Looking for your favorite h/c...

[elderwitty]

...and I'm making it hard by asking you to limit yourself to one. The one you keep coming back to read again and again. I prefer team!whump or Shep!whump, but will happily read all. Please warn for pairings, as I'm easily shocked by het (what with my McSheppist leanings). Thanks!

Here, I'll start start.

An Infirmary Christmas by wildcat88. 13,650 words, gen (aside from the torture).

Okay, okay. You can have a favorite AU h/c, too. Am I not benevolent? :p

Facts of Life by master elayna. Part of the Woobie Widower 'verse. 3,429 words, McShep. (Wait a mo - doesn't this author also go by elayna88? In-ter-es-ting. )


Mods, please feel free to throw more tags at this post, if you think they're needed. I'm still not quite sure if I'm doing it right. :D

Comments

[gottaluvit123.livejournal.com]

Oh my goodness! Only one??? Thats very difficult but I'll try.

Okay I'll go with a classic long fic that I always go back to. I've read it so many times and listen to the podficced version regularly(and after dozens of times I still get pulled into this story.) It's emo whump/angst but I'm very partial to emotional whumpage.

It's a well known fic in this fandom but one I adore. The wonderful- Your Cowboy Days Are Over (MAMMAS, DON'T LET YOUR BABIES GROW UP TO BE COWBOYS)

It's gen Shepwump (emowump) at it's best. Has some disturbing content but that can be said of most whump fics. Its a long fic and I find the podfic version beautifully read by General Jinju is a truely wonderful way to just become immersed in this story. Be warned though, it's over 5 hrs long and very hard to break away from. http://audiofic.jinjurly.com/your-cowboy-days-are-over-audiobook

http://www.butcheredart.net/Fiction/YourCowboyDays.html

[snowglow1275.livejournal.com]

I'm not too big on h/c so I only have one I really, really love. It's AU, est. relationship McShep, contains disability (no complete recovery, very realistic), and made me cry but it's all worth it. It's not all angst, there's some fun, and it does end on a happy note.

Fading Skies: http://www.wraithbait.com/viewstory.php?sid=10959

[jane-connor.livejournal.com]

Geeks and Goons series (http://www.fanfiction.net/u/852967/) by likethekoschka is the best example of h/c ever.
Pretty much everything from liketheriverrun, especially:
Triptych (http://www.fanfiction.net/s/2351386/1/Triptych)
Steady State (http://www.fanfiction.net/s/2424289/1/Steady_State)
The Wait of Water (http://www.fanfiction.net/s/2832861/1/The_Wait_of_Water) (all gen),
and Rules of Engagement (http://liketheriverrun.livejournal.com/50231.html) (slash).
Safekeeping (http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4241717/1/bSafekeeping_b) by X-parrot. Allergy fic.
Imperfections: John and Rodney (http://wraithbait.com/viewstory.php?sid=8178&warning=12) by Dasha. Sentinel/Guide fusion, one of the best in this fandom, in my opinion. Lots and lots of h/c.
Turning the Corner (http://wraithbait.com/viewstory.php?sid=9963) by DeniseV, John/Rodney friendship
Untalented And Completely Unprepared, But Giving It His Best Shot Anyway (http://area52hkh.net/asd/dasha/untalent.php) by Dasha. Allergy fic of John variety.

[keiramarcos]

If I only get to pick one-- I'd go with

Coping Mechanisms by Amireal
http://www.unrealwords.com/thestuff/sga/coping.html

[em_kellesvig]

This is so hard. Out of 335 H/C tags on my delicious, I'm going with No Light and Transient Cause by sheafrotherdon. It's team, it's whump, it's McShep, it's h/c. It's also so much more than all that, it'll blow your socks off.

[wneleh.livejournal.com]

Salt of the Earth (http://www.area52hkh.net/asd/dasha/saltof01.php), by Dasha. It's half-slash (Rodney loves John, John loves Rodney but not-that-way).

