Signifigant, but in their lifetime time travel

[atheniatrue.livejournal.com]

There was a search sometime back in May where the person referenced Broken Mirror by Michelel72 and asked for various time travel type fics.

I am looking for something similar. Just like the fic, it doesn't have to be necessarily about time travel, as in it, it was possible the entire Atlantis mission was simply a scenario dreamt up by Rodney because of an Ancient device and the idea of "team work" Specifically, I am looking for something similar, that it fits the following as much as possible:

1) Someone during the Atlantis mission goes back in time to a point previous in their life (i.e. not sent to 5000 years to past Atlantis or something)

2) The time travel is mental (ie they take over their own consciousness, not a duplicate person)

3) They don't simply return to the future

4) They actively work towards changing things (meet up with other personnel, better prepare people for the Atlantis mission, take over the world with knowledge gained from the Ancients)

I don't want time-loop type stories (I have read one where Atlantis itself keeps sending John and Rodney back to stop it from blowing up, and even though it isn't a groundhog day type situation exactly, I am not really looking for that either.)

Also, I would prefer it to either make it to and well into Atlantis, or at least have some sort of resolution (Broken Mirror, while wonderful and promising some sort of sequel from the author feels undone at the moment)

However, like Broken Mirror, if it was a dream, but had the same consequences, that would be fine as well.

Thanks in advance.

Comments

[doomsdaybrnete.livejournal.com]

I don't know if these are exactly what you're looking for but they're good stories to read anyway

Butterfly Effect
http://www.chaps1870.com/butterflyeffect.htm

If at First... by Orithain
http://www.wraithbait.com/viewstory.php?action=printable&textsize=0&sid=2998&chapter=all

[atheniatrue.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the stories. Though, to be honest "If at First..." is exactly the type of story I don't want, but it was a fun read either way.

Butterfly Effect was close, so thank you (though I would prefer stories that start in our canon Atlantis)

Thank you again.

[jane-connor.livejournal.com]

The Geek's Guide to First Times and Second Chances (http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3111361/1/The_Geeks_Guide_to_First_Times_and_Second_Chances) by likethekoschka. John/Rodney, PG-13. There's Miko who travels through time and space at one point to change the future.

Sheppard's Law (http://www.trickster.org/speranza/cesper/Sheppardslaw.html) by Speranza. NC-17, John/Rodney. Rodney's trying to prevent Sheppard's multiply deaths through the years.

Quarks, Quantum Chromodynamics and Other Unproven Theories (http://www.wraithbait.com/viewstory.php?sid=4459&chapter=1) by by Amireal. NC-17, John/Rodney.

[dewey3067.livejournal.com]

Second Story (http://www.elementalvision.org/second-story.html) by elementalv. Gen. John gets sent back to his childhood. Short but packs a punch.

[atheniatrue.livejournal.com]

Wow, this is a great story. Thank you.

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[debris_k.livejournal.com]

As per our no editorializing rule (http://community.livejournal.com/sgagenrefinders/profile#teeldeer) I have to ask you remove this part of your post:

It's debatable whether the fic itself is about time travel, or whether the entire Atlantis mission was simply a scenario dreamt up by Rodney because of an Ancient device and the idea of "team work," but either way it was a wonderful fic, even if it feels undone somewhat. So

Thanks!

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[atheniatrue.livejournal.com]

Sorry about that. Are the changes I made ok or do I need to remove that whole bit? I originally had put that in there to express that it was ok for stories to only seem like time travel so I tried to take out my opinion while keeping that part in there.

Thanks for letting me know.

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[debris_k.livejournal.com]

This is better, thank you. We generally don't encourage things not directly search-related that might lead to discussions on merits of certain stories; speaking in broad terms is more than enough to explain a request. :-)

[(Anonymous)]

I'm not sure this is exactly what you're looking for, but is the first thing that popped into my head. What's reality and what's an imaginary life in Rodney's mind? Heartbreaking, you have been warned.
[shift]Reality by gblvr_lite
http://community.livejournal.com/gblvr_lite/12990.html

Pudacat on Dreamwidth

[skaredykat.livejournal.com]

Second the rec for [shift]Reality even if it may not be quite what you're looking for. Also, there are two interesting remixes of this story. If you like remixes, I'd recommend reading them in this order:
Reality Organization (Chuang Chou's Dream Remix) (http://community.livejournal.com/remixredux08/64780.html) by ekaterinn, then Shifting Reality (Best Imitation of Myself Remix) (http://www.fiction.megchan.com/?p=91) by kyuuketsukirui/kanata.
Or... if you haven't read the original [shift]Reality yet, I'd even recommend reading it second, after Reality Organization by ekaterinn and before Shifting Reality by kyuuketsukirui/kanata (there's some thought-provoking discussion about it here (http://community.livejournal.com/sga_talk/8666.html?thread=136154#t136154) and here (http://community.livejournal.com/sga_talk/8666.html)). :)

[almostnever.livejournal.com]

In Teenage Kicks (http://www.goldenmaze.com/teenagekicks.htm) by rheanna27, Rodney wakes up with his Atlantis-era adult consciousness in his teenage body circa 1984 on Earth.

[skaredykat.livejournal.com]

Last Man Reshuffle (http://archiveofourown.org/works/28026) by pir8fancier is an excellent is-it-time-travel-or-alternate-reality-or-maybe-both story. Bitter lonely John wakes up... next to Rodney who he's apparently been in a -- successful! -- relationship with for decades. ~20,000 words.