LogicGunn

Oh how I love tropes. There's something comforting about a familiar predicament but with another writer's slant on it.

I'm a sucker for a hypothermia fic. It's a valid excuse for two people who pine from afar to get up close and personal, and all it takes is for one person to be a little brave and make a move or, you know, stuttering breaths and blown pupils and awkward boners. You can only remain oblivious for so long when pressed up against someone in the cold.

h/c and angst are things I love to read and seek out when I'm in the mood. Everything from a misunderstanding gotten out of hand to major physical harm (as long as there's some kind of resolution, the comfort is important). I like that fanfiction can take these things to their extremes in a way that canon usually can't, and the rollercoaster of emotions is so satisfyingly wild.

There are a couple of AUs that I adore; Post-Apocalyptic (I love apocalyptic media in general so combining it with my fandoms is awesome), Coffee Shop (serisously, coffee beans and my OTP? Match made in heaven!) and Accidental Marriage (I just finished one for the romancingmcshep fest).

Wade x

I'm back at work, and as a nursing assistant my entire job is nothing but acts of kindness. Today I comforted a man who just lost his wife, and performed the last offices on her. There's something kinda humbling about taking care of the deceased. There's a custom in Scotland, and I'm sure other places in the world, where you open the window to let the departed's soul out. I'm not one to believe in a soul, but I do it anyway because you can't always know the beliefs of your patients.

My wife is working nights for the next six nights and to take care of her I will make her something nice for dinner as often as I can. Night shift is difficult just by virtue of staying awake when your body is telling you to sleep. I'll miss her like heck though.

Wade x

One of the things I really enjoy doing is crossovers, setting a McShep love story against the backdrop of an indie video game. I've posted two crossover fics: (Subnautica and The Long Dark), and I have a rough plan of another (Firewatch). I probably wouldn't have posted them online if I hadn't read respoftw's A Region of Space, an SGA crossover with The Cube (one of my favourite David Hewlett films). It plunges John, Rodney, Teyla and Ronon into the cube and roughly follows the film's plot. It's epic and creepy and totally captures the essence of the film while flipping it on its head, instead of the "every man for himself" feel of the film it focusses on team dynamics and how that aids their survival. All of respoftw's fics are excellent, but this work in particular inspired me greatly to get my own crossover ideas written and shared. She's one of the first fanfic writers that I got into and subscribed to cause I know whatever she writes I'm going to enjoy.

Wade x

This challenge is both a dream (in that I have lots of recs) and a nightmare (in that I have...lots of recs). So what I'm going to do is rec a maximum of one fic per writer to keep it from becoming an endless list. This list isn't in any particular order and it is absolutely not exhaustive (my bookmarks on AO3 runs to 9 pages so far). If I was to write the list again tomorrow it would have seven completely different fics. Most of these are McShep cause that's my jam.


Choice (3816 words) by esteefee
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Stargate Atlantis
Rating: Mature
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Rodney McKay/John Sheppard
Characters: Rodney McKay, John Sheppard, Carson Beckett, Teyla Emmagan
Additional Tags: Established Relationship, Mpreg, Abortion, Hurt/Comfort, Angst, Body Horror
Summary: This is not your Pegasus miracle.

Why I Rec This: This isn't your usual mpreg fic. Never have I ever read an account of abortion (either IRL or in fiction) that articulates the issues and feelings surrounding an unwanted and unexpected pregnancy so beautifully. It really highlights the complexity and conflict of the emotions around it. esteefee is an excellent fic writer but this fic is my all time fave.


Pegasus Non-Verbal (6351 words) by igrab
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Stargate Atlantis
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Rodney McKay/John Sheppard
Characters: John Sheppard, Rodney McKay, Teyla Emmagan, Ronon Dex
Additional Tags: Disabled Character, Muteness
Summary: John always gets a little thrill when he sees Rodney sign at him across the room, casually dissing people literally standing next to him and John is the only one who knows.

Why I Rec This: Rodney is such a verbal character that taking him and making him non-verbal is such a challenge, but igrab really rises to it. He's still verbiose and articulate, just in a different way and it feels so damn real.


Sleeping Arrangements (3877 words) by Persiflager
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Stargate Atlantis
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Rodney McKay/John Sheppard
Characters: Rodney McKay, John Sheppard, Ronon Dex, Teyla Emmagan
Additional Tags: Platonic Cuddling, Post-Coital Cuddling, Friendship, Friends to Lovers
Summary: “We didn’t fuck,” said Rodney from underneath the Ancient console he was taking to pieces. “Pass me the big spanner.”

Why I Rec This: Oblivious and Jealous John wrapped in physically affectionate Ronon and Rodney. This an absolute joy to read. Persiflager is so damn good at short and sweet.


The Golden Rule (3271 words) by respoftw
Chapters: 2/2
Fandom: Stargate Atlantis
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Rodney McKay/John Sheppard
Characters: Rodney McKay, John Sheppard, Evan Lorne, Miko Kusanagi, Todd (Stargate Atlantis)
Additional Tags: Implied Relationships, Protective John, Kidnapping, Allergies, Sacrifice, POV Outsider, Spoilers for Episode: s04e09 Millers Crossing
Series: Part 1 of Tumblr Prompts - McShep edition
Summary: Atlantis has one golden rule: Do not, under any circumstances, let anything bad happen to McKay

Why I Rec This: Okay, so... respoftw is well known for Rodney Whump, and that's one of my favourite things in the world, but if pressed (really hard) to pick a favourite of her fics I always come back to this one. Do not, under any circumstances, let anything happen to McKay. It's not a stretch to see this being canon. It's a bunch of short stories, shared in hushed whispers amongst the Atlantis personnel, of times that rule has been broken and how John reponds to that. Such a good read.


