Letter fics? Or Long Distance?

[frenzied.livejournal.com]

Hey guys

I've gone a ways back on the comm looking for anything in either of these genres- and I found one or two fics that are sort of close, but I thought I'd try my luck!

1. Letter fics - I'd love to see any fics in which most communication takes place via letters (or more likely emails.) They can be serious, or funny, mcshep would be awesome. But, I'm up for anything. Which brings me to-

2. Long Distance Fics- Fics in which Rodney and John, for whatever reason, are not stationed together, and are trying to keep their relationship alive from across a distance. I found a few labeled separation fics, but they were kept separated for a long period of time- and I was really looking for something where they were at least trying to make it work, even if its just visits. Who knows if this even exists, but I thought I'd try.

Thanks in advance for anything you might have for me! You guys are amazing.

Comments

#1

[endeni]

Humor, McShep:
E-mail Tag by Fia Reynne - A story told through e-mail; After the events of "Miller's Crossing," Jeannie asks Rodney about Katie Brown and learns the truth behind the lack of progress in that particular relationship. From John, when Rodney shunts her off onto him.
[The story has a sequel, too: Christmas at the Millers' by Fia Reynne - John and Rodney spend the holidays on Earth, with Rodney's family. Each of them bonds with the Millers in their own way.]

[skaredykat.livejournal.com]

For 1, many of the fics found in this search should work for you: Letters, E-mails, Radio Transcriptions, etc. - Written Communication (http://community.livejournal.com/sgagenrefinders/588713.html)

(You might want to add the "miscellaneous" tag to your post? That's how I re-found the search above.)

[endeni]

Also, this one has a bit of both (long distance and emails communication):
Small Primes and Square Roots by Livia [1|2] - "I hope you picked someone really intelligent, otherwise it seems like it would be kind of a waste. Of incubation time, if nothing else." (McShep, AU, humor, kidfic)

[ldyanne.livejournal.com]

This one's a little different - it's an AU of the movie The Lake House - but I thought it fit because there's lots of letters! Here's the link - http://cottontail.livejournal.com/134833.html You know this also works for your second request, too, because the distance involved is two years - McShep, PG-13

[skaredykat.livejournal.com]

For 2, not *quite* what you're asking for but you might like it if you hadn't read it before (the "radio" part of the older search made me think of it):

Rodney and John can't be together on Atlantis, because of the regulations. So they start a non-physical phone (well, private radio channel) relationship in A Song of Companionship (http://chelle.slashcity.org/atlantis/song.shtml) by chelle. ~36,600 words.

[skaredykat.livejournal.com]

P.S. Of the fics found in that earlier search, Now and Then (http://www.wraithbait.com/viewstory.php?sid=12920) by the_cephalopod fits both 1 & 2 pretty well. (McShep, ~14,300 words)

[altyronsmaker.livejournal.com]

OH. I've done the email/letters search before and got A LOT of results. My SGA Emails Memories (http://www.livejournal.com/tools/memories.bml?user=altyronsmaker&keyword=SGA%20Emails&filter=all). There are 17 stories there.

My faves

[internetname.livejournal.com]

Postcards to Jeanie - http://friendshipper.laylalawlor.com/sga-postcards/postcards01.html and the sequel, Pictures for Jeanie - http://friendshipper.laylalawlor.com/mixed-media/jeannie-pictures/jeannie01.html

Re: #1

[frenzied.livejournal.com]

thank you so much! I can't believe how many responses I got. You all are amazing!

[frenzied.livejournal.com]

Sweet thank you so much!

[frenzied.livejournal.com]

I have read this one before (and loved it!) but a re-read can't hurt! Thank you!

[frenzied.livejournal.com]

Cool! Thanks!!

[frenzied.livejournal.com]

that sounds like the ricket! I'm looking forward to these. :D

[frenzied.livejournal.com]

Awesome!
Thank you.

[ldyanne.livejournal.com]

It's a great story, I hope you enjoy it!

[shibela.livejournal.com]

I love love love letters - written communication in all its forms, really - in fics. So much so that I'm just going to link you to my delicious bookmarks for the appropriate (somewhat, anyway, as I lumped things a bit) tags: Letters (http://delicious.com/Belas/fandom:SGA+letters), Correspondence (http://delicious.com/Belas/fandom:SGA+correspondence), Documentation (http://delicious.com/Belas/fandom:SGA+documentation), and Diary Entries (http://delicious.com/Belas/fandom:SGA+diary_entries). There's summaries posted by each bookmark so they are somewhat self-explanatory as to viability for your search.... Pairings are either McShep or Gen!Fic with one Mitchell/Sheppard.

Just as a heads up, the stories bookmarked with the above-mentioned tags for the most part incorporate the written word in its various incarnations as part of the story; however, there are a few in there that are just the correspondence / letters / e-mails / transcriptions / mission reports.

I hope you have fun going through them.

[frenzied.livejournal.com]

I absolutely will. Even a Mitchell/Shep is cool. :D

Thank you!!

Re: My faves

[sakurablue13.livejournal.com]

second these! love 'em too! ^__^

Re: My faves

[frenzied.livejournal.com]

These were both fantastic! Thank you so much for sharing them. It's always wonderful to see the boys through other people's eyes, and Pegasus opened up and expanded on as well. Excellent rec. Thank you so much!

Re: My faves

[internetname.livejournal.com]

I agree that these are great. Real gems. I wish she'd do another one.