SGA 2019 Rec List - Part 1 (Jan - Mar)
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respoftwAs is traditional I humbly present a rec list of wonderful SGA fics that were posted in the past twelve months.
I am still wowed and amazed by the talent that this fandom still has to give. So, without further ado:
Title:The City That Never Sleeps
Author: devra
Pairing:: McShep
word count: 1,980
posted date 07 January 2019
description:Like the Big Apple, Atlantis was the city that never slept though at oh three hundred hours, while the coffee pots were full and the food service trays consisted of cellophane wrapped sandwiches, cookies and fruit, Rodney was the only person occupying the room.
why this should be read: Devra was a first time writer in the fandom and got the voices super spot on.
Title:Team Building Series
Author: LadyShelley
Pairing:: None
word count: 357,796
posted date completed 17 February 2019
description:
Take one Air Force Major, add a Marine Lieutenant, an Athosian leader, and a brilliant scientist; blend well until you make a team. Sounds easy right?
Each story either continues from the end of an episode or fills in a gap between episodes in season one. While the main plots of the stories can stand alone, there are subplots and characters that carry over from story to story. Reading in order is recommended.
why this should be read: I think this series made it on to my 2018 rec list but there were two further installments in the first quarter of 2019 and they're excellent additions to the gen fic arena for SGA.
Title:Creature of Habit
Author: mezzo_cammin
Pairing:: McShep
word count: 1,000
posted date 27 January 2019
description:Rodney isn't moving in. He's just kind of invading John's personal space. With his stuff.
why this should be read: Super cute and excellent voices!
Title:Bullying
Author: aravenwood
Pairing:: None
word count: 1,214
posted date 08 February 2019
description:John knew that something was seriously wrong when McKay failed to turn up for lunch.
why this should be read: aravenwood and I share a love for whumped Rodney and they write it so well.
Title:Offfuu
Author: pir8fancier
Pairing:: McShep
word count: 4,880
posted date 11 February 2019
description:This is post-canon. John and Rodney. Pretty much it. No smut.
why this should be read: It's pir8fancier. That means it's wonderful. Sorry, I don't make the rules.
Title:Worry Stones
Author: escriveine
Pairing:: McShep
word count: 5,216
posted date 21 February 2019
description:WWhen the local political leader injects an obligatory, unspecified ceremony into the schedule, John believes that a certain level of concern is warranted.
why this should be read: A different kind of off-world ritual fic.
Title:Spectrum
Author: pebbles1971
Pairing:: McShep
word count: 2,066
posted date 21 February 2019
description:Rodney gets a diagnosis and reevaluates his life
why this should be read: The first part of a much longer series. This first one is epistolary and I think it works really well. The idea of Rodney as autistic really resonated with me.
Title:Touching and Touched
Author: ami_ven
Pairing:: McShep
word count: 6,837
posted date 28 February 2019
description: Half-Vulcan security officer John Sheppard joins the crew of the USS Atlantis on a mission to the Beta Quadrant and meets his match in human science officer Rodney McKay.
why this should be read: ami_ven writes so many wonderful fics but this one really stood out to me. Come on, it's a Star Trek AU - of course you need to read it!
Title:Unspecified Variables
Author: Seaward
Pairing:: McBeckett, Carson/Rodney/John
word count: 32,360
posted date 04 March 2019
description: Only after1 Atlantis returned to Pegasus did Rodney, Carson, and John discover the bonds that would hold them together. The rest they're not ready to name, but they might have more to offer than they ever guessed.
why this should be read: Part 1 of a three part series. The dynamic between Carson and Rodney was very appealing to me and I really enjoyed watching it evolve as John joined in.
Title:Beauty is in the eye of the beholder
Author: CaremKefo
Pairing:: McShep
word count: 4,675
posted date 14 March 2019
description: Rodney's never had much luck with relationships - if you can call his sexual encounters that. He knows his petty, arrogant nature keeps people from getting too close and, given his insecurity about his looks, he's learned be okay with that. But that was before he fell for Sheppard, and before Sheppard kissed him. Now his insecurities have come flooding to the fore and he's afraid of being hurt in a way his arrogant front has protected him from for all these years.
why this should be read: Did someone tag self-esteem issues? Did they mean it in relation to Rodney? I am 100% there.
Title:Margin of Error
Author: Brumeier
Pairing:: McShep, John/Nancy
word count: 8,372
posted date 25 March 2019
description: John is the Vice President of the United States, but he wants more, both professionally and personally. When campaign manager Rodney McKay comes back into his life maybe he can get everything he wants.
why this should be read: If there's one fic this year that I wish were a 700k epic that I could never leave, it's this one. I loved it so much and while I want to be greedy and demand more it's pretty damn perfect as is.
