Newbie looking for fic

[kuhekabir.livejournal.com]

Hi,
I am new and looking for McShep.

Stories should be long and as long as there is a happy ending it can have any topic. And I would prefer if the focus would be on Shepard.

Thank you.

Comments

[skaredykat.livejournal.com]

Welcome to the goodness that is SGA fic. :)
First, a quick recommendation that you look through the entries at this comm that use the tags "classics/favorites (http://community.livejournal.com/sgagenrefinders/tag/classics%2Ffavorites)" (paying particular attention to the McShep (http://community.livejournal.com/sgagenrefinders/tag/.%20mckay%2Fsheppard) requests in there) -- you'll find a lot of previously recced greatness that fits what you're looking for that way.
TBC...

[kuhekabir.livejournal.com]

Brilliant, thank you :)

[jane-connor.livejournal.com]

*trying to post comment the second time*

Inukshuk (http://wraithbait.com/viewstory.php?sid=14870&warning=12) by by murron. NC-17, 84056 words.

Missed the Saturday Dance (http://opendoors.transformativeworks.org/mtsd/index.htm) by ZoeTrope. NC-17, WWII AU. Multimedia fiction.

Heat (http://01100100.fanfib.org/fanfiction/sga/five/au4/au4.html) by d. NC-17, contemporary AU, 45,428 words.

Zen And The Art Of Jumper Maintenance (http://sgabigbang.talkoncorners.net/?view=fic&id=45) by Indybaggins. R, over 40,000 words.

The Hard Prayer (http://www.goldenmaze.com/hardprayer.htm) by Rheanna. PG-13, 30,334 words. Apocafic, AU. But with happy ending.

The Pegasus Device (http://liketheriverrun.livejournal.com/17830.html) by liketheriverrun. R, noir AU, ~41,000 words.

The Geeks and Goons Series (http://www.fanfiction.net/u/852967/likethekoschka) by likethekoschka. R, long.

The Black Helicopters Series (http://whizzy.dreamwidth.org/tag/black+helicopters) by whizzy. From PG-13 to NC-17 overall. Three long stories (from 60,000 to 100,000 words long), and couple of short stories.

Where We Ought to Be (http://www.offpanel.net/smittywing/stories/wwotb.html) by wojelah. NC-17, 'Sunday' tag. ~27,000 words.

Environmental Controls (http://www.wraithbait.com/viewstory.php?sid=803) by Kalimyre. PG, ~18,000 words.

Networked (http://wraithbait.com/viewstory.php?sid=15160) by the_cephalopod. NC-17, 52772 words.

Damned If You Do, and Damned If You Don't (http://wraithbait.com/viewstory.php?sid=15313) by pir8fancier. R, post-Season 5, 23268 words.

SGA Big Bang Archive (http://sgabigbang.talkoncorners.net/?view=fiction&year=2008)

Wraithbait archive (http://www.wraithbait.com)

[skaredykat.livejournal.com]

(My second comment wouldn't post the first few times I hit submit either -- especially not as a reply to my first comment; what's up with that?) *looks confused*

[jane-connor.livejournal.com]

[skaredykat.livejournal.com]

Whoa yes, it just took 5 minutes to update a few words in one of my old posts! So far, results of recent LJ maintenance: not impressive... To add to trauma, AO3 down for maintenance! Whatever shall we read? ;) (Thank goodness for saved copies of classic fics.)

[jane-connor.livejournal.com]

[skaredykat.livejournal.com]

Hee, great minds think alike! ;)

[kuhekabir.livejournal.com]

Wow, thanks so much for all of this! :)

[skaredykat.livejournal.com]

Second, a very few of the wealth of rec-lists and McSheppy fandom primers to get you started some more:
- And then, randomly, there was a McShep Primer on your flist (http://bookshop.livejournal.com/958654.html) by bookshop
- The SGA Project 2006, aka Flavor of the Year (http://www.icarus.slashcity.net/essays/sgaproject2006.html) by icarusancalion
- Primer for Reading SGA Fanfic (when you haven't seen a single episode of the show) (http://community.livejournal.com/rec_room/248780.html) by cupidsbow
- astridv's posts of SGA recs, sorted by length, all indicating pairings (if any, many McShep): part I (http://astridv.livejournal.com/95756.html), part II (http://astridv.livejournal.com/120953.html), and part III (http://astridv.livejournal.com/160769.html)
- McKay/Sheppard fiction rec list (http://deltacephei.livejournal.com/1866.html) by deltacephei (sorted by category, all indicate length)
- McShep romance recs (http://fiordeligi.livejournal.com/6570.html) by fiordeligi

