Rodney/John

[degare.livejournal.com]

Hi guys, 

I usually just read gen, but now I've started to give slash a go. Between Rodney and John.
Can anyone give me any good fic's which, while are slash, have a good plot.. maybe the relationship isn't the sole focus of the fic? Take the_drifter's Rebuliding Babel for example.
Or just your all time favourite Rodney/John fics?

Thanks!

Comments

[fearlesssisters.livejournal.com]

"wraith killers" and "loving rodney" by lady ra : http://www.visionsofprettyboys.com/Atlantis/Atlantisstories.htm

anything that chelle writes is great : http://chelle.slashcity.org/atlantis/index.shtml

i love "ashtaroth," "through the looking glass," sentinels 101," and "those words" by orthain and rina, although anything on their site is fanatstic, if you read other fandoms be sure to check them out there : http://www.infinitum4.com/sga.html

if you want more let me know! this is just the beginning :)

[fearlesssisters.livejournal.com]

oops, almost forgot! one of my all time favorite sga fics is "freedom is just another word for nothing left to lose" : http://www.kekkai.org/synecdochic/sga/freedoms_just_another_word.html it has shades of mcshep. its sequel os alspo fantastic.

ooohhh,one more author for you, tarlan. http://www.davidhewlett.co.uk/fiction/browse.php?type=categories&catid=1
i love the "Sentience" series.

[fearlesssisters.livejournal.com]

ok, here are some more: "coming home" by xanthe : http://www.wraithbait.com/viewstory.php?sid=9186&warning=12
it is au, with bdsm, so be warned.

also, "transcendental" by shalott : http://www.intimations.org/fanfic/stargate/transcendental.html

and, "The Neighborly Detective And The Tragic Woobie Widower" by master elayna : http://www.wraithbait.com/viewseries.php?seriesid=121

[splintercat.livejournal.com]

You've probably read/seen/heard of this one, but the first thing that comes to mind when I think of great fics that also happen to be McKay/Shepperd is Written By the Victors (http://www.trickster.org/speranza/cesper/Victors.html) by cesperenza. I think it's the best fic I've read in the fandom.

If you don't mind AUs, I recently read A Clear and Different Light (http://sgabigbang.talkoncorners.net/?view=fic&id=53) by friendshipper and naye, which has a really awesome plot and some McShep. (In fact, I would recommend checking out all the McShep fics on SGA Big Bang (http://sgabigbang.talkoncorners.net/?view=pairings&id=1), since they tend to be long and plotty.)

My all-time favorite John/Rodney is astolat's A Beautiful Lifetime Event (http://www.intimations.org/fanfic/stargate/lifetime_event.html), in which they accidentally activate an Ancient baby-making machine, have to raise the kid, and then somehow find the time to fall in love. (Okay, I'm kind of lame like that.)

Right now, I also love 17.5: A Love Story (http://www.helenish.net/17point5.shtml) by Helen (http://www.helenish.net/).

Anything by eleveninches is hysterical; if you know SG1, you should try out There's No Such Thing As Daniel Jackson (http://eleveninches.livejournal.com/309342.html?style=mine) (an AU with a lot of differences, that John has to set right somehow).

All the authors above are great writers overall and you can't go wrong IMO by just looking through all their fic.

My delicious recs for McKay/Sheppard are here (http://delicious.com/lapapesse/mckay/sheppard), but there are a lot of people on delicious with a lot more (and better organized) recs, like minervacat (http://delicious.com/minervacat/mckay%2Fsheppard) and thefourthvine (http://delicious.com/tfv/McKay%2FSheppard).

