Not Themselves

[laughswithroar.livejournal.com]

Hello, I have a hankering for stories where a character is not themselves. Like say for instance, Rodney is zapped
by alien technology that suddenly makes him nice. The effects can be brought on by alien technology, drugging, alien food etc.

Comments

[deceptivechasm.livejournal.com]

http://wraithbait.cathandnick.com/viewstory.php?sid=14701&warning=12 by the_cephalopod and Madison. John is affected by an Ancient device.

[laughswithroar.livejournal.com]

Thanks a lot! I'm going to go read it right now!

[(Anonymous)]

I'd also like to bring your attention to this list here too. It is a list comprised of not themself stories.

[deceptivechasm.livejournal.com]

Teah, that was me sorry, I seem to be messing up posts all over the place. anyway here's the link to teh list I was telling you about... http://fiordeligi.livejournal.com/2034.html

[deceptivechasm.livejournal.com]

Here's the link, sorry about that.

Most are Mcshep thought, I'm not sure if you like the pairing or not but that's what I mostly read.

http://fiordeligi.livejournal.com/2034.html

[laughswithroar.livejournal.com]

Thanks!

[alex51324.livejournal.com]

Ooh, thanks for this link! For the OP/other people reading the thread, Turns out there are 20 thematic rec lists at that journal--I've looked at a few of them and found a mix of stories I've read and liked, and stuff I haven't come across before, so it looks well worth bookmarking for in-depth perusal.

[kirinin.livejournal.com]

Well, there's An Earthly Knight (http://www.ltljverse.com/watergate/stories/earthlyknight.htm), by Victoria Custer. John is transformed into an elf and spends much time with a random tribe of elvish folk and does not recognize the team. (Er... that's better than it sounds... an oft-recc'd one if you haven't read it yet.)

Hrm. There's one where a character is literally not themselves: Repellent (http://www.wraithbait.com/viewstory.php?sid=13182&textsize=0&chapter=1), by Neena, in which Rodney literally ceases to appear to others as he should - very cool premise.

In mirabile_dictu's the Topography of Heaven (http://mirabile-dictu.livejournal.com/41671.html), it's not that Rodney changes so quickly; it's more that it seems so to his teammates, who cannot visit him for long intervals. But I remember being struck by that aspect of it: although we see the process Rodney goes through in order to change, John and Rodney's other teammates don't. As I recall, John considers new!Rodney a little weird and is generally unhappy about it...

Stick Around (http://hl2.bappy.com/SGA_SA.html), by Mahoney, has Sheppard hanging off the edge of a cliff, and Rodney holding on. Until John starts to lose it.

Heart of Ice (http://community.livejournal.com/sga_flashfic/760964.html) by Crysothermis, might be one of the closest to your request: "We find that love tends to interfere with a person's ability to make a useful contribution to society.... Those who are motivated only by pleasure and pain are more . . . predictable." "Okay, now, as a philosophy of life? That is seriously disturbing."

In Betrayal (http://www.panopeeper.com/raven/StargateAtlantis/Betrayal%20(1).htm), (Almost) the whole base is taken over by an evil-overlord-type. Rodney is tortured by John, and his scientists sent through a space-'gate. Good story, great John-angst, but Rodney is a bit too well-adjusted for my tastes.

Oooh, a shiver-inducing one of the same stripe is Seperis's I Hear and Forget (http://seperis.livejournal.com/536445.html). There is an alien takeover, but for some reason John and Samantha aren't affected. This isn't as much in their favor as you'd think. Harrowing, shiver-inducing, and near-perfect in execution.

The one I thought of first, though it took me a bit to find the title is the Ratio of Burning (http://stillane.killerstar.net/stories/ratio.html), by stillane. The Yolen return Rodney *wrong* - polite, helpful, willing to work - like a sleepwalker. Needless to say, his team is helplessly infuriated, trying to get Rodney back to his former self.

On a similar note, As You Wish (http://www.pertifity.com/fanfic/asyouwish1.htm) gives Rodney a magical bracelet on the planet of the blissful hippies that makes him want to fulfill John's every whim.

....or you could just check out my delicious tag for drugged (http://delicious.com/Kirinin/sga+drugged), possession (http://delicious.com/Kirinin/sga+possession)... they broke Rodney! (http://delicious.com/Kirinin/sga+theybrokerodney!"), or they broke John! (http://delcious.com/Kirinin/sga+theybrokejohn!)... or Aliens Made Them Do It (http://delicious.com/Kirinin/sga+amtdi). They will indubitably have a lot of what you're looking for.

jon and rodney zapped

[(Anonymous)]

perfect strangers by madison on wraithbait. the second and third stories in the series are great, if not EXACTLY what you are looking for.

penny lane

How about

[mikikat.livejournal.com]

John on truth serum.
http://semivowel.livejournal.com/4505.html?style=mine#cutid1