horses, horses, horses

[runpunkrun]

Hello, genrefinders!

I am looking for fics with John Sheppard and horses, where horses are a significant part of the story. Could be Outcast related. Could be John as a dressage rider (does that exist? it should -- yum). Could be alien horses or animal transformation. John/Rodney preferred, but I'll absolutely take gen.

I'll get us started: Casspeach's Animal Husbandry has rodeo cowboy!John. Madison wrote Homecoming, which I think is kind of a mirror story to Second Chance; both have horses in. Lara Bee and Macx turned John into a horse in Foreign Territory.

And here's a bonus pony-play fic: filenotch's Bucephalus.

That's what I've got so far. What am I missing?

Comments

[miscellanny.livejournal.com]

Know How To Fall by Auburn. :D (http://www.eternalvox.net/auburn/knowhowtofall.html)

[winter-elf.livejournal.com]

LOL - then you really want this one!!

Know How to Fall - by Auburn - 2009 SGA Big Bang
http://sgabigbang.talkoncorners.net/?view=fic&id=61

John is a Three-day event rider. Rodney is a Trainer.

[runpunkrun]

I DO really want that one! Thank you.

[runpunkrun]

I don't know HOW I missed this. Horse fic? By Auburn? I must have had my eyes closed while reading through the Big Bangs. Thank you!

[jane-connor.livejournal.com]

Mile marker thirty-six (http://wraithbait.com/viewstory.php?sid=14327) by Bluespirit. NC-17, John/Rodney. John inherited his father ranch. Not AU.

Down on the Ranch (http://foggynite.livejournal.com/123615.html) by foggynite. PG-13, AU, John/Rodney.

[runpunkrun]

Ooh, thanks! I may have read the first before, but since I can't remember it, obviously I need to read it again.

[danceswithgary]

John as cowboy/rancher (can't guarantee how much actual riding happens:

A.T. Lantis Corral by forcryinoutloud McShep NC-17

A Rush and a Push and the Land Is Ours by trinityofone McShep NC-17

Bound to Heart, Bound to Home by calcitrix Gen PG

Ten Days in July by blissfire McShep PG

The Battle of Canaan’s Bluff by liketheriver Gen PG

The Road to Nowhere by le-mot-mo McShep PG

Without Love by lamardeuse McShep NC-17

not quite horses, but...

[skaredykat.livejournal.com]

John is a centaur in Human Enough (http://www.wraithbait.com/viewstory.php?sid=13314) by taste_is_sweet. McShep.

and a were-unicorn in cupidsbow's badfic parody With 6 You Get Unicorns (http://cupidsbow.livejournal.com/276599.html) (McShep). Or here, have several fics featuring John and unicorns (http://community.livejournal.com/sgversetop5/6305.html).

[aqualegia.livejournal.com]

The Journey Home: John's Story (http://sgabigbang.talkoncorners.net/?view=fic&id=76) by Puddleofgoo for John and Horses.

[shibela.livejournal.com]

For centaur!John, there's "Human Enough" (http://www.wraithbait.com/viewstory.php?sid=13314) by taste_is_sweet -- it's McShep pairing & John's not the one doing the riding, obviously; however, he is 'ridden' (not a euphemism) a time or two in emergencies.

Not a big part, but alien horses make an appearance in "Ancient Solutions" (http://community.livejournal.com/sga_santa/245182.html) by aqualegia, & John gives voice to his thoughts on them...and gets to ride one. :D McShep Pairing.

The horse is Dave Sheppard's, and John doesn't ride it, but it does have a small bit of importance in giving John something else to focus on than his family & past in "The Home Front" (http://www.wraithbait.com/viewstory.php?sid=13397) by aesc. McShep Pairing.

The final installment of idyll's Critter!Verse series (http://tongues.brokensymmetry.net/viewseries.php?seriesid=8), has Rodney, John, & Ronon getting Teyla a horse since she was having problems with having a pet to herself in "Shawshank for Ferrets" (http://tongues.brokensymmetry.net/viewstory.php?sid=119). Again, it's not a large part & John doesn't do any riding, but... there's a horse! ;) OT4 pairing.

Again, not a very big part as the story is epic in length (well over 258,000 words long), but horses & riding were one way that John bonds with Madison in puddle_of_goo's "The Journey Home: John's Story" (http://sgabigbang.talkoncorners.net/index.php?view=fic&id=76). Ends up McShep Pairing.

Horse!AU

[drakohawk.livejournal.com]

Shinchansgirl's Greener Pastures @ http://wraithbait.com/viewstory.php?sid=14719
It's Au. John's a show horse & Rodney's a work horse. Teyla & Ronon are human.

[snowglow1275.livejournal.com]

Homecoming: http://sgamadison.livejournal.com/38554.html

[lar_laughs.livejournal.com]

SUCH A GOOD FIC! Love that one!

[djinanna.livejournal.com]

SGA Reverse Big Bang has The Prince/When On Norimia... (http://sgareversebang.dreamwidth.org/10279.html) over on DreamWidth. McShep. To rescue Teyla, John must serve as her Champion during several competions - one event is a race on alien horse-critters.

edited to correct link

[runpunkrun]

Thanks for the great list!

Re: not quite horses, but...

[runpunkrun]

Right! I think I read Human Enough after I wrote this post; it's a good one. I have somehow missed John as a were-unicorn though. Thanks!

[runpunkrun]

Thank you! And you have the perfect icon for the subject. *g*

[runpunkrun]

Thank you for the great list! I think most of these are new to me.

Re: Horse!AU

[runpunkrun]

Hee! Of course they're horses. *g* Thanks for the link!

[runpunkrun]

Thanks!

[runpunkrun]

I am so behind on my Big Bang reading! At least now I know where to start. Thanks!

[snowglow1275.livejournal.com]

*headdesk* I thought I was being careful not to re-rec but now I see you had it all along.

[runpunkrun]

Well, you tried! *g*

[runpunkrun]

That's right, I'm replying to my own request. I forgot seekergeek's SGA/Valdemar fusion, which has horse companions.

[runpunkrun]

Great list, thank you!

[hickman1937.livejournal.com]

Pony Up by trinityofone (http://trinityofone.livejournal.com/37927.html) is a pony story and John doesn't actually ride one until the the sequel (http://trinityofone.unrealwords.com/saddleclub.html).

[runpunkrun]

Thank you!

[runpunkrun]

OOoh, there's an idea: John draped over a horse mostly naked. Yum. That really does look like j.flan.