Title:Masturmate
Author: CaremKefo
Pairing:: McBeckett
word count: 3,674
posted date 07 March 2019
description: When Dr Carson Beckett jerks off with a stranger online, he notices there's something not quite right with his companion.
why this should be read: I read the summary and knew this would be great. Spoiler; it was.
Title:how do you like your blueeyed boy
Author: nagi_schwarz
Pairing:: McLorne
word count: 18,289
posted date 20 February 2019
description: Rodney McKay, genius engineer, has been so focused on his dream of building The Atlantis, the fastest ether ship to ever exist, that he has not realized that one of his assistants, Evan, is not in fact human. He’s an automaton. And that changes everything.
why this should be read: It's beautiful. And so, so bittersweet. Have something happy to read afterwards!
Title:Compatability
Author: Hyx_Sydin
Pairing:: McShep
word count: 1,114
posted date 12 January 2019
description: Rodney would change everything about himself if it meant he could keep John.
why this should be read: This one punched me hard in the feels.
All other rec lists can be found here
As a bonus: see below the cut for the fics I wrote in the first quarter of 2019:
Title:Aftercare
Fandom: Stargate Atlantis
Pairing:: McShep
word count: 2,044
posted date 05 January 2019
description: Wandering the halls of Antarctica, John stumbles across a sub in need.
Title:Something
Fandom: Stargate Atlantis
Pairing:: McShep
word count: 707
posted date 26 January 2019
description: The flight back to Earth was long. Long and dull. Long and dull and boring.
Title:Atlantis' Choice
Fandom: Stargate Atlantis
Pairing:: McShep
word count: 1,664
posted date 09 February 2019
description: “The AI that is Atlantis has been present since we first came through the gate but it, I mean they were - - there’s not enough power to really let Atlantis behave as they’re supposed to. I mean, we could keep the lights on, keep them floating, keep them running but we’ve always known that Atlantis could do more. Could be more.”
“And now we have the ZPMs?” Lorne asked.
“All bets are off.”
Title:Pegasus Gym
Fandom: Stargate Atlantis
Pairing:: McShep
word count: 8,114
posted date 16 March 2019
description: AU - After being kicked out of the Air Force, John finds work as a personal trainer at Pegasus Gym in Colorado Springs. Trying to build a life outside the Air Force is harder than he thought it would be. At least, it was until Rodney McKay walks into the gym.
Title:Telling Rodney
Fandom: Stargate Atlantis
Pairing:: McShep
word count:1,053
posted date 22 March 2019
description: Rodney finds out that John is gay
I am still wowed and amazed by the talent that this fandom still has to give. So, without further ado:
Title:The City That Never Sleeps
Author: devra
Pairing:: McShep
word count: 1,980
posted date 07 January 2019
description:Like the Big Apple, Atlantis was the city that never slept though at oh three hundred hours, while the coffee pots were full and the food service trays consisted of cellophane wrapped sandwiches, cookies and fruit, Rodney was the only person occupying the room.
why this should be read: Devra was a first time writer in the fandom and got the voices super spot on.
Title:Team Building Series
Author: LadyShelley
Pairing:: None
word count: 357,796
posted date completed 17 February 2019
description:
Take one Air Force Major, add a Marine Lieutenant, an Athosian leader, and a brilliant scientist; blend well until you make a team. Sounds easy right?
Each story either continues from the end of an episode or fills in a gap between episodes in season one. While the main plots of the stories can stand alone, there are subplots and characters that carry over from story to story. Reading in order is recommended.
why this should be read: I think this series made it on to my 2018 rec list but there were two further installments in the first quarter of 2019 and they're excellent additions to the gen fic arena for SGA.
Title:Creature of Habit
Author: mezzo_cammin
Pairing:: McShep
word count: 1,000
posted date 27 January 2019
description:Rodney isn't moving in. He's just kind of invading John's personal space. With his stuff.
why this should be read: Super cute and excellent voices!
Title:Bullying
Author: aravenwood
Pairing:: None
word count: 1,214
posted date 08 February 2019
description:John knew that something was seriously wrong when McKay failed to turn up for lunch.
why this should be read: aravenwood and I share a love for whumped Rodney and they write it so well.
Title:Offfuu
Author: pir8fancier
Pairing:: McShep
word count: 4,880
posted date 11 February 2019
description:This is post-canon. John and Rodney. Pretty much it. No smut.
why this should be read: It's pir8fancier. That means it's wonderful. Sorry, I don't make the rules.
Title:Worry Stones
Author: escriveine
Pairing:: McShep
word count: 5,216
posted date 21 February 2019
description:WWhen the local political leader injects an obligatory, unspecified ceremony into the schedule, John believes that a certain level of concern is warranted.
why this should be read: A different kind of off-world ritual fic.
