December Daily: the Wraith

mific - "what about the Wraith in Stargate Atlantis? Ever tempted to write John/Wraith fic?"

Considered as monsters, the Wraith were cool and pleasingly icky, and I remember the first glimpse of a hive was seriously creepy. The hand thing was weird and seemed not fully thought through, since why would a creature like that have a mouth? -- but it got points for creepy scars.

Considered as characters ... Michael and Todd had their moments, but I had long since bonded with Hugh the Borg, and they didn't have that early Trek heartstring tug.

The Wraith wanted immortality, which isn't a particularly interesting motivation. The Borg wanted to absorb knowledge and learn to improve, which I seriously relate to, though you'd think that at the point where you're saying to people, "Resistance is futile," you'd think, hey, maybe instead of conquering galaxies we could satisfy our curiosity with a nice student exchange program?

Anyway. Admittedly John Sheppard was very pretty when he was suffering, but mostly I wanted him not so much to be drained of life force as to have nerdy fun, step out of his closet, and feel a straightforward feeling for a change.



( Prompts and How To Leave One - behind cut )