Coming out and AU versions.

[silentchord.livejournal.com]

1) Rodney and John coming out, but it's a complete surprise to their friends. I've read so much where everyone expected them to get together sooner or later. Or even assumed they already were. But I really want some fic where the revelation comes totally out of left field, as far as the others are concerned. I don't want any hostile repsponses to their relationship, though. Light teasing, acceptance, affection and maybe a little bit of awkwardness in response is what i'm looking for.

2) AU versions end up on Atlantis, but their relationship with one another is drastically different from the expedition members we already know and love that are already there. Whether they're closer or more distant, i'm open to pretty much anything. I'm particularly looking for funny, awkward and possibly enlightening situations that make canon Rodney and John revaluate their own friendship. Pairing wise, i'd like McShep, but AU versions of other characters popping up with them as well would be awesome. No mpreg, bdsm or genderswap please. Just that good ol' cliché of doubles meeting each other, like Rodney and Rod.

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[jane-connor.livejournal.com]

1) The Physicians Desk Reference to Geeks and Goons (http://www.fanfiction.net/s/2643245/1/The_Physicians_Desk_Reference_to_Geeks_and_Goons) by likethekoschka. Carson and Radek are not aware about their relationship and surprised.

2) Never Wanted to Dance (With Nobody but You) by liketheriver (http://community.livejournal.com/sga_genficathon/31356.html), it's gen, AU, there's SGC, and possibility of Atlantis. John/Rodney friendship, but with strong slashy undertones.
Through the Noise to the Sea (http://smiley.zonezine.net/html/87157.html) by sardonicsmiley, R, very cool AU, when the Expedidtion did come to Atlantis but Rodney is already there. John/Rodney.
Gun Safety (http://community.livejournal.com/undermistletoe/54035.html) by notpoetry, NC-17. They're on Atlantis, but not the way they're in canon.
Doctor/Patient Confidence (http://www.wraithbait.com/viewstory.php?sid=3490&warning=12) by custardpringle, NC-17, John/Rodney, John is our John form Atlantis, but Rodney is neurologist.
Chance of a lifetime (http://www.wraithbait.com/viewstory.php?sid=14818) by ca_pierson, PG-13. John is retired and Canon!Rodney wants him for Atlantis.

[silentchord.livejournal.com]

Awesome! Thanks so much for all of these :D

[debris_k.livejournal.com]

2) There's a bunch of great stories under Crossroads' AU - Quantum Stargate: Alternate realities (http://www.fictionresource.com/sga/fic_index.php?ac=tag&id=00647) tag; some of my faves are:
No Refunds or Exchanges (http://www.livejournal.com/community/sga_flashfic/151595.html) by astolat, McShep, NC-17; Rodney, who works on Atlantis, decides to go for a mail-order bride from Earth. John's not quite the sweet little female homemaker he was expecting.

Teamwork (http://wraithbait.com/viewstory.php?sid=3562) (and short sequel ficlet (http://community.livejournal.com/sgastoryfinders/1173652.html?thread=5012372#t5012372)) by magus_minor and methaya, McShep, NC-17; in which Rodney is a Mountie and leader of a team of misfits consisting of rogue mathematician John, spooked geneticist Carson, and her usual lovely Lieutenant self Laura Cadman.

and the one that made me look up the list in the first place:
The Roads Never Lead Where They're Supposed to Go (http://eleveninches.livejournal.com/228800.html) by eleveninches, McShep, NC-17; in which John is a botanist, Rodney is Radek's underling, Summer is in charge, and there's some spooky stuff going on. Warning: might contain crack and should not be read by people allergic to humor.

[silentchord.livejournal.com]

Cheers. I'm looking more for fics where doubles end up on Atlantis with the canon versions, but i'm a big fan of AU stories, so it's all good :D

[debris_k.livejournal.com]

Then sgamadison's The Second Series (http://wraithbait.com/viewseries.php?seriesid=143), and maybe her Perfect Strangers (http://wraithbait.com/viewseries.php?seriesid=71) as well. And, of course, sardonicsmiley's Parallels 'Verse (scroll down or do a wordfind here (http://smiley.zonezine.net/)) which started out with Taking the Long Way Home (http://smiley.zonezine.net/html/39997.html), McShep (in multiple AU!John variations as well), R, in which Rodney's John keeps getting replaced by parallel version Sheppards, and some of them - him - like Rodney not enough, almost enough, and too much.

[silentchord.livejournal.com]

Oh, brilliant! Thanks so much~

[michelel72.livejournal.com]

The Light of a Fading Sun (http://www.sholiofic.com/sga/fadingsun.shtml) (93k words) by friendshipper/Sholio is gen, with our guys landing in an AU with a John and Rodney who have a very different relationship.

[silentchord.livejournal.com]

Thank you :D

[shibela.livejournal.com]

"Shades of blue" (http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4929324/1/Shades_of_blue) by darkmoore05 (Ascended!Major Sheppard meddles with the lives of alternate versions of himself -- 2 cases of which ended up mpreg, but the mentions are pretty well limited to the discovery stage & no real depth gone into. Crack humor.)

