SGA fans, once you're done chortling could you please dole out the fic?

[icarus]

Am I the only one who finds LJ's new layout frightening?

Okay, I can stop stalling now and confess: I have a steaming pile of crow to eat, with a side order of lightly seasoned hat (fleece cap, thanks for asking).

I just spent two days reading SGA (Stargate Atlantis) fic. I was late for class becausse I couldn't tear myself away from astolat's A Beautiful Lifetime Event and I've already read Oblivious twice. I only remember the names of those two stories because:

a) they're already favorites, and
b) I'd finally slowed down in my insatiable fic-gorging long enough to read the titles.

I have fallen helplessly for Rodney McKay. With a side order of Sheppard. I confess, I've been (shame faced) watching the show (first season) on Saturday nights, just to get another glimpse of McKayness.

For three weeks.

But I was sure I could quit any time. Absolutely positive. After all, hadn't I pointed out that the production values were weak, the acting largely laughable, and... oh hell.

I have a great idea though. I'm sure I can break my addiction by reading lots of McKay/Sheppard fic (shut up, you know it'll work and if it doesn't, think of the benefits!).

Fandom, Stargaters, rec me your favorite McKay/Shep fics as a form of, uh, immersion/aversion therapy. Yeah, that's what it is.

Comments

[iibnf.livejournal.com]

Rodney. It's all about the Rodney.

(And Beautiful Lifetime Event is probably one of the best stories I've ever read!)

Check out live journal users Kaneko's latest (just go to her LJ, it's the top entry, I think. It's AU but brilliant dialogue/characterisation.

Astolat's No Refunds, no Exchanges is rather sweet - another AU.

There are a whole bunch more - I suggest you wander through the recs on Double Treat - her recs are of an excellent quality.

[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

Rodney. It's all about the Rodney.

Yes, in fact I'm thinking of starting a cult. Care to join? If you get in on the ground floor you can be part of the inner circle.

Check out live journal users Kaneko's latest (just go to her LJ, it's the top entry, I think. It's AU but brilliant dialogue/characterisation.

You know I was just talking to lizardspots about AUs. I find prefer stories that add canon rather than subtract.

There are a whole bunch more - I suggest you wander through the recs on Double Treat - her recs are of an excellent quality.

Where? Where can I find these recs? (I can stop any time, I can stop any time....)

Icarus

[femmequixotic]

Welcome to the crack.

Less than one week into my obsession and I've already seen the entire first season (and am considering a rewatch) and started in on McKay/Shep fic...

It's all about the Rodney. And the Shep. MY GOD. Yes.

[iibnf.livejournal.com]

The Rodney, and the quality of the fic. It's like stepping into a wading pool of heroin.

[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

You know what? I'm not freakish about spoilers on this show. I think it's because unlike SG-1, I haven't been a fan since 1999.

So I'm causally watching the episodes as they pop up -- though I seriously need to see the pilot. I've got the Genii, the Wraith, got seriously hooked on Rodney (with Shep), I still think we need to give Weir an IV drip but I like her. And then... I started reading the fic.

Guh. More.

Icarus

[iibnf.livejournal.com]

Double Treat, if you don't have it:

http://www.fictionresource.com/mcshep/fic_recs.php

Double Treat also has a thematic index, but that's by theme, not quality.

[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

Aha! Thank you! *periscope down -- DIVE!*

Icarus

[chrissie-m.livejournal.com]

If you check out sga_newsletter (can't remember how to make it all livejournal linky, sorry) they do a good job of gathering daily links to all things SGA, and they list the McShep separately. And Flordenau's Double Treat site is also a great source of links; don't know the URL because I just click when she updates on the mckay_sheppard lj.

Wow, not completely helpful,huh?

[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

Newsletter? LJ? Another rec for Double Treat? Are you kidding? Very helpful.

Man, my inner mental voice is starting to sound like Rodney. Not that that's a bad thing, mind you.

Icarus

[thalia]

Oh, no, not another one.... My entire flist is succumbing to the SGA addiction.

[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

I think only a month ago I was bemoaning the Evil Cult of SGA that was sucking SG-1 of good writers. *assumes zombie-like pose and begins shuffling the direction of Roooodneeeeeey....*

Icarus

[dipping_sauce]

I wish this show aired in Canada so I could see what's driving all of you so batty...

[iibnf.livejournal.com]

At the moment, it's ONLY showing in Canada. The rest of us are downloading from our friends...