[skaredykat.livejournal.com]

Only one? (you big meanie) Okay, so -- oh, decisions -- probably, I think, yes, likely Rebuilding Babel (http://fiercelydreamed.talkoncorners.net/main/archives/stargate-atlantis/rebuilding-babel) by fiercelydreamed (McShep). But there are so many!

[dewey3067.livejournal.com]

A Better Fate (http://chelle.slashcity.org/atlantis/betterfate.shtml) by chelle. McShep

John and Rodney recovering from being captured and tortured - slightly AU in that this was written before we knew John's family background.

[elderwitty]

Thanks! I know what I'll be doing tonight after work. :D


(I had to get off line right after making my request, so as to not get sucked in and get zero sleep.)

[elderwitty]

Thanks! I've read this one, but it's been a long time. I'll have to go do it again. (Such a burden. :p )

[elderwitty]

Wow! There will be no productivity in my corner of the world, I see.

Thanks!

[elderwitty]

I know! I asked for a limit of one, so as to not be too overwhelmed. I may have to rethink that strategy. (I'm not even sure where it came from, as my default mode is More is Better.)

Thanks for the story!

[elderwitty]

You can never go wrong with Cate. Thanks for the suggestion!

[elderwitty]

Yeah, so you get the physical and emotional whump. Good choice! I'm going to have to re-read that one (it's been a looong while).

Thanks!

[elderwitty]

BWAHAHAHA!!! I was going to make a special exception, just for you...then I thought it was awfully bigheaded of me to presume that you'd be jumping up to answer my request, so I edited it out.

If you want to give me a whole list - feel free. (In fact, my post was originally going to be asking for one...then expanding it to one in each category:

canon
AU
ep related
in the city
on the planet
emotional
alternative reality
wraith-related
etc etc

I was up to a mental list of about 20 categories, then I regained my senses.) But go ahead - go crazy...I'll be right in front of behind you. :D

And thanks for the story!!

[elderwitty]

Thank you very much!

(Why did I post this so I got the answers before work? Der!)

[leoraine.livejournal.com]

Because you asked for one, I'm giving you three lol. All shep whump, all gen.

http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3151681/1/Of_Coloring_Books_and_Lt_Colonels
After enduring terrible torture, Sheppard becomes obsessed with a coloring book, and Rodney doesn't get it. Friendship story. Rated T.

http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3169336/1/Just_Act_Like_Youre_Hurt
Sheppard has a few little problems while swimming off an Atlantis pier.

http://www.fanfiction.net/s/2803505/1/Guarding_the_Shepard
Sheppard investigates a series of seemingly unrelated accidents in Atlantis.

[angellec.livejournal.com]

I have to add Unforgettable by Lady Anne on wraithbait.

[skaredykat.livejournal.com]

Bwahaha back! Because I had briefly contemplated posting another one as "anon-not skaredykat" and then another as "another anon, also not at all skaredykat" etc. but then I thought "that would be breaking the rules, oh horror!" ;)

Okay, so a few more (since I don't have one of those delicious things where I can just handily point you to a certain subset) coming up...

[skaredykat.livejournal.com]

So we have Rebuilding Babel as McShep, in the city. Then (trying not to repeat ones already posted) there's:

Unidentified (http://fiercelydreamed.livejournal.com/8714.html), by fiercelydreamed. ~30,000 words, plus a coda (http://fiercelydreamed.livejournal.com/9218.html) and (http://fiercelydreamed.livejournal.com/43870.html) missing (http://fiercelydreamed.livejournal.com/44168.html) scenes (http://fiercelydreamed.livejournal.com/26665.html)/extras (http://fiercelydreamed.livejournal.com/43763.html). McShep, Earth-based no-stargate AU, amnesia, Rodney-whump

Pressure Points (http://crownglass39.livejournal.com/44774.html) by crownglass39. ~2700 words, McShep (pre-slash), migraine, Shep-whump