"Quarks, Quantum Chromodynamics & Other Unproven Theoris" (http://www.wraithbait.com/viewstory.php?sid=4459) by Amireal (John meets other!Rodney, who's hiding in Atlantis)

"Variations on a Theme of John Sheppard" (http://kate.dreamwidth.org/273769.html), which has sequels ("Canon in Rodney McKay" (http://kate.dreamwidth.org/275227.html) and "Passacaglia" (http://kate.dreamwidth.org/280199.html)) by kisahawklin (Rodney searches for other!John's to replace his!John after his death)

"Chronologic" (http://purna.livejournal.com/14432.html) by purna (Sheppard's Team runs into other!Sheppard's Team on a mission just after finding a charged ZPM)

"Reinventing the Wheel" (http://dejabu.robot-army.org/sgawheel.html) by eleveninches (John & Rodney end up meeting other!Expedition members, including themselves - many times - after they find a way to eradicate the Wraith)

"Standard Deviations" (http://rustler.mrks.org/deviations.html) by Rustler (John ends up meeting other versions of the people he works with, while being this other!John)

"they're advertising in the skies for people like us" (http://obsessivetendencies.net/fiction/alpha.html) by kel (John & Rodney meet their other!selves, etc., when after fleeing from a mission-gone-south in the Puddlejumper, they encounter sunspots)

"The Other Road" series (http://seekergeek.livejournal.com/tag/%28sga%29the+other+road) by seekergeek (Covers Rod & Dr. John's side of things after Rod's travels to Col. Sheppard's & Dr. McKay's universe)

"Criss-Cross" series (http://www.wraithbait.com/viewseries.php?seriesid=156) by quasar273 (Other!John & John get swapped out to each other's dimensions - things change)

"No Place Like Home" (http://www.wraithbait.com/viewstory.php?sid=2297) by Delilah (John falls through a quantum mirror & meets other!Rodney on Earth)

[silentchord.livejournal.com]

Wowie, thanks a million 8D

[shibela.livejournal.com]

You're welcome! I forgot to mention that these were all for Request #2.

[skaredykat.livejournal.com]

for 2, Normalize (http://archiveofourown.org/works/48040) by rageprufrock. John and Rodney meet John and Meredith, Jane and Rodney, and Jane and Merry.

[skaredykat.livejournal.com]

more for 2 -- the alternate versions' relationships, if there is one, is quite different from in canon, and the other versions notice. Warning, not so much with the lightness, they're all interesting but some of these include heavy angst.

a good gen one, Refraction (http://www.ltljverse.com/watergate/stories/refraction.htm) by Martha Wilson/ltlj. They meet a version of the expedition that's run a little differently. Big focus on Rodney. (Has a sequel, Deflection (http://www.ltljverse.com/watergate/stories/deflection.htm) that's very John-focused.)

Tied Up Inside (http://community.livejournal.com/mcshep_match/41720.html) by gblvr. John temporarily ends up in alt!Atlantis. It's not that much fun. (eventual McShep)

Fell Down Not Out (http://sans-pertinence.livejournal.com/93866.html) by sans_pertinence. Rodney worries about what happened in Vegas. (McShep)

Just Rodney (http://community.livejournal.com/mensa_au/29320.html) by losyark. Rod is surprised at how well Rodney's coping. (eventual McShep)

The last full measure of devotion (http://community.livejournal.com/sga_flashfic/326892.html) by harriet_spy. Maybe meeting survivors from an expedition where things went really differently isn't so good. (McShep of a sort)

[silentchord.livejournal.com]

These all sound fantastic. Thanks a bunch!

[skaredykat.livejournal.com]

For 1, Kid A (http://www.trickster.org/speranza/cesper/KidA.html) by speranza kinda fits the bill. Teyla knows, but others don't, and the coming out scene is just great.

There's not that much response but a cute coming-out via t-shirt in I'm With Genius (http://spinkbottle.livejournal.com/587.html) by spinkbottle.

[silentchord.livejournal.com]

Oooh, cheers for these as well 8D

[snowglow1275.livejournal.com]

Through the Looking Glass: Uses Joe and David's other roles as the alternate versions that show up. Multiple Hewligan pairings.
http://www.wraithbait.com/viewstory.php?sid=14190

99 Brilliant But Irritable Scientists On the Wall: http://sage-theory.livejournal.com/152132.html
and it's sequel Take One Down, Pass it Around: http://community.livejournal.com/atlantis_slash/176670.html

A Noble Image: A quantum mirror giver them a glimpse of another life, crossover with sheafrotherdon's Iowa 'Verse.
http://che109llefic.livejournal.com/06.html

He Kissed Me First: Rodney ends up in anther dimention, again, crossover with Iowa 'Verse.
http://losyark.livejournal.com/128045.html

Dawn Will Break: Acended Ancients give John a choice- Die with the rest of atlantis or help them fix broken universes. Multiple pairings but mostly McShep, minor and nongraphic mpreg and one universe where John was always a girl.
http://sga.fictionresource.com/search.php

And one more that I can't think of right now but will be asking about on storyfinders so fingers crossed!

[julia-here.livejournal.com]

The link to "A Noble Image" is broken, and I can't find it on chellefic's journal?

[snowglow1275.livejournal.com]

Heh. Don't know how that happened. Sorry. Here: http://chellefic.livejournal.com/10906.html

*crosses fingers*

[julia-here.livejournal.com]

Thanks- I'd been looking for that one for a while, off and on, but it's not in the Iowaverse master list.

[skaredykat.livejournal.com]

If it's useful to you, at http://sheafrotherdon.livejournal.com/105567.html?thread=20079967#t20079967 there's an update thread of stories in the 'verse (including by other writers) that aren't in the body-text of the Iowa masterpost, and there are sheafrotherdon's own Iowa delicious bookmarks (http://delicious.com/catefic/series%3Aiowa) (for easier re-finding I have both links in my SGA fic readers guide (http://skaredykat.livejournal.com/1083.html#cutid7)).

[silentchord.livejournal.com]

Thanks very much, for all of these :D

[snowglow1275.livejournal.com]

There's also No Place Like Home (not the same one as recced above): http://www.wraithbait.com/viewstory.php?sid=14358

[psychgirl81.livejournal.com]

Catch 19 sort of fits number 1 http://chelle.slashcity.org/atlantis/catch19.shtml