[sociofemme.livejournal.com]

go find Speranza (http://www.trickster.org/speranza)'s and Resonant (http://www.trickster.org/res)'s stuff--it's amazing, and they even have a shared story between them. Also, rageprufrock deals the good crack (He's Having Her Baby! and He's Having His Baby! are both f***ing brilliant).

[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

Oh, I've already read resonant8's top stories (saving a few for later). Speranza's incredible. Absolutely fucking incredible. I have [eaten] [devoured] [absorbed] [delighted in] all her SGA fics in the last half hour. Thank you. What a wonderful insightful and original writer. Gah. Rodney's last email. The first night. Shep in the chair.

Holy cow. More.

Icarus

[turtlespeaks.livejournal.com]

reading lots of McKay/Sheppard fic

*is bleary eyed and stressed* It totally doesn't work, the more you read, the harder you need it, to the point it's all you think about, and you sit there trying to figure a way to justify all this fic you are reading, thinking "Could I cite this as a source? can I work stargate into my next essay? can I use David Hewlett's arms as an example in something?" And then you. Just. Get. Worse.

Happily!

And McKay is hot, in an almost inexplicable way, but still very very very hot. Liek WHOA!

As for recs, there are just WAY TOO MANY so I'll point you to

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<i> reading lots of McKay/Sheppard fic</i>

*is bleary eyed and stressed* It totally doesn't work, the more you read, the harder you need it, to the point it's all you think about, and you sit there trying to figure a way to justify all this fic you are reading, thinking "Could I cite this as a source? can I work stargate into my next essay? can I use David Hewlett's arms as an example in something?" And then you. Just. Get. Worse.

<i>Happily!</i>

And McKay is hot, in an almost inexplicable way, but still very very very hot. Liek WHOA!

As for recs, there are just WAY TOO MANY so I'll point you to <a href="http://isis.arithmancy.net/efiction/categories.php?catid=7&parentcatid=7"here</a> and <a href="http://medicationforsleepdeprivation.popullus.net/multi3.htm">here</a> (as well as <a href="http://www.livejournal.com/users/talkoncorners2/">here</a> for some of the best fic rec places ever. ^___^ Happy reading.

[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

Oh danke, and yes, it doesn't work but I'll go for a plausible excuse to keep reading any day.

Or implausible, even.

And McKay is hot, in an almost inexplicable way, but still very very very hot. Liek WHOA!

I can't explain it except that brillance and neurosis must be a turn on. *joins the Sacred Cult of Rodney -- look, we already have techno-babble*

Icarus

[amalthia]

It's kind of funny you asked for this. I just spent two days compiling a list of my FAVORITE SGA fics for my husband...and here are the results

http://www.livejournal.com/users/amothea/132323.html

if you want the bigger list...here's the link...http://www.livejournal.com/users/amothea/132482.html

[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

Would you believe that in 24 hours I've already read eleven of the stories on the short list?

*gasps blindly* More...

Icarus

Total Crack!Fic

[lerah99.livejournal.com]

This is total Crack!fic and short, but I love it.

http://www.livejournal.com/community/mckay_sheppard/130202.html (http://www.livejournal.com/community/mckay_sheppard/130202.html)

It's the wing fic by Klo the Hobbit.

Re: Total Crack!Fic

[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

Okay, I'll save the Crack!Fic in reserve. I've discovered Crack!Fic is best appreciated once one has a thorough grounding in the universe and the fandom that's being tweaked. *g*

Icarus (emerging only briefly from the fic)

[lerah99.livejournal.com]

Oh, How could I have forgotten the McKay_Sheppard livejournal community?

http://www.livejournal.com/userinfo.bml?user=mckay_sheppard (http://www.livejournal.com/userinfo.bml?user=mckay_sheppard)

[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

Ahhhh yes. Of course there's a community. *eyes glaze over from Rodney overdose*

Icarus

[goseaward.livejournal.com]

rageprufrock has golden comic timing. She wrote that Seven Things That Never Happened on Valentine's Day at Hogwarts, or Maybe THey Did (or whatever the title was) fic which is quite possibly my favorite HP fic ever.

Um, hmm, yeah. I asked this same question in early August and got some recs, and Femme asked pretty recently too, so you might look at those posts...

[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

LOL! You know, this crow doesn't taste so bad with a little salt, a picture of Rodney by the computer....

