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SLASH --> McShep AU: "Hindsight" by Pru. Summary: Rodney is a brilliant scientist at Cheyenne Mountain and John is an FBI agent. Words: 20.000+sequels.

I love, love, LOVE this fic and I can't believe that nobody turned into a podfic yet *pouts* I love how Rodney tears into John's life and John, despite being straight, is too bemused and overwhelmed to resist steamroller!Rodney. But at the same time, Rodney is so kind and concerned about John and his health and working endless hours. It's just endearing \o/

Something that made me totally crack up!

GEN/SLASH/HET --> "Able to Zoo" by punk. Summary: Twenty-six stories about five or six people. Words: 2.700+.

Basically 26 drabbles ranging from funny to sad but there were some hilarious quotes!
- Rodney jingled angrily up the tower stairs.
- Rodney's cat was sitting in the tub beneath the leaking faucet. It glared at him, the top of its head all wet and spiky.
- "We will get lights on without him and he will sulk and call us funny names."
- "Oh yes," spat Rodney, "those wacky Ancients and their rainbow parties. Does it shoot out unicorns and cotton candy too?"

Go and read it, there's something for everyone!

I read an SGA/SG-1 AU slash/het xover by Auburn, called "Gypsies, Tramps, and Thieves". It's the first part of her "AU epic of doom" as she calls it and it's awesome. It's a what-if scenario. What if Rodney had become the unwilling host of Jolinar? What if Vala had been Qetesh's host for several decades? What if John - under the name of Jehan - had been Ba'al's lo'taur? And what if all three became space pirates and stole the Prometheus that was headed towards Atlantis to aid it in its need? It's amazing, truly amazing! And I can't wait for the next part \o/

... that I ever thought that Stargate: Atlantis was boring. I mean, John and Rodney and Teyla and Ronon (sorry, never liked Ford), they are just... I mean, honestly! They are... I want to squish them silly.

Song vids like blimvisible's My Brilliant Idea or JulesVids' Men of Devotion or Sheppynette's John Sheppard's ATA Gene make me simply bounce off the walls!

Then there are the awesome fics! Like Dasha's "Salt of the Earth", a fic in which Rodney falls in love with John but John is straight, though he considers his friendship with Rodney more intimate and important than any love ship he could ever have and it's... squee inducing, it really is!

And I'm now reading Sonny Whitelaw and Elizabeth Christensen's "The Chosen", an SGA tie-in novel set after The Storm in S1 - and reading this book I realized that I was really missing the "female touch" in the latest books. I don't know why but the male writers are all about technical babble and OOC behavior and it irks! I think that the female authors pay much more attention to the characters themselves and they try to keep them as true to their TV-selves as possible. The male writers don't really bother and it's a shame :(

SLASH --> McShep: "Post-Nuptial" by rageprufrock. John and Rodney have to pretend that Rodney is pregnant. Simply hilarious! Words: 10.000+.

My favorite line? "Oh, well," Rodney said, rolling his eyes. "Then I guess I’m so lucky you managed to fix me with your magical cock."

*rotflmao*

Last night, I spent hours reading SGA mpreg fics and there were two that I especially loved:

HET --> Meredith/Sheppard: "Darling Boy" by tzzzz. Yes, Meredith McKay is a woman (no gender-bending Ancient machines, she's been a woman her whole life), but it's still John who ends up knocked up! Words: 6.700. It's so touching and sweet and the only fic with this premise that I ever read.

SLASH --> McKay/Sheppard: "Taking the Long Way Home" by sardonicsmiley. In this fic, McKay meets many Johns from various alternate universes and one of them is pregnant with his child - cue in a freaked-out!Rodney XD Words: 10.000+. I really love this fic and all the Johns, they are quite fascinating!

GEN --> "-.-. --- -. -. . -.-. - .. --- -." by Mad Maudlin. An accident offworld leaves Rodney feeling disconnected from the world around him. Luckily John and his friends are there. I loved how John made fun of Rodney even through Morse code! XD Words: 5.000+

SLASH, MCSHEP, AU --> "Romance at the Roadkill Grill" by lamardeuse. Rodney is a famous cook, John is a fisherman. Yes! \o/ Words: 20.000+.

And you know, this made me crave gay romance again. I mean, don't get me wrong, the SG-1 tie-in novel that I'm reading right now is just rocking awesome, but that fic was so cute and all AU that I really feel like reading about some gay loving once again \o/

I need to rec you an amazing podfic read by issaro!

Text: SLASH, MCSHEP --> "And All We Have" by seekergeek. Earth is gone, lost to the Ori and Atlantis has to take a hard look at how to survive now that they're on their own. Words: ~50.000!

Audio: here!

I love this fic. Teyla plays a pivotal role in helping the Atlantis expedition deal with the fact that they are the last Earthlings alive, helping them adapt to the customs of Pegasus Galaxy - through menats, group marriages. Fics that portray Teyla as a wise and strong leader are very rare.

I also adore Issaro's podversion - I love all her podfics! \o/ - and I can highly recommend this story to you, in any form! :)

I love reading SGA AU fics with the McShep pairing - this fandom has a huge amount of great fics, that it does. And one of my favorite 'verses is sheafrotherdon's "Farm in Iowa" series. It's so good and cuddly and long and I have so much glee for this fic! I especially love the part called "Near the Earth, to Touch" in which John has a car accident and Rodney is snappy with worry and Finn throws a temper tantrum... So, so good! \o/