Time travel, family, working hours, McShep and asexuality...

[tenko-susanoo.livejournal.com]

I have been through the tags, as I usually am, but there are some genres I can't find enough of or which I can't find a request for at all. If anyone does have any recs here it would be nice if they could make a comment on the content so I have an idea of the pairing and which request the story is being recced for.

So:

1. Does anyone know of any timetravel fics that involves some of the main characters going back to the start(the first episodes or so) and starting to slowly and surely change things to avert disaster, better the future or some such? Would also be nice if more than one person goes back and they keep it to themselves instead of randomly informing people. I have been through the tags and I can't seem to find any that resembles this closely enough to satisfy my craving. I know this is a common theme in other fandoms so I suspect there might be one or two in SGA as there are time travel devices here. Anyone?

2. I'm also looking for any fics that involves anyone in John's family finding out about Atlantis or just that John's job is quite important. Would prefer canon family history(Dave and Patrick Sheppard), but could take other. As I have read most of the older ones, though probably not all, newer ones would be preferred. I have been through the tags here, but as I seem to continually stumble across stories that aren't mentioned around here I must assume that there are more unknown ones that could be recced. 
 
3. Are there any fics that mentions or discusses the work hours of the Atlantis crew? I'm thinking that they must have very long days seeing as they are in a war sone with little relief coming their way and a very old city with much to be repaired. I can't imagine them having Sundays for one. And I can't see Rodney working 9 to 5 days either. Outsider pov would be good, but it could just be some known characters discussing it or something.

4. Would also like McShep AUs where one of them has a different job or neither of them works for SGC, but in a verse where the Stargates exist(so no Ronon or Teyla popping up as natives of Earth, unless it's a cover).

5. Plus any fic where one of the characters is asexual.

Thank you!

  

Comments

[debris_k.livejournal.com]

The only fic I know of that deals with #3 is julad's The Secret Life of Scientists (http://www.yearningvoid.net/stories/julad/000082.html), R, Rodney/OFC, Rodney/Radek.

[tenko-susanoo.livejournal.com]

Thank you! Absolutely perfect.

[skaredykat.livejournal.com]

for 3: The Secret Life of Scientists (http://yearningvoid.net/stories/julad/000082.html) by Julad. ~9150 words, Rodney/Radek
Of Two Hours (http://community.livejournal.com/advent_atlantis/16639.html) by tigs. ~1700 words, McShep, Radek-POV.

for 5, most (or possibly all) known asexual!John fics are listed in this earlier search (http://community.livejournal.com/sgagenrefinders/685842.html)

[skaredykat.livejournal.com]

for 3, Rodney's non-9-to-5 working hours come up in Deprivation (http://community.livejournal.com/mckay_sheppard/700718.html) by chaps1870. ~9800 words, McShep.
And it's a theme in Loving Rodney (http://www.wraithbait.com/viewstory.php?sid=5905) by Lady Ra. ~17,800 words, McShep, Atlantis/Rodney.

[skaredykat.livejournal.com]

for 2, Truth Will Out (http://community.livejournal.com/sga_santa/298908.html) by forestgreen fits. ~3500 words, Dave finds out, Ronon/John, contains D/s elements. There were some other (John/Ronon, even) stories that fit/had that prompt in the most recent sga_santa challenge too, if you poke around the 2010 masterlist (http://community.livejournal.com/sga_santa/326235.html) or scroll down the entries.

classic in the genre: facetofcathy's The Crooked Path (http://archiveofourown.org/works/1722) (~15,000 words, McShep) and sequel Like a Pigeon from Hell (http://archiveofourown.org/works/2512) (McShep, 1700 words).

There are more "John's family finds out" in this earlier search (http://community.livejournal.com/sgagenrefinders/796640.html).

[skaredykat.livejournal.com]

for 4, one of my favorite SGA stories (contains: apocalypse) The Hard Prayer (http://archiveofourown.org/works/3521) by rheanna27, ~30,000 words, McShep. A year after almost everyone on Earth has died, John and Rodney meet each other.

[jane-connor.livejournal.com]

You're reading my mind, I have been thinking about "The Hard Prayer" as a classic example for the #4 request :).

[skaredykat.livejournal.com]

\o/ I ♥ that story. And is it mind-reading, or just great/similar taste? ;)

[skaredykat.livejournal.com]

for 2, this is more after someone in John's family finds out, but it's charming and funny: Aphorism (http://community.livejournal.com/sga_santa/249156.html) by elementalv. ~8800 words, McShep.

[tenko-susanoo.livejournal.com]

Thank you!
While I've read some of this, I certainly haven't been through them all.

[jane-connor.livejournal.com]

4. Black Helicopters series (http://archiveofourown.org/series/873) (plus Blackout Conditions (https://docs.google.com/Doc?docid=0AURU5A-g3kUtZG42cWQ4dl81OGRjN21kZHJ4)) by whizzy. Over 300,000 words overall. John/Rodney. John's working at SGC, Rodney's going to prove the existence of extraterrestrial intelligence (at first).

