Comments | analineblue: Stargate Atlantis Fic: Blue Skies and Ferris Wheels~

analineblue

Stargate Atlantis Fic: Blue Skies and Ferris Wheels~

Aug 23, 2009 00:37

Title: Blue Skies and Ferris Wheels
Fandom: Stargate Atlantis
Pairing: John/Rodney
Warnings: None, worksafe.
Spoilers: Season 5, episode 6, The Shrine
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: ~5300
Summary: John has a bad habit of not realizing what he wants until someone else gets it.
Notes: So this came about because I was a lot >_> little distraught ( Read more... )

stargate atlantis, fic

Comments 55

hitome_bore August 23 2009, 04:51:09 UTC

Okay maybe I'm going to regret saying this, but: one day you should write a fic and post it without me seeing it first, just so I can spazz fresh like a mad woman over it on your LJ to demonstrate how truly insanely happy your fics make me <33

However, please don't take that suggestion seriously, because, really? I would DIE without getting to read your stuff first. Oh woe is the double-edged sword :P

*commence happy sighing*

Guh this fic makes me feel so GOOD! After that episode and our mutual crying over how stupid the writers were and the hours spent trying to sort out what the hell's going on with their strange love triangle, this feels like a perfect end for the boys and their obtuseness <33 If there were ever a better time for John to suddenly realize like a frying pan to the side of the head how much he loves and cares for Rodney, THIS was where it happened. Though it wasn't like the end of season four wasn't totally leading us in that direction all along anyway, right? :P But, yeah, this just makes me wibble inside no ( ... )

hitome_bore August 23 2009, 05:33:21 UTC

P.S. I thought I'd point out that this fic managed to be pretty much the exact same length as the other one you wrote :P Time to set higher goals! XDD

analineblue August 23 2009, 23:25:19 UTC

...It is a little bizarre, yes. :P Especially since these are really the two longest fics I've written in a long, long time. O_o

analineblue August 23 2009, 23:24:06 UTC

There better not be any more traumatic episodes! XD;;; Well, at least there better not be any that are quite that bad. @_@ (I'm sure we would have heard about them if there were, right? Right. *_*)

But yeah, I have to say I feel about a million times better about Season 5 after having written this and just... to have come up with a way to make it make sense in my mind? Because at first, I wrote the beginning part here with John's thoughts, right after we finished watching the episode, and I truly could not think of a way to resolve it with a happy ending. Which was really depressing. XD;;; So I'm glad that I was able to write something that made you feel better too. <3 Now we can move on, and um... enjoy what we can of the rest of the season? 8D

I also wasn't even really thinking about it when I started writing this, but it really does kind of make sense that if there was ever something that would smack John over the head and make him do something, it would be Keller, and that tape. (Which I'm completely convinced he's seen--no ( ... )

altyronsmaker August 23 2009, 05:06:50 UTC

that was lovely! I really liked the kissing parts. *sigh*

analineblue August 23 2009, 23:26:24 UTC

Thank you! I always love it when they finally get to the kissing too~ ^_~

leavesoflorien August 23 2009, 05:09:43 UTC

I love this. Absolutely love it!

analineblue August 23 2009, 23:26:56 UTC

Thank you so much. :) I'm happy you liked it!

jimpage363 August 23 2009, 06:00:03 UTC

Marvelous! And I appreciated that you didn't have them jumping right into bed. I love pining!John so very much - this was a nice entry into that category.

analineblue August 23 2009, 23:28:38 UTC

I think I really like pining!John too. *_* And thank you! I'm glad you enjoyed it. :)

octoberdreaming August 23 2009, 06:04:41 UTC

I love this so much.

Pretty much after The Shrine, except for Prodigal and the race cars, I wanted to send every SGA writer and producer off to Siberia as punishment for their mishandling of all the characters.

I love John's voice here; it sounds just like him and what he might think; it matches up with his expressions before and during the episode; and the kiss scene is beautifully handled. Their arguing - and Rodney's misinterpretation of John - broke my heart a little, and their mutual discovery and understanding put it all back together. The last scene was cute and sweet and very them.

Thanks for writing and sharing!!

analineblue August 23 2009, 23:35:02 UTC

Thank you. <3

And yeah, I'm feeling much the same way re: the writers right about now. XD;;; I'm trying to convince myself to keep watching season 5 (I've seen two episodes past The Shrine), but I'm really, really not happy about this Keller thing. And honestly, I don't think it's just because of John? In general, I just kind of hate seeing romance between two main characters like that. Especially for a character like Rodney, it just doesn't make sense to me. *sighs* :/

But anyway, I'm really glad you liked the fic. :) It makes me really happy to hear that things seemed to match up here, just with how John is feeling in the fic, and what we see in that episode. :)

Thank you again for reading and commenting!

octoberdreaming August 24 2009, 00:41:16 UTC

I have a whole tirade on the Jennifer Keller/Rodney McKay thing, and like you, it has nothing to do with OTP!McShep - it has to do with the hamfisted handling of the relationship ( ... )

analineblue August 24 2009, 02:12:46 UTC

Yeah, I really, really agree with you. Had the romance been say, John and Elizabeth in Season One, or even Carter and Rodney, that I would have been upset about (for selfish OTP-breaking reasons :P) but I would have at least believed that it made some kind of sense to someone. :P And it's exactly for the reasons you mentioned, because there's some history there, some something between the characters, hence the payoff. But for them to have Rodney, RODNEY of all people do this weird, off-screen romance thing not once but twice, just... GAH. NO. :P ( ... )

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