Title:Spectrum
Author: pebbles1971
Pairing:: McShep
word count: 2,066
posted date 21 February 2019
description:Rodney gets a diagnosis and reevaluates his life
why this should be read: The first part of a much longer series. This first one is epistolary and I think it works really well. The idea of Rodney as autistic really resonated with me.
Title:Touching and Touched
Author: ami_ven
Pairing:: McShep
word count: 6,837
posted date 28 February 2019
description: Half-Vulcan security officer John Sheppard joins the crew of the USS Atlantis on a mission to the Beta Quadrant and meets his match in human science officer Rodney McKay.
why this should be read: ami_ven writes so many wonderful fics but this one really stood out to me. Come on, it's a Star Trek AU - of course you need to read it!
Title:Unspecified Variables
Author: Seaward
Pairing:: McBeckett, Carson/Rodney/John
word count: 32,360
posted date 04 March 2019
description: Only after1 Atlantis returned to Pegasus did Rodney, Carson, and John discover the bonds that would hold them together. The rest they're not ready to name, but they might have more to offer than they ever guessed.
why this should be read: Part 1 of a three part series. The dynamic between Carson and Rodney was very appealing to me and I really enjoyed watching it evolve as John joined in.
Title:Beauty is in the eye of the beholder
Author: CaremKefo
Pairing:: McShep
word count: 4,675
posted date 14 March 2019
description: Rodney's never had much luck with relationships - if you can call his sexual encounters that. He knows his petty, arrogant nature keeps people from getting too close and, given his insecurity about his looks, he's learned be okay with that. But that was before he fell for Sheppard, and before Sheppard kissed him. Now his insecurities have come flooding to the fore and he's afraid of being hurt in a way his arrogant front has protected him from for all these years.
why this should be read: Did someone tag self-esteem issues? Did they mean it in relation to Rodney? I am 100% there.
Title:Margin of Error
Author: Brumeier
Pairing:: McShep, John/Nancy
word count: 8,372
posted date 25 March 2019
description: John is the Vice President of the United States, but he wants more, both professionally and personally. When campaign manager Rodney McKay comes back into his life maybe he can get everything he wants.
why this should be read: If there's one fic this year that I wish were a 700k epic that I could never leave, it's this one. I loved it so much and while I want to be greedy and demand more it's pretty damn perfect as is.
Title:Masturmate
Author: CaremKefo
Pairing:: McBeckett
word count: 3,674
posted date 07 March 2019
description: When Dr Carson Beckett jerks off with a stranger online, he notices there's something not quite right with his companion.
why this should be read: I read the summary and knew this would be great. Spoiler; it was.
Title:how do you like your blueeyed boy
Author: nagi_schwarz
Pairing:: McLorne
word count: 18,289
posted date 20 February 2019
description: Rodney McKay, genius engineer, has been so focused on his dream of building The Atlantis, the fastest ether ship to ever exist, that he has not realized that one of his assistants, Evan, is not in fact human. He’s an automaton. And that changes everything.
why this should be read: It's beautiful. And so, so bittersweet. Have something happy to read afterwards!
Title:Compatability
Author: Hyx_Sydin
Pairing:: McShep
word count: 1,114
posted date 12 January 2019
description: Rodney would change everything about himself if it meant he could keep John.
why this should be read: This one punched me hard in the feels.
All other rec lists can be found here
As a bonus: see below the cut for the fics I wrote in the first quarter of 2019:
Title:Aftercare
Fandom: Stargate Atlantis
Pairing:: McShep
word count: 2,044
posted date 05 January 2019
description: Wandering the halls of Antarctica, John stumbles across a sub in need.
Title:Something
Fandom: Stargate Atlantis
Pairing:: McShep
word count: 707
posted date 26 January 2019
description: The flight back to Earth was long. Long and dull. Long and dull and boring.
Title:Atlantis' Choice
Fandom: Stargate Atlantis
Pairing:: McShep
word count: 1,664
posted date 09 February 2019
description: “The AI that is Atlantis has been present since we first came through the gate but it, I mean they were - - there’s not enough power to really let Atlantis behave as they’re supposed to. I mean, we could keep the lights on, keep them floating, keep them running but we’ve always known that Atlantis could do more. Could be more.”
“And now we have the ZPMs?” Lorne asked.
“All bets are off.”
Title:Pegasus Gym
Fandom: Stargate Atlantis
Pairing:: McShep
word count: 8,114
posted date 16 March 2019
description: AU - After being kicked out of the Air Force, John finds work as a personal trainer at Pegasus Gym in Colorado Springs. Trying to build a life outside the Air Force is harder than he thought it would be. At least, it was until Rodney McKay walks into the gym.
Title:Telling Rodney
Fandom: Stargate Atlantis
Pairing:: McShep
word count:1,053
posted date 22 March 2019
description: Rodney finds out that John is gay
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