permanent damage

[busaikko]

I'm looking for fics where one (or more! I'm not picky!) of the team is permanently damaged (ill, disabled, changed, what have you). I'm more interested in the process of rehabilitation and recovery, and the reactions/support of others, than in the whumpage. Last-minute miracles (and lo! the blind shall see!) are a particular squick of mine, sorry to say. I've no objections to people being sent back to Earth or AUs. (In case you think I'm morbid, well: I just came back from a very, very bad neighbourhood council meeting!)

Comments

[telesilla.livejournal.com]

Here's the only one I could think of right off the bat....

Rebuilding Babel (http://www.fiercelydreamed.talkoncorners.net/main/archives/stargate-atlantis/rebuilding-babel/) by Fiercly Dreamed.

[busaikko]

Enjoyed, thank you!

[ratcreature]

There's Fading Skies by Diamond_Raven
http://www.wraithbait.com/viewstory.php?sid=10959
(which to be honest included a bit too much about toilet schedules for paraplegics than I really wanted to read about, iirc)

also this blind!John fic:
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3871629/1/The_Sky_is_Not_Less_Blue
has him sent back to earth. It's still a WIP and it does seem to head into the direction of an eventual ancient tech fix, but there's chapters of rehabilitations and recovery and therapy before, with angst of John having to rely on family and so on (his father it was started before Outcast), and the ancient tech doesn't fix instantly once it's applied either.

There's a thematic listing for disability fic, that has an SGA section, though not all of these are permanent:
http://www.geocities.com/disability_fanfic/welcome

[busaikko]

Thank you! Fading Skies is one of my all-time favourites -- and Not Less Blue may be my new addiction *g* Thanks! (and the GeoCities site is good fun....)

[respicefinem08.livejournal.com]

Maybe I'm Dead, I just haven't stopped moving yet

http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3148301/1/Maybe_Im_Dead_I_Just_Havent_Stopped_Moving_Yet

I really like this one. It's about rodney

[busaikko]

Thank you! *bookmarks*

[respicefinem08.livejournal.com]

http://www.wraithbait.com/viewstory.php?sid=11931&textsize=0&chapter=1

Sandstorms.

It doesn't quite fit the bill for what you want, per se, but the recovery process is still quite...um...painful

[busaikko]

Thank you! *bookmarks*

[loriel-eris.livejournal.com]

Note: Most of my recs are likely to be John/Rodney or John & Rodney.

The Other Side of Silence (http://lemonbella.livejournal.com/63101.html) by lemonbella

A World Called Catastrophe (http://perspi.livejournal.com/68759.html) by perspi

Logopetria (http://lavvyan.livejournal.com/210950.html) by lavvyan

Fading Skies (http://www.wraithbait.com/viewstory.php?sid=10959) by Diamond Raven

Child's Play (http://www.panopeeper.com/raven/StargateAtlantis/ChildsPlay.htm) by Diamond Raven

Tales of a Broken Mind (http://www.panopeeper.com/raven/StargateAtlantis/TalesBrokenMind.htm) by Diamond Raven

The Paradox of Vision (http://apple-pi.livejournal.com/215400.html) by apple_pi - I wasn't sure whether to rec this one or not. It has a happy ending, and it wasn't exactly a 'last minute miracle'. I mainly reccing it because it has reactions/support of others and the process of rehabilitation. And I love this story like you would not believe.

Some Lists

ultimateficarchiver's handicapped (http://del.icio.us/ultimateficarchiver/handicapped) tag

List of Disability Fic (http://www.geocities.com/disability_fanfic/stargateatlantis.html) - some of these do have 'happy'/miraculous endings tho.

Also, this (http://del.icio.us/loriel_eris/disability+sga+to_read) is a list of fic that I've tagged 'disability' but haven't read, so I have no idea what they're about/how they end.

[busaikko]

Thank you! You seem to be a fan after my own mind *g* This will keep me busy for a good long time, thanks!

[loriel-eris.livejournal.com]

I absolutely love the angst, tho I will admit to having a preference for a happy ending. However, in my book, happy ending is when my boys are together, they don't necessarily have to be all fixed up! *g* In fact, so long as the ending is right for the story, I can read and enjoy just about anything. *g*

[jane-eyre.livejournal.com]

There's Three for the Price of Two by kwillads
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3729182/1/Three_for_the_Price_of_Two

There's two sequels to the story so far and the author is writing another. They are http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3774916/1/Conquering_Adversities and
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3804957/1/Unexpected_Surprises

[busaikko]

Thank you! *bookmarks*

[debris_k.livejournal.com]

Have you stumbled over Tira Nog's An Affair to Remember - McShep style (http://tiranog.southroad.com/SGA/Affair.htm) (cover art here (http://tiranog.southroad.com/cover_affair.htm))? It's NC-27 John/Rodney, romance, schmoop, smarm, schangst, melodrama... what else can I cram in here? *g* It's a nice read if you're into the slash pairing, and the ending - which will spoil it for you, but your request demands I make this clear - will fit your parameters perfectly.

[busaikko]

Thank you! *bookmarks*

[xparrot.livejournal.com]

Blind!Rodney:
Scenes from an Unseen Life (http://www.wraithbait.com/viewstory.php?sid=3331)
This one isn't all that angsty; no fix-its, though, just getting by remarkably well.

Maybe I'm Dead, I Just Haven't Stopped Moving Yet (http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3148301/1/Maybe_Im_Dead_I_Just_Havent_Stopped_Moving_Yet) (gen, Rodney hurt)
This might've been rec'ed above, it's a favorite of mine, but it does have a fix-it - not last-minute, though (I think he gets physically healed less than two-thirds through, but it's more about the psychological recovery.)

[busaikko]

Thank you! I'm always happy to find a *not* angsty disability fic -- it's sort of a genre that attracts angst!