieces - anything.

How does this work?

1. Reply to this post and claim one MENSA-verse character who we're going to get to know (or get to know better) in your story. Any SGA character goes, from the regulars right down to the one-time guest appearance if you want. And no worries, more than one person can claim the same character! Variety is the spice of fanfic.

2. Use this as an excuse to rewatch "McKay and Mrs. Miller" as many times as you like. *g*

3. Write your story.

4. Post it to this community, or post a link to it here.

5. Squee over the other fic that is posted. :-)

When should the stories be posted?

You have until the end of October - but you may post any time before that. The masterlist for the challenge will be put up on this comm on November 1st.

Questions? Ask away!
All clear? Then go ahead and claim your character!

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