Out and strong, not outed and angst ridden

[chris-king-2005.livejournal.com]

Hi there:-)

As a new but avid fan of all things McShep, I've been watching this community for a while. I've read tons of great fic, thanks to *ahem* more than a few hours spent gleefully chasing tags through the archives. So yeah, thanks for being here, even if you're all shameless enablers for my

One of my absolutely favourite forms of this addiction is the What Might Have Been verse. Other favourites 'verses are the Farm in Iowa series, the Nantucket AU,
the Checkmate series, Ernie the Fuzzy Octopus, the Clubhouse verse and the Caden verse.

One of the things I like best about my little McShep addiction is the sheer wealth of material to wallow in. My favourite authors and tales are far from limited to the small list above. I was even motivated to start tracking my favourites on Delicious, which for a geriatric Luddite like me is a manifestation of true devotion. But there's so much out there!

Point me in the right direction. I've been chasing rec lists and tags, so I've read alot, but who knows what gems have eluded my exceedingly rudimentary technical abilities.

Slash only, please, with a strong McShep, out and angst free men who are gay and comfortable with the whole idea. Whatever angst there may be in the tale, it's not because the characters are gay, or find themselves in love with another man. (Although I must admit, Rodney's bemused and joyful astonishment in the Iowa 'verse just tickles me pink. And don't even get me started on keiramarcos' Sentinel's of Atlantis and WMHB.)

Suggestions?

Thanks!

EDIT: Okay, remember that part where I totally owned the fact that I'm a geriatric Luddite?

I've flailed around with the tags without much success, so my apologies. Perhaps the moderators or someone with sufficient technowizgeekery would be kind enough to add established relationship to the tag list.

Update! Oh, lots of yummy recs, rec lists and links to archives in the comments. Thanks, everyone!

Comments

[em_kellesvig]

A Supermarket in California is fantastic.

Entangled Particles.

And I have about ninety others here. Enjoy the stories!

[crysothemis.livejournal.com]

Many of lamardeuse's fics should satisfy, particularly Romance at the Roadkill Grill (http://lamardeuse.dreamhost.com/sg/romanceattheroadkillgrill.html) and It's Magic (http://lamardeuse.dreamhost.com/sg/itsmagic.html).

You can find all of her stories on her website (http://lamardeuse.dreamhost.com/).

[xylohypha.livejournal.com]

Have you read wesleysgirl's On Life and Living (http://home.comcast.net/~wesleysgirl/fanfiction/sga/life.html)? It's one of my comfort reads.

Also, you might enjoy elayna88's The Neighborly Detective And The Tragic Woobie Widower (http://www.area52hkh.net/asm/masterelayna/neighbor.php).

I also second crysothemis's rec of lamardeuse's fic. Some really good stuff there. (crysothemis herself has written some stories which I adore, but some of them might be a little more angst-y than it sounds like you want. If you're up for some very nicely drawn angst before a satisfying happy ending, though, give her a try. She has a link to her site at her LJ....)

And fandom is wonderful for motivating a person to learn this new-fangled .html stuff, I've found. I'd still be going "http--what?!?" if it weren't for fandom on the internet!

Now to see if I've borked the coding on this or not--!

[chris-king-2005.livejournal.com]

I've read both of those, and loved them, of course. Both tales hit all my buttons quite nicely.

Ninety recs?

*boggles*

Good thing I'm on annual leave. I foresee late nights and unproductive days as I wallow in the fic!

Yay! Thanks!

[ribbon-purple.livejournal.com]

1. chocolatephysicist's WIP, The Origin of All Things:http://www.wraithbait.com/viewstory.php?sid=6697&warning=12 is an extremely popular AU on Wraithbait. I'm definitely a fan. It is a bit angsty though.

2. Bluespirit's Montana AU is a wonderful warm n'fuzzy read:http://www.wraithbait.com/viewseries.php?seriesid=221

3.A lot of people also seem to enjoy Orithain and Rina's series, The World According to Rover:http://www.wraithbait.com/viewseries.php?seriesid=17

Hope that helps :o)

[angellec.livejournal.com]

Tarlan is always a good bet for Mcshep,has writtrn quite a few AU's like the crossover with Century Hotel among others you can find tarlan's stories on Wraithbait.

