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icarusAm 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![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
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.
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.
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Date: 2005-12-03 04:17 am (UTC)(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.
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Date: 2005-12-03 04:20 am (UTC)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.
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Date: 2005-12-03 04:22 am (UTC)http://www.fictionresource.com/mcshep/fic_recs.php
Double Treat also has a thematic index, but that's by theme, not quality.
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Date: 2005-12-03 04:22 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-12-03 04:24 am (UTC)Wow, not completely helpful,huh?
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Date: 2005-12-03 04:25 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-12-03 04:27 am (UTC)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
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
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Date: 2005-12-03 04:32 am (UTC)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
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Date: 2005-12-03 04:32 am (UTC)Icarus
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Date: 2005-12-03 04:36 am (UTC)Man, my inner mental voice is starting to sound like Rodney. Not that that's a bad thing, mind you.
Icarus
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Date: 2005-12-03 04:36 am (UTC)Teyla, though...enh. She bugs me. My sister's become a fan with me, and we were discussing Teyla over dinner last night. Our opinion? She's too Mary Sueish for us right now. She's always right and always wise and always good and it's BLECH. Although I've been told she grows on you during season 2.
The Wraith. LOVE the Wraith. As Isolde points out the women look like Marilyn Manson and the men look like Lucius Malfoy. Only with really bad dental hygeine.
And I am so with the Rodney love. I adore him. And I love Shep. And Zelenka! They're smart, funny, sexy--what's not to love? :D
And is the fic not absolute crack? I haven't been this sucked into stories since I first started reading HP fic....
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Date: 2005-12-03 04:38 am (UTC)I'm not a fan of AUs, but some are so good, they overcome my bias. Hindsight, by, er, whoever wrote that, is also brilliant. Those few I've recced are close, but just slightly left of canon - but the characterisations are perfect.
Double Treat recs the best stuff, I loved at least a third of what's on there. Once you've finished there, I can point you to some other good rec sites.
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Date: 2005-12-03 05:31 am (UTC)*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
*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.
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Date: 2005-12-03 05:33 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-12-03 05:38 am (UTC)Wow, that's weird because it's exactly the same with me. I was really blah about slash any fics until Harry Potter came around. And now I have that feeling all over again, I feel alive and happy and I can't wait for the next fic to come out (not to mention the next episode)
In season 2 she greats really cute, not to mention frazzled at times. She really does grow on you, it might be Ronon (oh you're going to love him! *grins*) but she just seems more human now. I won't say anything else, but yeah, she really does get very cute in season 2.
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Date: 2005-12-03 05:39 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-12-03 05:50 am (UTC)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
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Date: 2005-12-03 06:13 am (UTC)I'm fond of the wraith ships, actually, and Atlantis itself, which creepily makes me think I've really been reading too much Rodney.
Nah. Not possible.
Icarus
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Date: 2005-12-03 06:17 am (UTC)Holy cow. More.
Icarus
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Date: 2005-12-03 06:21 am (UTC)Have you read Shalott's No Refunds or Exchanges (http://www.livejournal.com/community/sga_flashfic/151595.html)? It's not on her website yet, but it was during the Harlequin challenge on
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Date: 2005-12-03 06:29 am (UTC)Total Crack!Fic
Date: 2005-12-03 06:50 am (UTC)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.