Icarus

[nataliadarimini.livejournal.com]

The gorging thing? To get rid of the craving? Doesn't work.
I've been doing the exact same thing for a month and a half and damned if it's doing anything but making me antsy that I'll run out.

Pretty much you can go down the list of eliade's sga memories and be happy for the rest of your life, but especially good were "Instantaneous" ( http://www.livejournal.com/users/cimorene111/1985419.html ) and "The Perils of Rodney McKay" ( http://www.livejournal.com/community/mckay_sheppard/315887.html ).

Umm, an a whole big bunch of others, but these two are just off the top of my head.

[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

The gorging thing? To get rid of the craving? Doesn't work.

Shhhhh! I want no excuses to stop. :D

*dives back in*

Icarus

[cydah.livejournal.com]

yeah!! just going to asume you have all the good recs already ^_^.

[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

At the rate I'm going, well, the words are starting to blur together.

Icarus

[amanuensis1.livejournal.com]

I have nothing to rec, just had to squee over happiness at another convertee to ABLE. (look! It spells a word! ^_^ ) I am not making this up--I was in the Magic Kingdom at WDW and looked at Cinderella's Castle and my first thought was, "Wonder if Rodney and John and the kid really could get into the restaurant that quickly, that line's a bitch..."

[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

Ha. I did blink at that. We'll have to assume the manager that night was a fan of the Stargate project.

Icarus

[thegrrrl2002.livejournal.com]

I was wondering how your venture into SGA was going! Happy to hear you are enjoying it.

I'm sure this has been recced already, but Danvers' "Under the Skin" is one of the most amazing things I've ever read:

http://www.svendra.com/fanfiction/shorts/lj/skin.html

Thank you! For many reasons.

[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

I'll check it out, along with Danvers' rec-list. *gobbles, more! more!*

Icarus (Dammit, I already have a Shep/McKay ficlet about their strange wake following Col. Sumner's death, when John finds an iPod with doo-whop music in Sumner's gear.

"I find it ironic that the first signs of a personality have emerged after he's dead," said Rodney, still irritated, posthumously, that Sumner had been slow to shut down power in Atlantis, costing the city precious hours--not to mention it had been humiliating to have to go over his head to Dr. Weir. Rodney harbored a private theory that they'd just witnessed natural selection at work, but he suspected he'd better not say it.

Major Sheppard stared at him, eyes narrowed in a faintly puzzled expression.

Hmm. Maybe he'd said too much already. Or confused the man. Oh well, Rodney was used to that.)

Icarus

[duffy-99.livejournal.com]

Welcome to the fun! Two of my favorites are Two Weeks by chelle and The Grrrl and A Better Fate by chelle. Find them here:

http://www.wraithbait.com/viewstory.php?sid=706
http://www.wraithbait.com/viewstory.php?sid=1420

I also love Face Value by minnow, but can't find a link at the moment.

[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

Heh. I've already read Two Weeks (did I mention the fics were all starting to blur together?). I'm holding off on A Better Fate till I can enjoy it at a leisurely pace. I seem to be reading the plot-centric stories first.

Which makes sense. Since I've only seen a handful of SGA episodes I need the plot to get a feel for the universe.

Icarus

[duffy-99.livejournal.com]

Me again! How could I forget my number one favorite ever? Resonant's "Advantage": http://trickster.org/res/advantage.html

Plus: you can't go wrong with anything on this rec list:
http://svendra.com/recs/sga.html
Make sure you also click on the link that says "recs made during season one"; it's a little hard to see, but the older recs there are amazing as well.

[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

Actually, Advantage was the first SGA fic I read. :D Got off to a great start, eh?

Icarus

[dustandroses.livejournal.com]

Oh no! You've been seduced to the dark side! I just hope that you don't totally give up on Jack and Daniel...they'll miss you...sob.

I'm not so much a Rodney fan as I am a Sheppard fan, but I've been reading the McShep, and boy is there some excellent stuff out there. So I read the list you've got already, and picked out some that weren't mentioned yet.

To start with, there are a couple of fic that were written by other authors, based on A Beautiful Lifetime Event. Both are good, but Resonant's is my favorite, 'cause it's got smut. *g*

Surprise by brighidestone picks up where ABLE leaves off.

Missing Scene by resonant8 a different version of the eventual sex scene. For those of us that thought the two of them should have been shagging way before shalott got to it!

Time In A Bottle by shalott (astolat) Speaking of...I'm not sure if anyone rec'd this one, yet, so I'll add it just in case. I think it's her newest.