Apocalypse Rising (http://archiveofourown.org/works/74056?view_adult=true) by sian1359. Rodney's working at SGC, John's not, there's Wraith on Earth. 81681 words, NC-17.

Doctor/Patient Confidence (http://www.wraithbait.com/viewstory.php?sid=3490) by custardpringle. Rodney's a neurologist in this one, John's our John but kind of more screwed up. 15642 words, NC-17.

Faith Healing (http://community.livejournal.com/sga_santa/178866.html) by aesc. PG-13. Rodney's working at SGC, John's faith healer (Ancient tech is helping him with this).

The Last Hail Mary You'll Ever Need (http://community.livejournal.com/sga_santa/70503.html) by chase_acow. NC-17, ~9,000 words. Rodney's himself, John's space pirate who's running from Goua'uld.

Hindsight (http://glitterati.talkoncorners.net/fiction/hindsight.php) and its sequels More Than (http://glitterati.talkoncorners.net/fiction/morethan.php), Personal Item (http://glitterati.talkoncorners.net/fiction/personalitem.php) by gletteratti. NC-17. Rodney's our version of Rodney, John is FBI agent.

Converging (http://purna.livejournal.com/22055.html) by Purna. John is a lifeguard, Rodney is physicist. NC-17.

Architects of Fate series (http://davidhewlett.tarlanx.com/fiction/viewseries.php?seriesid=16) by Tarlan. NC-17. Rodney is a medical doctor in SGC!verse.

See No Evil (http://sgabigbang.talkoncorners.net/?view=fic&id=28) by Greyias. Gen AU in the world where Stargate exists but SGC is not. Rodney!centric.

[jane-connor.livejournal.com]

For #4 there's The Long Journey Home (http://skoosiepants.livejournal.com/178151.html) by skoosiepants, where Rodney's sci-fi author who's writing fiction about Team Sheppard, his personal creation. And then Ronon shows up at his steps searching for Sheppard. PG-13.

Santa in a Stetson (http://lovethesnark.livejournal.com/14383.html) by kho. NC-17, AU in which John's bartender and Rodneys' working at Area 51.

For #2: Circle Yes or No (http://www.refugeeblues.com/mcshepmatch/2010/play/13w-bof.html) by chelle. John and Rodney is visiting Dave. First time fic, NC-17.

[tenko-susanoo.livejournal.com]

Thank you!
I've read some of them, but you've added a lot of unknown ones that seem interesting. Thanks for taking your time.

[admiralandrea.livejournal.com]

I just read Hindsight the other day and had no idea there were sequels, so yay! I love those stories hugely because John is a diabetic like me!

[duonoaikouka.livejournal.com]

There's a fic list (http://laughtersmelody.livejournal.com/32901.html) of stories involving Dave Sheppard. You might find what you like there and maybe even more. :)

[tenko-susanoo.livejournal.com]

Thank you!
Sadly though I've already been through it. It's all gen so a lot of good stories are excluded. Which, I suppose, is the reason why so many look for the stories in this community. You wouldn't happen to know of a complete list, would you?

[duonoaikouka.livejournal.com]

Unfortunately, no, m'dear. That's the only list of Shep family stories I'm aware of besides the searches and stuff pointed out by others above. I'll definitely keep an eye out, though, 'cause I like this trope in fiction, too. :)

[tenko-susanoo.livejournal.com]

Oh well. Thank you!

For #4 McShep AUs

[aqualegia.livejournal.com]

I don't know if you've come across it, but there is a giant list of McShep AUs which elderwitty compiled (with the enthusiastic help of others). It's in alphabetical order of John's job, with a link to the story.

The Giant McShep AU List (http://www.squidge.org/GiantMcShepAUList/the-actual-list/)

I'm sure you'll find something you like in there.

Re: For #4 McShep AUs

[tenko-susanoo.livejournal.com]

Nope, I've never seen it before. It's perfect!
Thank you!

Re: For #4 McShep AUs

[aqualegia.livejournal.com]

You're welcome - Enjoy! :)

Re: For #4 McShep AUs

[skaredykat.livejournal.com]

There are a lot of great stories on there -- though in many of them (including several of my very favorites) Ronon and Teyla are Earth-natives. For 4, you might also try some of these earlier searches, which aren't complete AUs but won't have Ronon and Teyla on Earth:
http://community.livejournal.com/sgagenrefinders/776908.html
http://community.livejournal.com/sgagenrefinders/749566.html

Plus a few more for 4:
The Temptation of Adam (http://rhihero-fic.livejournal.com/54909.html) by rhihero_fic. ~9100 words, McShep. Apocafic, Rodney works for the SGC, John's drafted into it. Good and unusual.

Si Muovo (http://www.trickster.org/kass/SiMuovo.html) by Kass and Sihaya Black, ~39,700 words, McShep, Rodney's a Jesuit, John's a bush-pilot.