What Comes Around (http://community.livejournal.com/sga_flashfic/773034.html) (~900 words) and Hollows for the Unmended (http://busaikko.livejournal.com/99513.html) (~1750 words) and That's What I Think (When I Think About You) (http://community.livejournal.com/mcsmooch/123506.html) (~3000 words) by busaikko. Eventual McShep, brain-damage/aphasia, Shep-whump

two gen Rodney-whumps by mad_maudlin:
One of Those Days All Week (http://community.livejournal.com/sga_flashfic/845460.html), ~5150 words, drugged-up insomnia
-.-. --- -. -. . -.-. - .. --- -. (http://community.livejournal.com/sga_flashfic/842223.html), ~6180 words, temporary blindness/deafness
and one McSheppy serious whumping of both Rodney and John:
Folie a Deux (http://community.livejournal.com/sga_santa/261269.html), ~7750 words, torture/amnesia/assorted injuries with attempts at comforting

the fifth story in Five Objects of Desire (http://spike21.livejournal.com/518346.html) by harriet_spy & spike21.
~12,200 words, gen/teamy, addiction, Shep-whump

Insect Hole (http://lavvyan.livejournal.com/96558.html) (~1200 words) and Land Mines (http://lavvyan.livejournal.com/96973.html) (~1000 words) by lavvyan. McShep, serious torture, Rodney-whump

A Thing for Blondes and Butterflies (http://community.livejournal.com/sga_flashfic/345325.html) by simonesimone. ~3900 words, McShep, alien-creature-venom, Rodney-whump

All These Places We Have Met (http://community.livejournal.com/sga_flashfic/565739.html) by toft_froggy. ~9900 words, McShep, alternate realities, hurtier and hurtier with attempted comfort, whumping of multiple Rodneys

Second Verse (http://sgabigbang.talkoncorners.net/?view=fic&id=64) by sgamadison. ~58,700 words. McShep, alternate realities, various serious injuries including PTSD, Rodney-whump and Shep-whump

Cherry by rivier. ~7350 words, McShep, wooing-with-food-despite-broken-jaw, Rodney-whump

The Taming of the Fly (http://quasar273.livejournal.com/14676.html) by quasar273. ~13,000 words, McShep, episode-related (Conversion), itch, for certain values of "comfort"...

Bang (http://glitterati.talkoncorners.net/fiction/bang.php) by rageprufrock. ~6100 words, McShep, episode-related (The Return), assorted injuries, for certain values of "no, I'm not abusing him!" comfort...

(Um, warning, my interpretation of h/c may be eccentric. And/or skewed towards the emotional side. With maybe a side of not-so-serious in some of the stories that aren't all-angst.)

[(Anonymous)]

One? You ask the impossible! There are so many awesome Shep!whump h/c fics that I can't choose just one fav. Therefore I listed the first Title to pop into my head.

They That Walk Beside by Kodiak Bear Country. It's gen, word count 23,185. Shep!whump with a side of Team!whump http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3972646/1/They_That_bWalk_b_bBeside_b
And The Sky Was Dark by Kodiak Bear Country. Also gen. Word count 60,043. Team!whump (Everyone gets thumped in this one) http://www.fanfiction.net/s/2767929/1/And_the_Sky_was_Dark

There is an awesome piece of fanart for They That Walk Beside if I can just find it. I will add the link when I do.

[elderwitty]

eEEEEeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeEEEEEEEEEEEEEeeeeeeEEEEEEEEEEeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!

I like your revision, there. As for your h/c interpretation, I was going to include Your Inevitable Unhappy Ending as one of my examples. I think we're on the same weird wavelength. :>

Thanks (and don't expect to hear from me again any time soon. :glee: )

[elderwitty]

Thanks! (I was actually surprised that anybody obeyed. We're a fractious lot.)

[elderwitty]

Thank goodness it's not just me that has trouble flouting the rules! Although I will admit that I can do it sometimes...it just takes a bit of doing.

And, hey - I did give the option to do a second one. :snerk:

[elderwitty]

Thanks for the suggestion!

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