Mercy another one by shalott. Not an especially easy fic to read - very intense. I rec'd this one on dustyrydersrecs and gave it my highest compliment - she blew me out of the water in under 1600 words.

Easy by stellahobbit short and sweet...just what is it that John and Rodney have going on?


Native Serendipity by ladyflowdi an excellent Aliens Made Me Do It fic.

The Atlantis Project by seperis I just linked you to her SGA page, because otherwise, I'd have to give you all three links to this series - they don't link together. Just scroll to the bottom, they're under their own heading. I know they're an AU, but looking at the ones you've liked so far, I think you'll like these. And anyway, my next rec is another of her fic, and I think you've already been rec'd to yet another of my favorites of her's Don't Tell, so you may as well just keep the page, and read the rest of them, okay? *g*

Something More by seperis again... Less of an AU...this one takes place in the future.

seperis also has really good recs on her journal, so you may want to check those out, too. She's mentioned some less well known ones that I've really appreciated.

Seems I have to cut this in two...I have too many characters...or is that too much character? *g* Part two is underneath...

[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

Oh... wow. I may never do homework again.

Icarus

Part Two...

[dustandroses.livejournal.com]

Okay...on with the recs.

Over The Edge & Under The Skin by Danvers (sdraevn) I know Under The Skin got rec'd, but if they gave you Danver's journal version, you won't know about the prequel, which I just love. (She just wrote Over The Edge recently. Good stuff. Funny, but has some wonderful moments, as well. (The line about how Rodney and Atlantis light up to the same touch just gives me shivers.)

Retrograde by ltlj This one has the current SG-1 in it, but it's mostly a story about SGA and Jack. Except for the fact that Cameron Mitchell is in it, I don't think it spoils any of Season 9, at all. This fic had me on the edge of my seat, everytime, waiting for the next part. But it's completed, now. I linked you to part VI, but the other 5 parts are linked at the top of the page.

Okay, I hope I got some in there that you haven't gotten yet. Most of these are on my list for my rec journal, or are already on it, so you know I like them all. Enjoy!



Oh, yeah. I know you said you weren't that worried about getting spoiled for this one, but have you seen any Season Two yet? I think Ronon is now my favorite character on SGA...well...maybe it's a tie - kind of hard to give up the Shep. But there are some good Ronon fic out there ( I happen to have saved pretty much every one I've come across, so if you want any Ronon/anyone fic, I got the recs!

Speaking of: This one is Rodney/John & John/Ronon/Rodney & John/Ronon all mixed up together... Alpha Centauri by hth_the_first OMG - Good shit! I linked you to Part V but the others are all linked at the top of the page.

There are more...let me know if you're interested.

By the way...part of the reason I had this many recs to hand is your fault. If I hadn't started a recs journal, I'd never have kept all my faves in one place like this! You should see the list I have for SG-1 fics. I'm trying to spread them out, but I've got more than for any other fandom I'm rec'ing...gotta love the J/D.

Re: Part Two...

[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

LOL! I've only seen what's out in syndication which is the first few episodes of SGA. That means although I've run across Ronon in stories he doesn't mean anything to me as a character. We'll have to save Ronon for later. He's wasted on me right now.

Rodney, Rodney, Rodney, Rodney....

Icarus

[lebannen.livejournal.com]

Hi, I just added you to my friendslist because I've been lurking for ages and I'm checking your journal so often there didn't seem to be much point in not adding you. I doubt I'll comment more often or anything, but I thought I'd say hi anyway so you can put an icon to the latest name on your 'friend of' list!

In terms of recs for you I'm afraid I don't have much - I've seen so little SGA that I find myself quite happy to read bizarre AUs (see rageprufrock's Bell Curve) and crossovers (I'm thinking specifically about one by isiscolo, the name of which I forget right now) that I wouldn't touch in other fandoms - but mirabile_dictu is a someone whose fic I've been reading for a long time who's also just surrendered to the Rodney love, and Two Galaxies (http://www.livejournal.com/users/mirabile_dictu/40597.html) is a Rodney/Daniel piece that you might or might not like.

[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

Oh hey, I just discovered this, I'm sorry I didn't respond. I either didn't get the comment or was in the middle of finals or... something.

Rodney/Daniel? That could be... explosive. *blinks in amazement* Anyhow, welcome. I'm pretty much at my limit on friendings, I apologize, but I'll hunt around your LJ from time to time anyway.

Icarus