[chris-king-2005.livejournal.com]

Oh, I've been all over lamardeuse's fic. *grin* And yours.

Ahem.

Yes, well, somehow I managed to miss "It's Magic", so thanks for that! The mere concept of a crossover between McShep slash and a Doris Day movie made my brain hurt, but of course lamardeuse pulled it off.

*ponders*

I'll have to have a leisurely troll through her site, and see what other gems I may have missed!

Thanks!

[chris-king-2005.livejournal.com]

Yes, I've read both of those, and loved them both. I have them bookmarked, somewhere. Maybe it's time to read them again.

And yeah, I have the sites for both lamardeuse and crysothemis on my list of favourites... I'll go back for a refresher wallow in their fic.

"http--what?!?"

Coding?

*gives you a look of sheer terror*

*plugs my ears*

La! La! La! I can't hear you!

But seriously, the motivational power of good gay smut and happily ever after never fails to amaze me.

[ribbon-purple.livejournal.com]

hmmm...just re-read your request and a couple of these don't completely match it. Oops! Well, they're still good stories. :o)

[aznara.livejournal.com]

I haven't had the time to post my own rec list, but I made a list of rec lists instead here (http://community.livejournal.com/aznara_recs/1971.html). It's not really organized, but there are mostly McShep recs. Maybe it'll help. ^^

[chris-king-2005.livejournal.com]

Thanks for that! I've read a few Tarlan tales. I'll have a wander over to Wraithbait to check it out.

[chris-king-2005.livejournal.com]

Now that's efficiency! A list of rec lists.... I love it!

Thanks!

[chris-king-2005.livejournal.com]

Well, the Montana AU is wonderful. I adore happy!fic, and this is so warm and cozy that I just want to snuggle it.

I'll check out the other two as well... I'm a voracious reader, so more is always better.

Thanks!

[brasslizard.livejournal.com]

Here's my list (http://delicious.com/brasslizard/mckay%2Fsheppard) of McShep favs (there are 41). There are also some authors whom I've discovered that it's just easier to bookmark their sites than EVERY single AWESOME piece they've written so, here's (http://delicious.com/brasslizard/author) my list of fav authors (there are 25). Most of them have at least some McShep fic.

[busaikko]

fiordeligi just did 20 days of amazing thematic recs perfect for someone who is looking to make that second step into finding new authors (there were authors here I'd never heard of, a big plus). These are the top 20 entries in her journal. (I don't think that anyone really knows about these recs, but they are seriously a thing of beauty: you don't need to comment back to me here, but please please please leave fiordeligi a note if you find them useful. I'd hate for her to delete her journal thinking its unread.) Seriously good stuff!

[busaikko]

Oh! And Jane's comm Epic Recs only does novella/novel length fic. Jane herself has quite strict qulaifications for fic: she doesn't rec deathfic, for example (one of the other reccers does), and the site is realy good about making warnings and angst-level clear (to get an idea of how Jane thinks, have a look at epic_rants *g*). The McShep tag is: http://community.livejournal.com/epic_recs/tag/pairing:+mckay/sheppard

[sgficfan.livejournal.com]

http://velocitygrass.livejournal.com/

Doesn't really make the qualification of no gay angst but she's such a talented writer that you should just go ahead anyway. Totally worth it!

[chris-king-2005.livejournal.com]

Okay, I just lost about four hours, wandering through those 20 posts from fiordeligi!

That's another addition to my fumblings over on Delicious. And as you pointed out, new authors!

Thanks so much!

[chris-king-2005.livejournal.com]

Yay! Recs and *authors*!

Thanks so much!

[chris-king-2005.livejournal.com]

Epics? Cool beans!

I am a glutton when it comes to fic. More is almost always better. And I always want to know what happens next....

Thanks again!

[chris-king-2005.livejournal.com]

Oh, I've read some of her stuff before. She's wonderful.

I predict a sudden drop in my productivity. *grin* Hey, 'a tidy house is the sign of a wasted life'.

[busaikko]

Normally, I am a very nice person *offers cookies and tea* so just please pretend you didn't hear me over here going MWAHAHAHA because you fell into the same fanfic trap that I did *g* \o/ Enjoy!