When it comes to reading a fic, do you prefer first person or third? Present tense or past? Why or why not?

No; I'm not asking for some silly quiz or anything like that, I'm asking because I really want to know.

I'm toying with the idea of writing a fic in first person but wanted to get a feel from you guys if you think it'll work or not.

Let me know!

How many of you caught the glitch in 'Once a Ranger'? Did you notice the part where Bridge had no gloves on? And no, it's not where he was scanning the warehouse.

I saw it the first time I watched the ep and thought I was seeing things. After multiple rewinds and pauses, I knew there was a glove missing. And the more I stared at it, the more it looked like both were gone!

Finally I couldn't take it anymore. I dropped the file into Windows Movie Maker where I can go through a clip frame by frame (WMM is a handy tool for getting screen caps to icony, btw ;) And! .... Lo and behold, both gloves are missing!

I'll bet money that it was a screw-up, one of those bloopers where maybe they paused for shooting, Matt took them off and then if they were pressed for time, they finished the scene and no one noticed that they were missing.

At any rate, if you want to hunt it down, go to where the vet team enters the pool room. At the end, when the alarm goes off, pay close attention to Bridge as he's standing behind Adam. You'll see a spot as they turn around where you can see his hands.

And with the handy-dandy WMM, I noticed something else. Not only do you see both ungloved hands, but a wedding ring! Yes, yes, its because Matt's married, but hey...it also opens up avenues for ficcing! Like who exactly does Bridge get married to in the future?

and if you're too lazy to investigate or don't have access to the ep:
( gloveless Bridgey behind the cut )

I got so many different ideas; should I do them? Let's see what we have:
(most of these are for SPD, btw)

#1
Bridge finds himself trapped outside of his body (think astral projection - if you've ever seen the ep of Supernatural 'In My Time of Dying' it would be something like that). RIC is able to detect him and Bridge is able to communicate with others through RIC. They have to figure out; a)what happened in the first place, and b)how to get Bridge 'back' where he belongs

#2
An AU (really, really, really AU) where the Rangers did not come to SPD as portrayed in the show and most of them resent being there. They're also a lot more antagonist towards each other. I'm thinking along the lines of the 'bad-ass kid' attitude like you'd see in some schools. But they eventually find that they can be friends and can work together. This story will have quite a bit of cursing ;)

#3
Another AU - this one much darker than #3. Violence and possibly rape. (like I said, really dark). It would be MA/NC-17. I'm thinking along the lines of what if the Rangers were evil? I'm sure this idea has been done before, but what the heck...

#4
One of the Rangers becomes sick. The others have to figure out why before something truly dreadful happens...(not much to give out because I'm afraid I will give away too much. I've actually got this in an outline/synopsis form already and it's too easy for me to delve into bits that I don't want to give out just yet).

#5
SPD in the future. A new team of Rangers. But the former B-Squad is still around. No real direction or plot for this one yet, just a niggling idea of the new Ranger team.

One last story idea - Not SPD; this one is Stargate Atlantis
#6
The team finds a bunch of kids living on their own in the woods (no, it's not another version of 'Childhood's End', hear me out...). These kids were brought to this planet by the Wraith. A small girl seems to have powers of somekind and a Wraith ship along with the Hive Queen appear, looking for this girl. A discovery by the team may reveal why the Queen from Season 2 was never affected by the retro-virus... (assuming that hasn't been covered in a current episode, however. I have only seen 2 episodes of second half of season 3 - 'Echos' and 'The Return part 3')

So! What do y'all think? Do any of these sound like something you'd want to read? Or am I just 'waaaaayyy too out there' with these ideas.

Comments, Ideas and Suggestions are welcome!