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sga_flashficTitle: Missing actor on intergalactic secret mission
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Pairings: none (Chuck-centric)
Challenge: Amnesty 2008: Missing Persons Challenge
Warnings: likely crack. Okay, definitely crack. With perhaps a hint of TPTB meta, because I just couldn't stop myself.
Rating: G
Words: ~475
Summary: Missing actor on intergalactic secret mission; byline--Radek Zelenka
Author's note: Authorial POV and place of employment inspired by a particular characterisation in the crack-AU artword: 015 Starcrossed bylavvyan with art by beet. Other than Zelenka working for The Morning Herald, readers may assume the rest of the 'Verse is the same as canon. Erm ... mostly.
Sorry, no beta due to deadline pressures. ;-)
Feedback: yes, please!
This crack even demanded that I make coverart. *facepalm*
Chuck screencap found atcolonel_taisa's LJ. Pic of kid found in hairstyling book (sorry, no idea who he really is but even my inklings looked at the pic and said, "Hey, that looks just like Chuck!" and thus the story was born).
Missing actor on intergalactic secret mission
BY RADEK ZELENKA
(THE MORNING HERALD) Recently declassified space defense program Stargate and its sister project, Stargate: Atlantis surprised most of the planet's citizens by its existence and also solved the cold-case disappearance of famous child actor, Charles "Charlie" Campbell.
"I just really wanted to get away from it all," said Sergeant Charles Campbell of CISI, the Canadian Intergalactic Special Intelligence branch of the Canadian military, itself a classified unit. "The Stargate program was a natural fit."
Campbell rocketed to fame as an infant in the popular series Little Shack on the Saskatchewan Prairie, starred in a string of highly successful musicals and even established his own clothing line, "Rootz" named after his favorite childhood stuffed toy. He disappeared without a trace in the early 1990s after an extended run as Marius Pontmercy in Les Miserables.
"Les Mis was an incredible experience," he said, noting that his skills in communication and intergalactic transmission got their start in hanging out with the sound crew during technical checks. "They were really cool guys. They always had lots of buttons to push, just like on the bridge of the Starship Enterprise."
"The whole culture of the Atlantis expedition was the perfect antidote to all the pressure of being in the public eye," Campbell said. "With the huge number of American military members involved from the very beginning, DADT meant a lot of the guys were pretty tight-lipped about themselves."
DADT, or "Don't Ask, Don't tell", is an ongoing method of forcing gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgendered American soldiers into silence at risk of dishonorable discharge. DADT is not a policy held by the Canadian military.
When asked whether he was admitting to homosexual proclivities, Campbell snorted. "I made a fortune in television dramedies and musicals, then created my own fashion line. What the hell do you think?"
Campbell explained he needed time to "figure himself out" and "come to terms" with his fame.
"I mean, people seem to think fame and fortune are the most important achievement on the planet. I grew up in it so I didn't really know any better. But after spending the last five years facing life-sucking aliens, I've come to have a new appreciation for family, friends, and my fans."
At the time of his disappearance, some members of his fan club refused to give up on the search, prompting the Royal Canadian Mounted Police to issue restraining orders against one Scottish and several Canadian citizens to prevent them from harassing investigating officers as they moved on to other cases.
Campbell said he'd like to return to the Pegasus Galaxy, but admits the recent recall of all Atlantis personnel due to project funding collapse after the sub-prime mortgage fiasco makes it unlikely.
"I'm not at liberty to discuss options for future deployment," he said.
Author:
inkscribePairings: none (Chuck-centric)
Challenge: Amnesty 2008: Missing Persons Challenge
Warnings: likely crack. Okay, definitely crack. With perhaps a hint of TPTB meta, because I just couldn't stop myself.
Rating: G
Words: ~475
Summary: Missing actor on intergalactic secret mission; byline--Radek Zelenka
Author's note: Authorial POV and place of employment inspired by a particular characterisation in the crack-AU artword: 015 Starcrossed by
lavvyan with art by beet. Other than Zelenka working for The Morning Herald, readers may assume the rest of the 'Verse is the same as canon. Erm ... mostly.Sorry, no beta due to deadline pressures. ;-)
Feedback: yes, please!
This crack even demanded that I make coverart. *facepalm*
Chuck screencap found at
colonel_taisa's LJ. Pic of kid found in hairstyling book (sorry, no idea who he really is but even my inklings looked at the pic and said, "Hey, that looks just like Chuck!" and thus the story was born).Missing actor on intergalactic secret mission
BY RADEK ZELENKA
(THE MORNING HERALD) Recently declassified space defense program Stargate and its sister project, Stargate: Atlantis surprised most of the planet's citizens by its existence and also solved the cold-case disappearance of famous child actor, Charles "Charlie" Campbell.
"I just really wanted to get away from it all," said Sergeant Charles Campbell of CISI, the Canadian Intergalactic Special Intelligence branch of the Canadian military, itself a classified unit. "The Stargate program was a natural fit."
Campbell rocketed to fame as an infant in the popular series Little Shack on the Saskatchewan Prairie, starred in a string of highly successful musicals and even established his own clothing line, "Rootz" named after his favorite childhood stuffed toy. He disappeared without a trace in the early 1990s after an extended run as Marius Pontmercy in Les Miserables.
"Les Mis was an incredible experience," he said, noting that his skills in communication and intergalactic transmission got their start in hanging out with the sound crew during technical checks. "They were really cool guys. They always had lots of buttons to push, just like on the bridge of the Starship Enterprise."