A Farm in Iowa (11171 words) by sheafrotherdon
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Stargate Atlantis
Rating: Mature
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Rodney McKay/John Sheppard
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe, Kid Fic
Series: Part 1 of A Farm in Iowa 'Verse
Summary: John inherits a farm, Rodney ends up entirely out of his element, and there is much ado about baseball. Completely AU

Why I Rec This: sheafrotherdon combines McShep and Mills and Boon (Harlequin if you're in North America) and it's sappy and romantic and wonderful. There's an entire 'verse of this and I read it every couple of months from start to finish.


Baby, I'm Howlin' For You (19703 words) by popkin16
Chapters: 4/?
Fandom: Stargate Atlantis
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Rodney McKay/John Sheppard
Characters: Rodney McKay, John Sheppard, Ronon Dex, Radek Zelenka, Teyla Emmagen
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Werewolves Are Known, First Time, Romance, Angst
Summary:

Lone wolf Rodney McKay only has three rules:
• Never take a contracting job that lasts longer than 4 months
• Avoid the local pack
• Don't get comfortable.

This was supposed to be a job like any other. But Rodney hadn't known to factor in John Sheppard.

Why I Rec This: this is a WIP. popkin16 is one of my favourite writers, as well as being the most knowledgeable SGA person I've ever talked to. I'm not particularly into werewolf fics but I love the story of this one and the characters are spot on. It's my favourite of all of her works.


The Intentions of Others (29083 words) by BunnyBopper
Chapters: 8/8
Fandom: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Remus Lupin/Severus Snape
Characters: Severus Snape, Remus Lupin, Albus Dumbledore, Aurora Sinistra, Filius Flitwick, Pomona Sprout, Rolanda Hooch, Harry Potter, Hermione Granger, Ron Weasley
Additional Tags: Book 3: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Attempt at Humor, POV Severus Snape, Explicit Sexual Content, Sexual Tension, Porn with Feelings, Getting Together, Comedy, Humor, Eventual Romance, Porn With Plot, First Times
Summary:

Severus Snape knows Lupin is hiding something, but he can be guilty of jumping to conclusions.

Why I Rec This: Okay, so disclosure, BunnyBopper is my wife. She started writing fanfics last year, not long after me, and this was the first fic she did. It's hot and funny, and the only non-McShep fic in my list. It got me into Snupin in a big way. Snape was one of the first characters I got into fandom wise, and until I read this I had a hard time shipping him with anyone after the great Sirius-is-an-asshole reveal, but this brought me back into a Snape ship fast and hard.

Wade x

Things that I wish existed in fandom:

1. A way to know if the people who don't leave kudos enjoyed your fic (seriously, did you like it, hate it, something in between?)

2. A comprehensive list of fandom terms (what the heck is the difference between a fest and a bang?)

3. A high res 1920x1080 McShep desktop wallpaper

4. A random fic generator that recs a fic to you based on you ticking boxes with what you're in the mood for

5. A beta reader sign up page

6. A Stargate Atlantis specific forum or hangout place

Wade x

I have one goal for the coming year: finish a fic without it turning into a fluff-fest.

I started posting fanfiction in June 2019. I've shared 14 works so far, and most of them have one thing in common - they're adorable. I love writing fluffy fics, but the thing is, even when I intend to write something dark and gritty it just turns into a fluff fest. My biggest work, The Long Dark, is a fluffy post-apocalyptic fic, despite the dark tags. Who knew that was even possible? I certainly didn't, but when I tried to write a dark and depressing first chapter it kept edging lighter until I just gave up and just wrote it how it came out. I love it for what it is, but this year, hopefully this month, I'm going to finish a BAMF!John, Whumped!Rodney fic. I've started it and so far so good. Fingers crossed I can keep it gritty and stop it turning into candyfloss.

On a more personal level, last year I was pretty unwell and had to take some time off work. I had my first day back yesterday and it went okay, so this year I'm hoping to get my life back on track. Maybe also go on a holiday with my wife. We've never been abroad together, even though we've been together for over seventeen years. That would be awesome.

Wade x

My first ever fandoms were Harry Potter and The X Files. I had a near-obsession with Snape and Scully. I think they were the first fictional characters I ever related to, and I hit puberty a little early so...this was my desktop background for  years.


I mean, what's not to love? I had "the Scully" haircut for a lot of my teens, red and blowdried in a flip. It suited me actually. :) My first username was FallenDeathEater, a nod to my interest in Snape.

HP stuck with me, the X Files got relegated to a storage box in my happy place. I've had fleeting interests in various things throughout the years, but nothing I read fanfiction of until a couple of years ago when I discovered Stargate Atlantis for the first time. I adored SG1, but when Atlantis came out there were some big life changes so I didn't make time or space for it and I skipped it completely. I couldn't tell you why I sat down and watched episode one, but I did, and episode one turned into season one, then suddenly I'd watched the whole damn show through and went back to the beginning again. I was hooked.


I clocked onto the McShep vibes pretty quickly and shipped them hard. All those little moments between them drew me back to fanfiction for the first time in over a decade and what a big ship it must have been back in the day, over 12000 fics pairing Rodney and John on AO3, (compare that with 5700ish for Jackson and O'Neill, or 4300ish for O'Neill and Carter). It still ranks 34 in AO3's ship stats of 2019, and for a show that ended 12 years ago that's all kinds of impressive.

I soon discovered that the fandom was still active, a group of the nicest, most supportve fans you could ever meet, and, after much deliberation, started posting fics on AO3 for people to read. I'm in the UK so a lot of days I wake up to comments from people elsewhere in the world and it's such an amazing feeling to create something that other people enjoy.

Wade x