watervole: (Finsh that story)
How does telepathy work?

Now given that telepathy doesn't actually exist, it's a bit difficult to come up with good physics...

However, this is Stargate, and thus any reasonably convincing pseudoscience will do. :)

I have a character with a limited degree of telepathy/empathy.  Usually comes across as being lucky at playing cards, guessing what people will do next, that kind of thing.  Rarely extends to actual mind-reading (except when under the influence of things caused by aliens/alien technology/etc.).

It has no distance limitation (we're talking interstellar here), but definitely words best in physical proximity.

It also works best with people the telepath has an emotional connection with.

I have a couple of canonical alien devices that can heal/tweak human physiology.  (Hey, this is Stargate SG-1, they have stacks of alien artefacts that have to be shipped to Area 51, so they can't be used to solve a problem in the next episode....   I'm shipping some of them out again <grin>)

What can I do in terms of pseudoscientific explanation (because I like my pseudoscience to be as close to real science as possible) to describe/manipulate this ability?

I'd love to come up with something that included electromagnetic radiation, but as far as I can see, the lack of a distance limitation means that speed of light screws up that theory.

Anyone care to suggest mechanisms by which telepathy might work?

Let your imagination run riot!

watervole: (Finsh that story)
 About 15 years ago I wrote a Stargate SG-1 novel and a sequel.

Then, I got Jossed and never got started on the third volume of the Trilogy. (the first two novels do complete some plot arcs, so you're not left dangling too badly on all fronts)

However, I did make a lot of notes for it, and I recently did the Stargate Alphabet Soup challenge in the hope that it would get me writing again, and it seems to be working, as I'm near the end of a brand new chapter.

What I need is encouragement as I have a whole novel to get through.  And it's an old fandom, so I know I won't pick up many new readers.

Here's how you can help...


If anyone has the patience to read the first two volumes (they're relatively short by novel standards) and leaves a comment at the end, then I undertake to write a minimum of 200 words (and 500 if it's a really interesting comment) on the third volume for each comment.  People who have read it before, still get to claim their words if they haven't previously left a comment.

It's Stargate SG-1, set around the end of season 5, at the time when the team consisted of Jack, Daniel, Sam and Teal'c.  It's gen fic, though it does contain some relationships.  My aim was to give all the team a strong role to play and to make good use of many minor characters from the series.  It's also AU and will resolve many plot lines in a different way (and to my mind more aesthetically pleasing) than the route taken in the series.

The first volume is here - https://archiveofourown.org/works/392002/chapters/643582

Jack O'Neill and Harry Maybourne have very different approaches to ethics. Jack believes in honour and honesty. Harry believes the ends justify the means.

When Jack's daughter from a parallel reality comes through the stargate, both Jack and Harry find that their past (canonical) decisions have unforeseen consequences. What price are they willing to pay to put things right again? Can they work together? How far can Maybourne be trusted?

Jack and Sam have many difficult decisions to face. Can they maintain the careful balance of their working relationship while juggling with their feelings for one another?

How will Cassandra cope with tragedy, guilt, and the strangest friendship of her life?

This novel starts 3/4 of the way through the fifth season, shortly before Meridian and takes its own course through history after the events of 'Last Stand'.

watervole: (Snape)
I'm starting to remember why  I gave up on this novel. I started writing when Stargate had only five seasons, and the more extra seasons that were broadcast, the harder it got to write for the series.  Not only did I get Jossed, but the internal continuity of the series got so mind-bogglingly complex that it became impossible to navigate, or to research fully.

I'm just struggling with the concept of a half-ascended being (Anubis).  What exactly does that mean?  Can he be killed?

Suggestions?  I thought of a way of getting the System Lords to unite against him, but can I actually kill him...

The good bit is that Scriviner (which I have just bought after trialling it) makes it massively easier to organise plot threads and keep track of all the characters.

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