Welcome to Atlantis (http://www.wraithbait.com/viewstory.php?sid=4271) by lillyjk. ~2100 words, McShep. Rodney's military and John's an M.D.

Theory of Allopatry (http://toomuchplor.wordpress.com/fic/theory-of-allopatry) by toomuchplor. ~1600 words, McShep, John's a biologist on Atlantis.

the Jump to the Left (http://archiveofourown.org/works/103042) series/verse by porntestpilot. (~17,200 words words, McShep). They work at the SGC but John as a mathematician. SG-1 Moebius/dork!verse AU. Very very cracky but fun.

N.O.R.W.I.C.H. (http://www.caffiends.net/viewstory.php?sid=474) by Kat Reitz and Tzigane (~57,000 words, McShep) John's a writer, Rodney's in the Air Force, the one where they get beamed up to the Daedalus at an inopportune moment.

sgamadison's Second Series (http://sgamadison.livejournal.com/51207.html) is a handful of longfics exploring what happens when the Atlantis expedition loses their John or a Rodney or leaves without theirs and tries to get a replacement (who doesn't/didn't work for the SGC) via quantum mirrors and such.

Re: For #4 McShep AUs

[tenko-susanoo.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

[shibela.livejournal.com]

For #2

McShep Pairing:

"Calling" (http://archiveofourown.org/works/56535) by me_ya_ri -- Sentient!AI!Atlantis brings Dave (and many others) in to Atlantis as a post-series possibility, which takes it well into AU territory.

"Connection" (http://archiveofourown.org/collections/2010_stories/works/113701) by samantha_kathy -- It's not so much that Dave & Patrick know about Atlantis, but more to the point that they're aware that John's on a classified mission & their relationship was reconciled before John left for Atlantis. A couple events (besides reconciliation) are AU - you'll know when you get there - but otherwise it pretty much follows canon.

"Knowing" (http://archiveofourown.org/collections/2010_stories/works/119618) by velocitygrass -- This follows a possibility for post-series, but is Rodney-centric; however, that said, John's interaction with his brother is more peripheral as opposed to the rest of Dave's family. While nothing is said, the assumption is there that they are semi-aware of John's job even if they don't know the particulars.

"The Journey Home: John's Story" (http://sgabigbang.talkoncorners.net/index.php?view=fic&id=76) (and possibly its sequel, too, but I haven't read it yet) by puddle_of_goo -- Dave gets pulled into John's work with Atlantis through shady-dealings with The Trust (or maybe it was NID? can't remember off-hand) after their father's death, so he gets read into the Stargate Program as a matter of course when John & the SGC pull Dave's bacon out of the frying pan.

"Page Torn" (http://archiveofourown.org/works/102765) by ms_jvh_shuh -- Dave attends John's Award Ceremony....future!fic snippet.

"Beating Hearts" (http://archiveofourown.org/works/43429) (which has a sequel "Beating Holidays" (http://archiveofourown.org/works/43433)) by ms_jvh_shuh -- Dave is brought to Atlantis after having a heart attack... and has the opportunity to repair his relationship with John.

"Dear Son" (http://goddess47.livejournal.com/16449.html) by goddess47 -- A letter from the deceased, a letter that will never be received....


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As a side-note, there's also this much earlier search (http://community.livejournal.com/sgagenrefinders/612004.html), which might have some new-ish items to read or maybe not.... :)

[tenko-susanoo.livejournal.com]

With the exception of the last one I've read all of them. That's sort of depressing...
The Journey Home: Rodney's Story does have some scenes of that kind, though not that many compared to the first story(which is obvious as Rodney is the main character this time around). If you liked the first one you'll probably like the second.
Thank you!

Request 2 & 5

[joya-oscura.livejournal.com]

If you want if where John's family finds out that he is doing something important, you should definitely try reading Keira Marcos fics. All of her epic fics have that theme come up at some point. (By epics, I means the following fic series: "The Sentinels of Atlantis", "What Might Have Been", "Ties that Bind") All of her fics can be found on her site: http://keiramarcos.com/

Then there this fic found on Fanfiction.net.
Mr Sheppard Goes to Washington by katstales
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4068099
Summary: When Patrick Sheppard returns home from Washington after attending an energy symposium, it's up to Dave to determine what has put his father in such a strange mood.

Finally there's fic: Just So Long and Long Enough by busaikko.
http://archiveofourown.org/works/257441
Summary: Dave Sheppard learns more about his brother and gets drawn into a tangle of secrets and truths.

There are probably others that I read that fit with the 2nd request, but I can't recall.

As for request 5, there's Only Vaguely Similar by melonbutterfly.
http://archiveofourown.org/series/8901
Summary: John and Rodney are bonded Sentinel and Guide in an asexual relationship.

You could probably find other fic featuring asexuality by looking under the asexual tag in this community and on AO3.