Like some of the writers of the excellent primers/reclists above, there are two McShep essential-reading classics that I recommend not reading too quickly/saving until you've read a hundred or so other McShep classics, as they'll have more impact if you wait:
- (http://synecdochic.dreamwidth.org/profile)synecdochic (http://synecdochic.dreamwidth.org/)'s Freedom's Just Another Word for Nothing Left to Lose (http://www.kekkai.org/synecdochic/sga/freedoms_just_another_word.html)-verse -- story has an amazing vid by Lim ("This Is How It Works") (http://www.kekkai.org/lim/index.html#tihiw), and an official sequel (http://www.kekkai.org/synecdochic/sga/and_the_bands_playing.html) and unofficial prequel (http://www.kekkai.org/synecdochic/sga/stonemasons_buildings.html) (Note for this one: the ending is not traditionally happy, but it is past McShep, it is a great story, and the surviving partner is surprisingly good at being happy despite the loss.)
- cesperanza's Victors-verse main story (http://www.trickster.org/speranza/cesper/Victors.html) and additions (http://www.trickster.org/speranza/cesper/victorsverse.html)

Self-pimp alert: most of the above are also (along with other reclists and resources and a few of my own recs for McShep and non-McShep fics), collected in my (Newer) SGA fic readers guide (http://skaredykat.livejournal.com/1083.html) for easy reference.

Happy reading :)

[kuhekabir.livejournal.com]

Awesome! Thanks so much :)

[em_kellesvig]

You might want to take a look at mcshep_match, which has challenges going back several years. Caution: not all of the stories have happy endings so read the warnings carefully. sga_santa has a lot of McShep stories also going back several years. Check the masterlists for pairings and the stories for warnings.

Welcome and happy reading!

[skaredykat.livejournal.com]

Second the pointers and the note about warnings on these comms. There's also the SGA Big Bang archive (http://sgabigbang.talkoncorners.net/?view=pairings) (2007-2009) and its successor Atlantis Big Bang (2010, A03 temporarily down so can't point you to the Works list right this minute), where all the stories are 40,000+ words (many are many more), the majority are McShep, of those most are happy ending, and there was a recent wistful note that more of them are John-focused than Rodney-focused...

[skaredykat.livejournal.com]

Ahem, the SGA Big Bang archive that jane_connor (whose recs, for those stories in her comment that I've read I also second) already pointed you to above, oops! :)

[kuhekabir.livejournal.com]

Excellent, thank you :) Got lots to look at now :)

Some of my faves

[internetname.livejournal.com]

Advantage - http://trickster.org/res/advantage.html

Aegis - http://www.wraithbait.com/viewstory.php?sid=12188&warning=12

Fix - http://crysothemis.livejournal.com/46909.html

The First Pressing - http://www.stickymanpress.mediawood.net/firstpressing.html

Once Upon a Furry Octopus - http://skoosiepants.livejournal.com/109266.html

Time in a Bottle - http://www.intimations.org/fanfic/stargate/time_in_a_bottle.html

Wraith Killers - http://www.wraithbait.com/viewstory.php?sid=12387&warning=12

A Song of Companionship - http://www.wraithbait.com/viewstory.php?sid=12029

Force of Nature - http://www.hawksong.com/~thammill/SGA_Fic/nature.htm

Fair Trade - http://esteefee.livejournal.com/12350.html#cutid1

Out of Bounds - http://www.icarus.slashcity.net/stories/outofbounds.html

Be Loved - http://velocitygrass.livejournal.com/9937.html

Re: Some of my faves

[kuhekabir.livejournal.com]

Look at all of this! Thank you :)

Re: Some of my faves

[internetname.livejournal.com]

You're welcome. :)

SGA is an excellent fandom. Welcome!

(Fair Trade has a sequel, Mobius. Be sure to read it too!)

[shibela.livejournal.com]

Let me try this once more with corrected spelling....


So many favorites... :P

I don't see "Indelible" (http://shaenie.livejournal.com/332275.html) by shaenie listed yet. If you haven't read it, you definitely should. It's a little over 129,000wds.

I would also second (or is it third?) the recommendation to check out the SGABigBang Challenge results -- linked in jane_connor's earlier post -- one of my favorite things about this particular archive is its sortability for pairings, years, etc.

Another good resource is The Giant McShep AU List (http://www.squidge.org/GiantMcShepAUList/the-actual-list/) compiled by elderwitty & anonymoouse with help from many other people. Seriously....take a look-see through there, the AU's in this fandom are extraordinary. Word Counts can be found next to each title; and while the list shows the occupation each of John & Rodney, the list is primarily sorted by John's occupation.

Welcome & Happy Reading! :D

[kuhekabir.livejournal.com]

Thanks so much for all of this :)

McShep AU List

[sabelle67.livejournal.com]

I can't seem to get the Giant McShep AU List to work.
Is there a problem or is it just me?

Re: McShep AU List

[shibela.livejournal.com]

It's working fine for me.

Sometimes there's just a hang-up on Squidge.org's end of things, so if you give it a little while, it should be good. :D

Re: McShep AU List

[kuhekabir.livejournal.com]

Good to know! I tried it yesterday and it didn't work :@)

[sherry57.livejournal.com]

I'm certainly not a newbie to SGA stories, but it's great to see all of these ideas grouped together and I think there's even a few I haven't read!
Really glad the request was posted and really happy to see all the recs by you guys. You guys are the best!!!

[kuhekabir.livejournal.com]

I asked for it and let me tell you, I am over the moon! :)