[linziday.livejournal.com]

Seperis has put together a great rec list here: http://seperis.illuminatedtext.com/sgashep.html

If you want plot, I highly recommend:

Forget Me Not by maisierita: http://maisierita.livejournal.com/14509.html

Weddings, Plural, and Yak: http://cesperanza.livejournal.com/193928.html

Any in the Geeks and Goons series by Likethekoska: http://www.wraithbait.com/viewuser.php?uid=350

favorite McShep writers - well, a chip of the great big tower that is them, anyway

[debris_k.livejournal.com]

Torch aka flambeau's longer fics are exactly the stuff you might like - lovely plot, and if it says its McShep, it's wonderful McShep. Resonant aka resonant8 ditto - the hottest hotness can be found among her stories. Jenn aka seperis does marvelous things with plot, just thread lightly for she's been known to walk on the dark side often as well. Speranza aka cesperanza is marvelous as well, as is Shalott aka astolat - I don't think I could pic favorites from their fics, as all but a few would definitely qualify. ladycat777 cannot do no wrong, no matter the topic (check her tags for McShep), thegrrrl2002's fics are so good they only get closer to perfection when she co-writtes with mmmchelle (check chellefic her stories) whose awesome herself. Then there's rageprufrock and [Bad username or site: > - I dare mention these two in the same breath only because awesomeness like theirs is too great to be used anywhere else. As are <lj user=yin_again @ livejournal.com] (yinfic is where you can find her fics, natch, as well as her site), trinityofone, lavvyan and sgamadison. And I haven't even gotten to aesc, sheafrotherdon, busaikko, dogeared... and I'm starting to remember why I decided against reccing stories and recced authors instead, and getting the feeling I'm not managing it any better, either. There's so many awesomely talented folks writing McShep fics that really, limiting yourself to just this one pairing is useless, as any of these folks can take any other pairing, beat you over the head with it, and you'll still walk away dazed wanting more. Er, or that might be just me. ;-)

[roxy-palace.livejournal.com]

You know, this request coiuldn't have come at a better time...The McShep love is high at the moment.

I would like to recommend Sheafrotherdon's Iowa-verse. It's pretty much romance-centric, but it's so beautifully written, no exploration of McShep would be complete without it.

http://sheafrotherdon.livejournal.com/105567.html

She's just a really wonderful, romantic writer. I hope you enjoy it.

[utterfrivolity.livejournal.com]

Hey, so you've gotten a *lot* of recs. Which is not surprising, given the enormous amount of excellent slash in SGA--my own list of top-quality stories could keep you busy for a month or two--but maybe you're a little overwhelmed? So I just wanted to note that of what's listed above, the stories that stand out to me as good answers to your first request are Speranza's "Written by the Victors" and Shalott's "Transcendental". I'd quickly second many of the other recs as well, but those two have plots that are less completely focused on the relationship.

And since I can't help throwing in my favorite overall, I'll say that you've already found some of the best with the_drifter, and my absolute favorite of hers is Unidentified (http://fiercelydreamed.livejournal.com/8714.html). I also love Helen's style, and I think Your Inevitable Unhappy Ending (http://www.helenish.net/inevitable.shtml) is a great starting point there.

Have fun!

[degare.livejournal.com]

Wow.. Wow this is great! Thanks alot guys!

A thought...

[(Anonymous)]

Most of the above mentioned fics and authors are available in podfic form--which is awesome for long car rides or certain jobs (I would die of boardom without them). And even if its not really your thing-Written By the Victors is at its best (imo) as a podfic. I think like 30 different people read parts of it. Its amazing. Here's a link to a huge archive of mcshep podfics:
http://jinjurly.com/audio/category/sort-byfandom/sga/mckaysheppard/

This way you can "catch up" with the rest of us fast without burning out your retinas lol

Re: A thought...

[landshark1129.livejournal.com]

Damn you lj for logging me out! =)

[degare.livejournal.com]

I haven't gotten through all the stories suggested yet, but of what I have read "Wraith Killers" and "Loving Rodney" are my favourites. Thanks for them.

[allyndra.livejournal.com]

People have recced you some excellent stories, but I don't see my favorite. Scenes from a Lesser war (http://www.wraithbait.com/viewstory.php?sid=5362&warning=12) by amireal. It's the story that really won me over to McShep, and I still love it. (and her other stories are also wonderful.)

[fearlesssisters.livejournal.com]

you're welcome! :) always happy to share the mcshep love!

[fearlesssisters.livejournal.com]

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:)