"The whole culture of the Atlantis expedition was the perfect antidote to all the pressure of being in the public eye," Campbell said. "With the huge number of American military members involved from the very beginning, DADT meant a lot of the guys were pretty tight-lipped about themselves."
DADT, or "Don't Ask, Don't tell", is an ongoing method of forcing gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgendered American soldiers into silence at risk of dishonorable discharge. DADT is not a policy held by the Canadian military.
When asked whether he was admitting to homosexual proclivities, Campbell snorted. "I made a fortune in television dramedies and musicals, then created my own fashion line. What the hell do you think?"
Campbell explained he needed time to "figure himself out" and "come to terms" with his fame.
"I mean, people seem to think fame and fortune are the most important achievement on the planet. I grew up in it so I didn't really know any better. But after spending the last five years facing life-sucking aliens, I've come to have a new appreciation for family, friends, and my fans."
At the time of his disappearance, some members of his fan club refused to give up on the search, prompting the Royal Canadian Mounted Police to issue restraining orders against one Scottish and several Canadian citizens to prevent them from harassing investigating officers as they moved on to other cases.
Campbell said he'd like to return to the Pegasus Galaxy, but admits the recent recall of all Atlantis personnel due to project funding collapse after the sub-prime mortgage fiasco makes it unlikely.
"I'm not at liberty to discuss options for future deployment," he said.
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Date: 2009-01-04 04:54 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2009-01-05 02:01 am (UTC)Thank you!
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Date: 2009-01-04 04:55 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2009-01-05 02:01 am (UTC)Thank you!
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Date: 2009-01-04 05:28 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2009-01-05 02:02 am (UTC)... hmmmm ... multiple Internets? Does this mean there are different versions of our Internet, one of which has huge server traffic from daily inspirational emails rather than pron spam?
*ahem* :-D
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Date: 2009-01-05 05:21 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2009-01-05 06:41 am (UTC)(I'm just curious as to whether the universe(s) come in 2U, 4U, 8U, 16U or 32U models; U=Universe) ;-)
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Date: 2009-01-04 05:30 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2009-01-05 02:03 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2009-01-04 06:07 am (UTC)MADE OF WIN.
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Date: 2009-01-05 02:05 am (UTC)(Erm, I've driven through Saskatchewan and think it's pretty spectacular, actually ... I just liked the sound of it a lot better than the Little Adobe on the Alberta Grasslands.)
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Date: 2009-01-04 09:09 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2009-01-05 02:05 am (UTC)*grins*
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Date: 2009-01-04 09:44 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2009-01-05 02:06 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2009-01-04 07:11 pm (UTC)Campbell said he'd like to return to the Pegasus Galaxy, but admits the recent recall of all Atlantis personnel due to project funding collapse after the sub-prime mortgage fiasco makes it unlikely. *snort* Just hysterical.
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Date: 2009-01-05 02:08 am (UTC);-)
*snorts with you* Glad you liked!
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Date: 2009-01-04 08:40 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2009-01-05 02:09 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2009-01-05 05:24 am (UTC)I want to see that. x3
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Date: 2009-01-05 06:36 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2009-01-05 09:48 am (UTC)Canadian Intergalactic Special Intelligence LOL!!!
When asked whether he was admitting to homosexual proclivities, Campbell snorted. "I made a fortune in television dramedies and musicals, then created my own fashion line. What the hell do you think?"
*snort*
*imagines being issued a restraining order by Benton Fraser*
*VEG*
Fab, thanks!
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Date: 2009-01-05 05:31 pm (UTC)Benton, though! Heh ... I hadn't even thought of him! *slaps self upside head*
I presume that in such an instance, you might be found violating that order as often as possible, so as to encounter the RCMP with extreme prejudice? ;-)
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Date: 2009-01-05 10:20 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2009-01-06 05:26 am (UTC);-)
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Date: 2009-01-06 08:53 am (UTC)Well, I am Scottish - I reckon I could take it. If there were benefits *g*
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Date: 2009-09-09 03:29 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2009-09-09 07:21 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2009-01-05 06:04 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2009-01-05 07:50 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2009-01-05 08:31 pm (UTC)I love the idea of him as a child actor and I am certain that I would have been looking for him.
This is lovely story and makes me go SQUEEEEE!!!!!!!
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Date: 2009-01-06 05:29 am (UTC)He does seem the very-helpful type, though I often wonder if that is to fulfill stereotypes about Canadians ... which Rodney so clearly doesn't.
I admit I was surprised to discover he was actually in S1 ... I hadn't noticed until we were near the end of S3 and I was re-watching some episodes and then, aha! ... he's there! *g*
I love the idea of him as a child actor and I am certain that I would have been looking for him.
Heh ... well, and if you weren't you know darned well the paparazzi would be. They seem perpetually hungry for stuff that might fit the "Washed up former child actor ..." headline.
This is lovely story and makes me go SQUEEEEE!!!!!!!
*bounces*
Thank you!
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Date: 2009-01-11 11:35 am (UTC)Because, honestly: WORD on the not-so-subtle subtext.
DragonLady
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Date: 2009-01-12 05:38 am (UTC)*looks around shiftily* You're saying the subtext wasn't so subtle? Damn. I'll have to work on that next time.
Glad you enjoyed! :-D
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Date: 2009-09-09 03:24 am (UTC)Funny on so many levels.
And I could quote just about every line in this fic as being one that made me crack up. Awesomeness.